SINGAPORE – Ng Hsien Fu, 29, a Malaysian man allegedly connected to an international scam syndicate, faces multiple charges including cheating, following a multi-agency crackdown.
Ng was one of 11 individuals arrested in a coordinated operation conducted by the Singapore Police Force (SPF), Hong Kong Police Force, and Royal Malaysia Police between April and June.
Ng was arrested in Malaysia on June 3 and handed over to Singaporean authorities, where he was charged two days later. He faces one count of cheating and five counts of possessing SIM cards used in cheating activities.
Court documents reveal that around May 14, Ng allegedly had over 700 SIM cards, all issued with Singapore phone numbers, while overseas. He is also accused of involvement in a criminal conspiracy to commit cheating from February to May.
The investigation uncovered a sophisticated syndicate that used a cloud-based remote operating system to connect to GSM mobile phone networks across Singapore, Malaysia, and Hong Kong. This technology allowed scammers to make fraudulent calls that appeared to originate locally in Singapore.
Authorities seized 226 GSM gateway devices: 75 in Singapore, 10 in Malaysia, and 141 in Hong Kong.
The operation was conducted through Frontier+, a transnational law enforcement platform involving 10 jurisdictions, including the three countries involved.
Ng is expected to enter a guilty plea on July 22.
