Woman skipped ABSD by using ‘goddaughter’ to buy a $3m apartment

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SINGAPORE – A woman asked her “goddaughter” to buy a $3 million apartment on her behalf, and then used the now-infamous 99-to-1 scheme to skip paying the full additional buyer’s stamp duty (ABSD) on the purchase.