A Thai man has been sentenced to six weeks' jail for running an illegal cross-border payment service that supported vice activities in Singapore. He had befriended a woman who turned out to be a central figure in an illegal Thailand-based syndicate operating a sex work ring in Singapore.
After befriending a woman he met at a karaoke lounge in Golden Mile Complex, a man agreed to help her transfer money to Thailand using his Singapore bank account. He thought it was to remit money earned in Singapore by the woman's massage workers, but in reality she was a central figure in an illegal Thailand-based syndicate operating a sex work ring in Singapore .
Mangmeesri Chanwit, a 47-year-old Thai man, was sentenced to six weeks' jail on Thursday (Feb 8) for running an illegal cross-border payment service that supported vice activities in Singapore. The court heard that Mangmeesri, a chef, met a woman known only as Moon at a karaoke lounge in Golden Mile Complex in April 2022. They became friends and Moon told Mangmeesri that she owned a massage parlour in Thailand. She said some of her workers would be coming to Singapore on short-term visit passes to wor
Thai Man Jailed Illegal Cross-Border Payment Service Vice Activities Singapore Syndicate Sex Work Ring
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