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On 5 February 2026, 30-year-old Gladys Lim Shi Hui (“Gladys”), was convicted of the following charges:

1. One count for being concerned in an arrangement to facilitate another person’s control of benefits from criminal conduct under Section 44(1)(a) of the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Offences (Confiscation of Benefits) Act (Cap 65A, Rev Ed 2000) (“CDSA”); and
   
   
2. One count for failing to exercise reasonable diligence as the director of a company under Section 157(1) of the Companies Act (Cap 50, Rev Ed 2000). 

One count under Section 8(1) of the Computer Misuse Act (Cap 50A, Rev Ed 2007) was also taken into consideration for the purpose of sentencing. Gladys was sentenced to 21 months’ imprisonment and disqualified to act as director of companies in Singapore for a period of 5 years following her release.

Case Details

Investigations by the Commercial Affairs Department (“CAD”) revealed that sometime in October 2021, Gladys had responded to a Telegram job posting by an unknown individual who offered her payment to act as a director for companies. As part of the arrangement, she disclosed her personal particulars, including her SingPass login credentials, to the unknown individual.

Between November 2021 and January 2022, three companies, including Wongill Global Pte Ltd (“Wongill Global”), were incorporated. Gladys was appointed the sole director and sole authorised signatory to the corporate bank account opened for each respective company. In total, Gladys received a sum of $2,000 for her role. 

Investigations further revealed that Gladys had reasons to believe that the unknown individual was engaged in criminal activities, and that the companies and bank accounts were being set up  to facilitate the individual’s control of his/her benefits of criminal conduct. In March 2022, criminal proceeds amounting to CAD 400,000 were deposited into Wongill Global's bank account. These monies were criminal proceeds derived from an unauthorised transaction made from a foreign bank account. 

Despite Gladys’ doubts and suspicions about the legitimacy and use of the companies incorporated by the unknown individual, she did not exercise any supervision over the companies’ affairs. 

Under Section 44(1)(a) of the CDSA, a person who enters into or is otherwise concerned in an arrangement, knowing or having reasonable grounds to believe that, by the arrangement, the retention or control by or on behalf of that other person’s benefits of criminal conduct is facilitated, and knowing or having reasonable grounds to believe that that other person is a person who engages in or has engaged in criminal conduct or has benefited from criminal conduct, shall be liable on conviction, to a fine not exceeding $500,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years, or both.

Under Section 157(1) of the Companies Act, a director who fails to act honestly and use reasonable diligence in the discharge of the duties of his office shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months.

The Police take a serious stance against any person involved in laundering proceeds of crime, and offenders will be dealt with firmly in accordance with the law. Individuals who act as directors of companies must be mindful of their duties as directors. Company directors who fail to exercise reasonable diligence in the discharge of their duties as directors run the risk of allowing their companies to facilitate the retention of benefits derived from criminal conduct. To avoid being an accomplice to crimes, members of the public should reject requests from others to surrender their personal particulars, such as their SingPass credentials. Members of the public should also reject requests from others to register companies and/or open bank accounts or receive money in their bank accounts as they will be held accountable if these are linked to criminal activities.