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Crime Alerts

Loan Scam
Victims would respond to a website offering loans and be asked to pay an administrative fee....

Lottery/Lucky Draw Scam
There is a variant of the scam in which the victim is led to believe that he has been chosen to participate in a lucky draw conducted by the Hong Kong Tourism Board....

Church or Charity Scams
The scam involves a culprit from overseas seeking assistance from victims to help him donate his savings to a church or charity to help the needy via e-mail...


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Appeal For Information

The Police are seeking the assistance of Mr Jay Koo Fook Yew to assist with investigations into several cases of cheating involving stolen credit cards that were committed between 25 Oct 2009 and 25 Nov 2009...

Police are appealing for information on the identity and whereabouts of the woman in the photographs to assist with investigations into a case of credit card fraud...


Police are appealing for information on the identity and whereabouts of a man in the attached photograph to assist in Police investigations...


FAQs

Sunshine Empire Pte Ltd
CAD has completed the investigations on Sunshine Empire Pte Ltd ("Sunshine Empire") and its affiliated companies...

FAQs on LePrime School of Technical & Fundamental ("LePrime") 


Press Release

Travellers Reminded to Declare When Bringing SGD 30,000 or More Into Or Out Of Singapore
On 25 June 2009 , Police and the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) conducted a joint operation at the Singapore Cruise Centre (SCC) to enforce the reporting of cross border movements of physical currency (CBNI)...

One Singaporean Falls Prey To Lottery Scam Every Day
The number of people falling prey to lottery scam fraudsters remains a concern to Police...

Click here for crime prevention advice


Crime Prevention Advices

Phone Scams 
The public is advised to be wary of “Phone Scams”...

Can An Undischarged Bankrupt Leave Singapore? 
It is an offence under the Bankruptcy Act for an undischarged bankrupt to leave, remain or reside outside Singapore without the prior permission of the Official Assignee...


Publications

Complainant Advisory Booklet
The purpose of the booklet is to inform the community, especially those seeking our services, of our organisation and our processes to increase your understanding of how CAD works and help us serve you better...

CAD Annual Report 2009
Certainty Amidst Uncertainties...

 


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CAD IN THE NEWS


21 January 2010
The Straits Times, Jailed 5 Years For Stealing $838,000

16 January 2010
The Straits Times, 8 Romanians Jailed For ATM Card Scam

31 December 2009
The Straits Times, Woman Who Helped Cheat Later Helps In His Arrest

15 December 2009
The Straits Times,  6 Years' Jail For Credit Card Fraud

1 December 2009
The Straits Times, Credit-card Fraudster Hit Changi Airport Shops

22 November 2009
The Straits Times, 10 Months' Jail For Ming Yi

9 October 2009
TODAY, Two Jailed For Credit-card Scam

6 October 2009
The Straits Times, Sunshine Empire 'Was Bound To Fail' 

26 September 2009
The Straits Times, Man Jailed 3½ Years For Laundering $2 Million

17 September 2009
The Straits Times, Couple Jailed For Cheating Bank Of $1.7m

12 September 2009
The Straits Times, Transvestite Jailed For Theft And Credit Card Fraud

31 August 2009
The Business Times, Former Airocean Director Fined $4,000

29 August 2009
The Straits Times, Bank Officer Caught 4 Yrs After $3.5m Cheating Offence

27 August 2009
TODAY, 22 In Property Cashback Scam

1 August 2009
The Straits Times, Lawyer Jailed For Pocketing Clients' Payment To Firm

29 July 2009
The Straits Times, Former Empire Director Fined Over Misleading Returns 

18 June 2009
The Straits Times, Jail For Ex-UOB Officer Who Misled Client

16 June 2009
The New Paper, Jackpot Win Goes South  

11 June 2009
The Straits Times, 60-Week Jail For Ex-Citi Exec Who Can't Pay Fine

5 June 2009
The Straits Times, Ex-Lawyer Charged With Forging Payslip

28 May 2009
The Straits Times, Ex-JEL Execs Charged Over Inflated Books

16 May 2009
The Straits Times,Matilda Chua Fined $20k

15 May 2009
The Straits Times, Ex-Mitsui GM Gets 20 Weeks' Jail

9 May 2009
The Straits Times, Ex-Citi Exec Fined $70k For Data Theft

28 April 2009
The Straits Times, Third Ex-Citibank Employee Fined  

27 March 2009
The Straits Times, Man Jailed 41/2 Years For $1.8M Bank Fraud

24 March 2009
TODAY, End Of Spending Spree

13 February 2009
The Business Times, Former MD Of Chip Recycler Slapped With 14 Years' Jail

4 February 2009
The Straits Times, Sunshine Empire Chief On 20 Charges





 

WHAT IS...
Reporting Of Cross Border Movements Of Physical Currency And Bearer Negotiable Instruments    
The Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act has been amended to impose measures for the disclosure of information regarding movements of physical currency and bearer negotiable instruments (or cash) into and out of Singapore...

Click here for the press release.

Click
here for the forms. 


What is a Suspicious Transaction Report (STR)?

A STR is made when one has reason to suspect that any property is connected to criminal activity, such as the conversion of criminal proceeds, financing of crime or terrorism...
FEATURED CASE
Case of Chua Siew Lian & Siow It Loong

Sometime on the morning of 5 April 2005, two proprietary traders with CIMB-GK Securities Pte Ltd, Chua Siew Lian (Chua) and Siow It Loong (Siow) put into action a plan to make profits by rigging the traded prices of 16 Straits Times Index (STI) component stocks...
 

Case of Tan Ong Choo Queenie 

Tan Ong Choo Queenie, a prominent charity volunteer and the 1989 Benedictine Dom Working Mother of the Year, was sentenced on 12 October 2007 to 30 weeks imprisonment for forgery and cheating offences...
WHAT TO DO...
I have received a statement from the bank showing fraudulent transactions incurred against my credit card account..

You should inform the issuing bank and file a dispute claim with the bank immediately...
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