Scammers tricked 17-year-old foreign student in S’pore into becoming their ‘undercover agent’


Worried about getting into trouble with the authorities and wanting to bring honour to his family, Peter took his role seriously. — Office laptop photo created by wirestock - www.freepik.com

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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