Jail for second money mule in S’pore who had relationship with Nigerian member of love scam group


Between Feb 7 and 22, 2019, 51-year-old Faridah Rashid's bank account was used to receive $65,000 from multiple scam victims in Singapore. — KELVIN CHNG/The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE: A Singaporean woman fell in love with a member of a Nigerian criminal group carrying out love scams from Malaysia and later became a money mule, transporting the ill-gotten gains out of Singapore.

Faridah Rashid, 51, pleaded guilty on Thursday to one count of dealing with the benefits of criminal conduct and was sentenced to 18 weeks’ jail.

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