A 63-year-old woman was charged on Thursday (April 28) with conspiring to cheat two banks by opening accounts that criminals behind Internet love scams then tapped.
The bank accounts were used to launder S$121,000 cheated from three victims, the police said on Friday.
She is also accused of providing a service of receiving money in her bank accounts to transfer to another. The accused opened two bank accounts and, in doing so, deceived the banks into thinking she was the sole user. The police said to avoid involvement in money laundering activities, the public should always reject requests to share the use of their banking facilities to receive and transfer funds.For conspiring to cheat a bank into opening an account, an offender can be jailed for up to three years and fined.
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