The Police have arrested a 54-year-old woman for her suspected involvement in inheritance scam.
Between December 2011 and March 2015, the Police received multiple reports of inheritance scam involving more than 9 victims. The suspect allegedly told these victims that she had inherited a large sum of money and they delivered more than $1 million to her as advance payments after she promised them a share of her inheritance.
Officers from the Commercial Affairs Department conducted extensive investigation and arrested the suspect along Tampines St 21 on 27 February 2017.
The suspect will be charged in Court 26 on 1 March 2017 with the offence of Cheating under Section 420 of the Penal Code, Chapter 224. If convicted, she faces a maximum jail term of 10 years and shall also be liable to a fine.
SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
28 February 2017 @ 9:30 PM