The offense entails a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, a fine of up to S$500,000, or both.
A 22-year-old Malaysian man was charged on Friday, October 17, for his suspected involvement in three separate cases of Government Official Impersonation Scam (GOIS).
The Singapore Police Force (SPF) said that they received three reports of GOIS involving the impersonation of a government official purportedly from the Monetary Authority of Singapore on October 11 and October 14.
SPF said, « In the cases, the victims had allegedly handed over gold jewellery and more than S$32,000 in cash to an unknown man, after being instructed by the scammer to do so. The victims were told that they had been implicated in money-laundering investigations and instructed to make cash withdrawals from their bank accounts for the purposes of investigations.
