SINGAPORE: A company had its registration cancelled by the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority after it failed to take enhanced measures to mitigate money laundering and terrorism financing risks when incorporating companies.
SGCN and Ms Lew provide corporate secretarial services for business entities, such as helping clients to file annual returns or to meet the requirements under the Companies Act. ACRA investigations also revealed that SGCN breached the terms and conditions in the authority’s regulations. “SGCN also failed to take reasonable measures to verify the identity of the beneficial owners of the companies before filing said information on beneficial ownership with ACRA.”