By The SUN
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| The DHs were paid between $1k and $2.5k each to open dummy bank accounts for the syndicate |
Police again warned the public Tuesday not to get involved in money laundering, saying it is a serious crime for which the maximum penalty is $5 million fine and 14 years in jail.
The warning was issued
as investigators disclosed the arrest of 18 people, including 13 Indonesian
domestic helpers, in connection with the alleged laundering of some $35 million
in crime proceeds.
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The police said at a
press conference that the illicit operation which was conducted through the use
of at least 33 dummy bank accounts, started two years ago.
The syndicate lured the Indonesian helpers into opening new bank accounts which were then used to launder dirty money.
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Police said the account holders were paid between $1,000 to $2,500 each to open the accounts and then hand over their ATM cards and passcodes.
Once this was done, scam victims were told to deposit money into these accounts, which the syndicate promptly withdrew. To keep the police at bay and avoid detection the scammers also made multiple transactions with the bank.
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Police said the laundering operation was carried out between May 2021 and October 2022, while the coronavirus pandemic was raging. Of the $35 million that was laundered during this period, $11million was traced to 25 online romance scams, two email scams and two investment scams.
The biggest amount involved was the more than $2.7 million that a middle-aged female manager of a logistics company had transferred to a fraudster who pretended to be a doctor and wooed her.
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The operation, called “Justicenet”, led to the arrest of two men, one Nigerian and another Bengali, who both hold recognizance dcouments, and 16 Indonesian women aged 19 to 49, among whom 13 are FDWs.
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The men and three of the women were said to be key members of the money laundering ring while the FDWs held the dummy bank accounts.
The FDWs were subsequently released on bail and were told to report back to the police in mid-April while the five other suspects were still being investigated as of Tuesday night.
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Police said they were still tracking the flow of money and did not rule out further arrests.
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