{"id":777046753,"date":"2026-08-27T10:44:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777046753"},"modified":"2026-08-27T10:56:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:56:41","slug":"singapore-charges-two-chinese-nationals-over-alleged-counterfeit-currency-scheme-at-marina-bay-sands-casino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/singapore-charges-two-chinese-nationals-over-alleged-counterfeit-currency-scheme-at-marina-bay-sands-casino","title":{"rendered":"Chinese nationals charged over alleged counterfeit currency scheme at Marina Bay Sands Casino"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Police said the investigation uncovered 121 suspected counterfeit S$100 notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Singapore.- Two Chinese nationals have been charged over an alleged scheme to counterfeit Singapore currency. The man and woman were charged under Section 489A<\/strong> read with Section 109 <\/strong>of the Penal Code 1871<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Singapore Police Force (SPF)<\/strong>, officers were alerted to a man attempting to exchange a counterfeit S$100 (US$78) note at the casino at about 3.50am on August 24. Investigators said the 33-year-old man had presented S$150,000 (US$117,979) to a cage cashier and requested that the money be credited to his casino account. The cashier identified one of the notes as counterfeit after finding the word \u201cCOPY\u201d printed on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officers from the Central Police Division and Commercial Affairs Department subsequently escorted the man to his hotel room, where they allegedly saw a 25-year-old woman leaving with a printer. Police searched the woman and found 121 counterfeit S$100 notes in her possession. A search of the hotel room uncovered more items allegedly linked to the production of counterfeit currency, including ink, paper and a paper cutter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The offence carries a prison sentence of up to 20 years<\/strong> and a fine. Singapore law also provides for prison terms of up to 20 years for counterfeiting or using counterfeit currency and up to 15 years for possession of counterfeit notes.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SPF said they take a serious view of involvement in currency counterfeiting and urged anyone who receives a suspected counterfeit note to report it and record details of the person who presented it.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Macau police arrest six over casino proxy betting scheme<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Police said the investigation uncovered 121 suspected counterfeit S$100 notes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":777034577,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Two Chinese nationals have been charged in Singapore for an alleged scheme to counterfeit S$100 notes, with one attempting to exchange S$150,000 in counterfeit currency at a casino cage. This incident highlights critical financial crime risks and the importance of robust anti-money laundering (AML) and fraud detection protocols within gaming operations.","focusai_entities":"Singapore Police Force (SPF), Central Police Division, Commercial Affairs Department","focusai_location":"Singapore","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Casino AML Controls","query":"What specific enhancements to casino cage AML protocols and staff training are being implemented by Singaporean operators following this counterfeit currency incident?"},{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Impact","query":"What are the potential regulatory enforcement actions or penalties for the casino operator if deficiencies in their financial crime prevention frameworks are identified in connection with this incident?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16338],"tags":[29,24619,225],"class_list":["post-777046753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-casino","tag-finance","tag-legislation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777046753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777046753"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777046753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777046760,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777046753\/revisions\/777046760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777034577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777046753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777046753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777046753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}