Sri Lankan woman charged over links to fake bulk orders by 'SAF personnel', man and teen boy arrested
A man, a woman and a teen boy were arrested for their suspected involvement in fake bulk order scams involving the impersonation of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) personnel.
There have been at least five such cases reported with total losses amounting to at least $32,000 since Sept 4.
On Sept 15 and 16, officers from the Commercial Affairs Department's Anti-Scam Command and Central Police Division conducted raids in Middle Road, Woodlands Street 81 and Cantonment Road, which led to the arrests.
Several electronic devices and pre-paid cards were seized.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the trio had allegedly acted on the instructions of a scam syndicate.
The 16-year-old male teenager and 22-year-old woman had allegedly relinquished their bank accounts to the scam syndicate for monetary gains while the 31-year-old man had assisted unknown individuals to subscribe to phone lines.
Some of these lines were found to be linked to the scam cases.
The woman, Rajadi Rajasinghe Manamendra Patabadilage Vishwa Madavi, a Sri Lankan on a student pass, was charged on Sept 17 for relinquishing her bank account under the Computer Misuse Act.
For a first conviction, the offence of facilitating carries an imprisonment term of up to two years, a fine or both.
Police investigations are ongoing into the involvement of the man and male teenager.
On Sept 14, the Ministry of Defence warned the public about fraudulent bulk orders made by individuals impersonating SAF personnel.
In a Facebook post, it said it was aware of seven such cases, none of which involved actual SAF personnel, and that police reports had been lodged.
