3 Men Charged Over Links to Unlawful Use of ICA E-service

They are accused of misusing computer system in case tied to changes of addresses

- Shaffiq Alkhatib

Three men were charged in court on Jan 17 over their alleged links to a case in which the home addresses of multiple people were changed online without their knowledge.

Koh Hong Yan, 26; Ng Wei Chang, 30; and Yuen Mun Fei, 38, are each accused of one count of misusing a computer system.

On or around Oct 1, 2024, Ng allegedly abetted the disclosure of a six-digit personal identification number (PIN) to gain access to data held in the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority's (ICA) e-services.

He is said to have done it so that the National Registration Identity Card-registered addresses of unknown people could be unlawfully changed.

In November 2024, Yuen allegedly transmitted Koh's credentials linked to the national digital identity service - the user ID and one-time passwords.

According to court documents, Koh is said to have disclosed information such as the one-time password for his own Singpass account to Yuen without authority on Dec 16, 2024.

This was purportedly done to gain access to the Singpass computer system, allowing unknown people to access the ICA e-services to change the NRIC-registered addresses of multiple victims.

The cases involving the three Singaporean men will be mentioned again in court on Jan 24.

The Straits Times had earlier reported that 69 people had their home addresses changed online after scammers obtained their NRIC and Singpass details.