Muzaffar and Koh each earned at least $1 million from their part in the racket.
A group of rogue employees secretly siphoned off more than $120 million worth of fuel from Shell's Pulau Bukom facility onto vessels berthed at the wharf.
Muzaffar earned at least $1.3 million from his part in the racket, while Koh got at least $1 million. They spent the money on luxury watches, foreign property and cars.Muzaffar and Koh had supervisory roles as shore loading officers in the same team. The team’s main duty was to load fuel products onto vessels berthed at the wharf.They had been recruited by the original mastermind of the scheme, Juandi Pungot. The latter, who obtained at least $5.
In sentencing the pair, Justice Aedit Abdullah said deterrence is needed to protect Singapore’s reputation as a place to transact business and investment, including the supply of fuel. Former Shell employee Muzaffar Ali Khan Muhamad Akram arriving at the High Court on July 25. ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
Koh pleaded guilty to 21 charges – 14 for abetting the commission of criminal breach of trust and seven for using his criminal benefits. They configured the flow of fuel through carefully planned routes in the piping system and ensured that multiple pumps were moving at the same time to mask the misappropriation.Vietnamese man charged over alleged conspiracy to receive stolen fuel from Shell worth over $1mThe latter purportedly left the group in 2013 after a dispute over the splitting of the profits. The others refused to work with Latif, who eventually transferred to another team.
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