On Thursday, Sun Tint, 66, was sentenced to six months' jail and given a fine of $100,000 after he pleaded guilty to providing an unlicensed payment service.
A charge for carrying out a remittance business without a licence was taken into consideration during sentencing.
According to court documents, Sun Tint, a Singaporean, was the registered director of M/S Leo International Trading that was in the business of import and export of beer and seafood products.
His wife, Thiri Naing, a Myanmar national and Singapore permanent resident, was the manager of the company, which operated a shopfront at Peninsula Plaza. She was said to have acted under her husband's instructions.
Some time in 2017, Sun Tint was approached by various Myanmar nationals working in Singapore, including friends and foreign domestic workers, who needed assistance to remit money home.
This story is from the June 23, 2023 edition of The Straits Times.
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