Mr Turah Raju Subramaniam, 39, was sentenced to three years and two month’s jail on July 21 for his role as a runner for a crime syndicate, an offence he pleaded guilty to. The Malaysian was instructed to collect 1,600 gold bars worth over $412,000 from a 54-year-old Singaporean victim.
Scammers impersonating officials instructed the victim to undergo a “priority financial check”, where she would buy gold bars and pass them on to a plainclothes officer named “Bala Krishnan”, who was Mr Subramaniam. Although the victim alerted authorities later, the gold was never recovered.
