Girl in SG was 16 when she helped foreign scam syndicates as ATM runner


She was one of several people charged in 2022 over their alleged links to the phishing scams, which led to victims losing some S$12.8mil (RM41.37mil). — Image by rawpixel.com on Freepik

SINGAPORE: An 18-year-old girl on Jan 30 admitted to her role in a money laundering operation that was connected to phishing scams, with the teenager and several others helping to funnel about S$600,000 (RM1.93mil) through bank accounts they had helped to obtain.

Court documents showed she was the only girl in the group of eight that helped the foreign syndicates obtain bank accounts.

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