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The Police have arrested a 30-year-old man for his suspected involvement in a payment card fraud involving a local e-commerce platform, committed between 5 and 27 January 2026. 

On 27 April 2026, a Police report was lodged by a local e-commerce platform after irregularities were discovered in one of their customers’ accounts. It was identified that there were 70 unauthorised transactions amounting to more than $21,000. Preliminary investigations revealed that the man had used another person’s debit card details to make unauthorised purchases of 1g gold bars, but the transactions were disputed with the bank and subsequently stopped.  

Through follow-up investigations, officers from the Ang Mo Kio Police Division established the identity of the man and arrested him on 5 May 2026. A mobile phone and a debit card were seized as case exhibits. 

The man will be charged in court on 6 May 2026 with the offence of cheating by remote communication and dishonestly inducing a delivery of property under Section 420 (2) of the Penal Code 1871. Anyone convicted for the said offence shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 10 years and with caning with not less than 6 strokes, and shall also be liable to fine.