SG teen pleads guilty to selling bank accounts later used to receive over S$200K in ill-gotten gains


The court heard that the teenager had met someone in a group chat called “Nasi Lemak” on messaging platform Telegram early last year. — Wood photo created by Racool_studio - www.freepik.com

SINGAPORE: A teenager was just 16 years old when he committed serious crimes including selling his bank accounts that were later used to receive proceeds of investment scams totalling more than S$200,000 (RM615,068).

Separately, he also acted on behalf of loan sharks multiple times to harass debtors.

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