Widower shared account info with 'women' online, but they were scammers

Shortly after his wife died, a man shared details of his bank accounts with people he met online who claimed to be women, only to find out that some of the accounts were later used to handle scam proceeds.

- Shaffiq Alkhatib

Christopher Moh, 66, shared his bank account details with these people despite receiving two warnings from the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD). He did not meet any of the women in person. On Oct 16, he was sentenced to a year and nine months' jail after he pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including two counts of misusing computer systems.

According to court documents, Moh's wife died in May 2021, and seven months later, he met a woman, "Jenny Cheng Ling", on Facebook. The pair started chatting and she told him she came from Australia. "Jenny" said she loved Moh and told the widower she wanted to see him in Singapore.