SINGAPORE: An equities trader opened a joint trading account in the names of his wife and mother-in-law to make loss-making trades for his company that he could benefit from.
He was given full discretion over trading strategy and was given trade support. The profit-sharing arrangement was such that Pan would be entitled to 50 per cent of his trading profits earned in the course of using the Nech Asia accounts, but would bear 100 per cent of his trading losses. He executed 179 trades in this way, making a profit of S$107,595 in the joint account, excluding brokerage fees. He transferred the profits to a bank account he held jointly with his wife and used it for household and personal expenses.
MAS said in a statement after his sentencing that Pan's conviction was the result of a joint investigation conducted by MAS and the Commercial Affairs Department of the Singapore Police Force.