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Woman behind immigration investment scheme for foreigners to get PR status in Singapore gets convicted

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By Lydia Lam 
| CNA (Channel NewsAsia)
SINGAPORE: A woman orchestrated a "sophisticated immigration investment scheme" where foreigners could obtain employment passes through sham employment arrangements as a stepping stone to obtain permanent residency in Singapore. One Chinese national, hoping to obtain Singapore PR status, paid S$360,000 (US$278,970) as an "investment" in what turned out to be a sham job arrangement.
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'Highly gullible' woman acted as money mule; court rejects mental condition arguments

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By Lydia Lam 
| CNA (Channel NewsAsia)
SINGAPORE: A woman with purportedly lower-than-average intelligence, who struggled to understand abstract concepts such as money laundering and tended to depend on male figures, handled S$37,000 (US$28,670) in scam proceeds in exchange for S$5,000.
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Filipino on trial for being part of Cambodia scam syndicate says she travelled there for an office job, wanted to return home

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By Lydia Lam 
| CNA (Channel NewsAsia)
SINGAPORE: A woman on trial for being part of a scam syndicate in Cambodia targeting victims in Singapore had gone there for a job and never wanted to be a scammer, the defence said on Thursday (Jun 4). Testifying at the opening of the defence's case, 35-year-old Filipina De Villar Rizalyn Panganiban described how she had gone to Cambodia for employment and realised only later it was a scam compound but needed money to return home.
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