A remittance company in Singapore was charged in court on Tuesday for failing to file a Suspicious Transaction Report under the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and other Serious Crimes Act .
Between Feb 26 and March 30 last year, the remittance company provided remittance services to a 53-year-old woman on three occasions, to remit a total sum of $26,658.70 overseas, said police. Investigations revealed that the remittance company allegedly failed to disclose this to a Suspicious Transaction Reporting Officer as soon as it was reasonably practicable and that there were reasonable grounds to suspect that the money represented the proceeds of acquiring another person’s benefits of criminal conduct.
Police said:"The suspicious transaction reporting regime is a key pillar of Singapore’s anti-money laundering and counter financing of terrorism regime. "The Singapore authorities take a serious view towards filing of such reports, and strongly urge reporting entities to continue their vigilance in detecting and reporting suspicious transactions."