4 charges for man allegedly linked to the laundering of over $1m in scam proceeds
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SINGAPORE – A man allegedly helped scam syndicates access compromised Singpass accounts and one of them was purportedly used to open a bank account linked to more than $1 million in ill-gotten gains.
On Feb 10, Jonathan Neo Choon Hian, 26, was handed four charges under the Computer Misuse Act over his alleged involvement in money mule activities.
They include abetting to facilitate unauthorised access to bank accounts belonging to others and obtaining Singpass credentials to perpetrate scams.
The alleged offences took place in mid-2024 and early 2025.
In a statement on Feb 9, the police said that the Singaporean man allegedly assisted the syndicates in accessing compromised Singpass accounts obtained through job scam advertisements posted on messaging platform Telegram.
A police spokesperson added that two mobile phones and two ATM cards were seized.
Some time on or after July 1, 2024, Neo allegedly obtained a male stranger’s Singpass login credentials and a one-time password linked to it from another person – a Telegram user known only as “Ah Yang”.
Court documents stated that such information was then purportedly used in “facilitating the commission of any offence under any written law”.
The documents did not disclose details about such offences.
He is also accused of helping Ah Yang unlawfully access services linked to a corporate bank account some time on or after July 1, 2024.
Separately, on Jan 13, 2025, Neo allegedly helped another Telegram user, known only as “Juice”, to unlawfully access the services of a separate bank account.
Neo is also accused of helping Ah Yang and Juice in attempting to commit similar offences involving other bank accounts between Feb 5 and 6, 2025.
His case will be mentioned again in court in March.
