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The Police have arrested a 46-year-old man for his suspected involvement in a case of extortion. 

On 11 September 2025 at about 3.55pm, the Police received a report from a woman stating that her male friend had been contacting her to ask her to transfer cryptocurrency to him via a QR code, as he claimed that another friend of his required the money. She transferred a total of more than S$78,000 via the QR code but lodged a police report as she suspected that her friend was in trouble.   

Through extensive ground enquiries and follow-up investigations, officers from Woodlands Police Division established the identity of the 46-year-old man and arrested him within eight hours of receiving the report, at Changi Airport Terminal 1. Preliminary investigations revealed that the man had allegedly restrained the male victim with cable ties at a hotel located along Coleman Street and extorted a total of more than S$200,000 from him. The extorted cryptocurrency was recovered. The male victim sustained injuries and was subsequently conveyed conscious to the hospital. 

The man will be charged in court on 13 September 2025 with the offence of extortion under Section 384 of the Penal Code 1871. The offence carries an imprisonment term of not less than two years and not more than seven years and with caning. 

The Police will not tolerate such brazen acts of crime and will spare no effort to apprehend such offenders and deal with them in accordance with the law.