Singaporean on FBI's Most Wanted list, Malaysian woman charged with falsifying invoices to hide sale of sugar to North Korea
Singaporean on FBI's Most Wanted list, Malaysian woman charged with falsifying invoices to hide sale of sugar to North KoreaTan Wee Beng, director of Wee Tiong Pte Ltd, was placed on the FBI’s Most Wanted List in 2018 for allegedly violating International laws by doing business with North Korean entities. — Picture by US Federal Bureau of Investigations via TODAY
He was placed on the US Federal Bureau of Investigation ’s Most Wanted list in 2018 “for allegedly conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act by doing business with North Korean proliferation entities”. Court documents stated that Tan issued invoices showing that the purchaser of goods were several China-based firms, with the destination ports being places like Dalian, China and Dili, Timor Leste.
Both Tan and Bong face 20 charges under the Penal Code. They were each offered bail of S$15,000 and will return to court on July 17. The FBI previously said that on Aug 28, 2018, a US court had issued a federal arrest warrant for Tan after he was charged with offences such as bank fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy to violate the IEEPA.
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