7 people, including teens , arrested for alleged unlawful disclosure of bank account access codes
Seven individuals, including three teenagers, have been arrested for their suspected involvement in unauthorised disclosures of access codes to bank accounts, the police said in a news release.
The suspects, aged between 17 and 27, were apprehended on Jan 23 after the police responded to a dispute along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8 at about 4.50 pm.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the teenagers had allegedly met three men and a woman to relinquish their bank account access and i-banking credentials in exchange for monetary rewards.
A dispute reportedly arose during the meeting. They were arrested at the scene.
A total of 11 bank cards were discovered in the possession of two of the men and seized as case exhibits.
The three men will be charged in court on Jan 25 with abetting the unauthorised disclosure of access codes to gain unauthorised access to any program or data held in a computer,
If found guilty, they may be fined up to $10,000, jailed for up to three years, or both.
The three teenagers and the woman have been released on bail and are assisting with further investigations.
For more information on scams, members of the public can visit www.scamalert.sg or call the Anti-Scam Helpline at 1800-722-6688.
Anyone with information on such illicit activities may call the police hotline at 1800-255-0000 or submit information online at www.police.gov.sg/iwitness. All information will be kept strictly confidential.
