SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): John Soh Chee Wen, the mastermind of Singapore’s biggest case of stock market manipulation that wiped out nearly S$8 billion in market value in October 2013, on Wednesday (Dec 28) was sentenced to 36 years in jail, while his co-conspirator Quah Su-Ling was handed 20 years.
SINGAPORE: John Soh Chee Wen, the mastermind of Singapore’s biggest case of stock market manipulation that wiped out nearly $8 billion in market value in October 2013, on Wednesday was sentenced to 36 years in jail, while his co-conspirator Quah Su-Ling was handed 20 years.
A Malaysian businessman convicted of masterminding a stock scam that wiped US$5.8 billion off Singapore’s exchange was sentenced on Wednesday to 36 years in jail by a court in the city-state. John Soh Chee Wen orchestrated the scheme, according to court documents, and his accomplice, Singaporean Quah Su-Ling, was also given a 20-year jail term. […]