SINGAPORE: When scammers posing as China officials demanded he pay a S$60,000 (RM197,563) fine for money laundering offences, a frightened 17-year-old foreign student agreed to become their “undercover agent” to combat fraud.
The Secondary 4 student from China was told he would be forgiven for his crimes and, if he performed well, would even be recommended to join the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) some day.
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