6 men charged over alleged links to global syndicate that conducts malicious cyber activities

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The five Chinese nationals and one Singaporean were caught following raids on Sept 9.

SINGAPORE - Four male Chinese nationals appeared in a district court on Sept 10 after they allegedly planned to target websites and exploit the vulnerabilities of these platforms.They are accused of being part of a group of six people linked to a global syndicate that conducts malicious cyber activities.

A fifth Chinese national Zhang Qingqiao, 38, allegedly offered to buy the personal information of several Indian nationals found on online gambling websites.Singaporean Goh Shi Yong, 34, is said to have helped Yan, Huang and Liu in committing their alleged offences. On Sept 10, Sun was handed two charges under the Computer Misuse Act, while the other five men were each handed one charge under the same Act.They were arrested after more than 150 officers from the Singapore Police Force’s Criminal Investigation Department, Police Intelligence Department, Special Operations Command and the Internal Security Department conducted simultaneous raids at multiple locations island-wide on Sept 9.

“Five laptops, six mobile phones, cash of more than $24,000 and cryptocurrency worth approximately US$850,000 were seized from him,” the authorities added.

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