Odd job worker jailed 4 1/2 years for being a mule

He received monies totalling $1.迷利倉25m and got $10,400 for his roleSingaporeIN April 2012, Ngiam Kok Min, a 45-year-old Singaporean odd job worker, was approached by Chua Gek Choo, Diana Nicole, to open bank accounts with DBS, POSB, OCBC and United Overseas Bank in order to receive money from overseas. Ngiam was promised a 3 per cent commission for the work. Thereafter, he received large sums of monies totalling $1,249,829.23 from various remitters in the US, Canada and Cook Islands. Despite his suspicions, Ngiam subsequently withdrew and passed monies totalling $850,000 to Chua in person on six occasions.Ngiam received a total sum of $10,451.94 for his work. The banks of the various overseas rem迷你倉tters were deceived into remitting money from the remitters' accounts into Ngiam's accounts after receiving fraudulent e-mail instructions.As a result, Ngiam was sentenced on Oct 15, 2012, to a total of 54 months' imprisonment for dishonestly receiving stolen property and transferring the benefits of criminal conduct, under Section 411(1) of the Penal Code and Section 47(1)(b) of the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act (CDSA).Chua has also been charged for dishonestly receiving stolen property and transferring benefits of criminal conduct, under Section 411(1) of the Penal Code and Section 47(1)(b) of the CDSA. The outcome of her case is pending.自存倉