Man sold his Singpass details, which scammers used to funnel almost S$1 million through bank accounts

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Man sold his Singpass details, which scammers used to funnel almost S$1 million through bank accounts
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The details were used to create a sole proprietorship and set up bank accounts, which were used to funnel S$953,853 in scam proceeds from multiple victims.

New: You can now listen to articles.SINGAPORE: A man in need of money took up a stranger's offer on Telegram to sell his Singpass details for S$8,000 to S$15,000.

He handed over his Singpass credentials and password to K. The information was used to create a sole proprietorship and three bank accounts. Mr Krishna said Goh was a first-time offender who was and still is in financial difficulty. He said Goh did not have control over the corporate bank account and did not know of its eventual transactions.

He now intends to get married, but he committed the offences because of financial difficulty, said the judge.

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