SINGAPORE: A 68-year-old Singaporean man who was convicted in 2021 for providing remote gambling services was ordered to pay the state , about S$ 4.12 million ( US$ 3.08 million ) by the High Court after it granted a confiscation order against him, the police said on Tuesday ( Dec 10 ).
Lean Kay Cheong, who was detained in 2016, was discovered to have accumulated unfounded money through his decades-long unlawful activities. These include his assets, insurance policies, and commercial and residential properties.  ,
According to the authorities, the sum he had accumulated was unrelated to his well-known sources of income.
The High Court granted the confiscation and realization order on November 20 after the common prosecutor’s request was made.
” Bend was ordered to pay a total amount of around S$ 4.12 million to the State”, the police added.  ,
To stop people from obtaining a murder, a forfeiture order is issued.  ,
Lean and 49 various people were detained on November 27, 2016, in connection with a raid by the Criminal Investigation Department against organized crime organizations that resulted in the seizures of S$ 25.5 million.  ,
Lean, one of the three leaders and a shareholder of the gang that had been providing distant playing services since 2007 to help lottery and horse betting, was discovered by police.  ,
According to the police,” the illegal business was syndicated and even had ties to workers operating in Malaysia.”
Move led a grouping made up of an IT specialist, a sprinter, a “master broker” and agents who collected bets entered into , website. peng888.com. Additionally, he may receive a portion of the profits from two additional websites.
One of the agencies Lean recruited was a paper merchant, Or Poon Soh, who assisted Lean in obtaining illegal 4D and Toto bet totaling up to S$ 640,000 over four years, totaling up to S$ 640,000. His cluster alone had 95 agencies.
On Jun 8, 2018, Or was the first man to be convicted under the Organised Crime Act,  , a law , aimed at fighting crime cartels that came into effect in June 2016.
He received a two-year prison sentence and a$ 50,000 fine.  ,
Lean was found guilty of violating the Remote Gambling and Organised Crime Acts and received a nine-year prison sentence and a$ 447, 000 fine on April 19, 2021.  ,
For his crimes under the Organised Crime Act, he could have been fined up to S$ 100, 000, jailed up to five years, or both.  ,
Under the Remote Gambling Act and Common Gaming Houses Act, he could have been fined between S$ 20, 000 and S$ 200, 000, jailed for up to five years, or both.  ,