Penny stock crash mastermind John Soh gets 36 years’ jail


John Soh Chee Wen (left) Quah Su-Ling. - LIANHE ZAOBAO

SINGAPORE: John Soh Chee Wen, the mastermind of Singapore’s biggest case of stock market manipulation that wiped out nearly $8 billion in market value in October 2013, on Wednesday was sentenced to 36 years in jail, while his co-conspirator Quah Su-Ling was handed 20 years.

Both are appealing their sentences.

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