Two former bank employees will be charged in court on Aug 15 over money laundering and forgery offences, one year after 400 police officers raided multiple luxury homes in the biggest money laundering probe in Singapore.
In a statement on Aug 14, police said a Singaporean man will also be taken to court.
The 41-year-old was the personal driver to businessman Su Binghai, who fled amid the probe and is currently wanted for his involvement in alleged money laundering offences.
The Singaporean will face two charges for lying to the police that Su did not leave any valuables in his possession, and for obstructing the course of justice by disposing of four vehicles belonging to his former boss.
Police did not name the former bank employees but identified them as Chinese nationals, aged 26 and 35.
The Straits Times understands that the younger man is Wang Qiming.
He previously worked at Citibank as a relationship manager but his employment was terminated in April 2022, according to an earlier statement by the Wall Street bank.
Wang's name had appeared in a number of court documents during the hearings of the 10 foreigners.
In affidavits produced in court then, Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) investigators said they had first investigated Wang over alleged forgery claims before arresting him in October 2021.
The authorities found links between Wang and Vang Shuiming, who was convicted in the case. He was Vang's relationship manager at Citibank in 2021.
In their statement, police said: "Between April 19, 2021, and April 25, 2021, the 26-year-old man allegedly forged a loan document to cheat the bank in which he was working as to the source of Vang Shuiming's funds, thereby allowing the deposit of $999,980 into Vang Shuiming's bank account on March 29, 2021." Wang had also purportedly helped Su Baolin, who was similarly convicted in the case.
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