Facing financial difficulties, a woman started operating an online vice ring in 2017 and later lived on the earnings of six sex workers totalling more than $264,000.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Natalie Chu told the court that Phua had initially operated alone after setting up the online vice ring in 2017.One of the women who worked for Phua was identified in court documents as T, a 29-year-old Singapore permanent resident. In 2019, one of Lim’s friends introduced a Malaysian agent, known only as “Cynthia”, to Lim and Phua.Phua shared around half of her earnings from these sex workers with Cynthia.
Before working with Cynthia, Phua would meet the escorts to collect her share of their earnings in person.