New digital Frontier in S'pore's fight against scammers targets syndicates' funds

With the latest initiative by the Singapore Police Force's Anti-Scam Centre, the process can be done within one working day. PHOTO: ST FILE
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SINGAPORE - It used to take between two weeks and two months to freeze a bank account suspected to be linked to a scam.

In that time, the culprits would have long made off with the funds.

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