6 accused of providing illegal cross-border money transfers

Separate cases involved $1.6 million in total, including $1.25 million in one woman's case

- Shaffiq Alkhatib

Six foreign nationals appeared in a district court on Sept 5 after they allegedly provided unlawful crossborder money transfer services involving more than $1.6 million in total in separate cases.

The six are Indonesian Jajang Maulana Hidayatulloh, 28; Chinese national Zhu Erling, 36; Myanmar national Lal Rem Ruati, 40; Sri Lankan Mohamed Mifras Zahir, 47; and Bangladeshis Hasan Nahid, 34, and Mukul, 39, who goes by one name.

All six were charged with offences under the Payment Services Act.

Such unlawful payment services are not subjected to stringent antimoney laundering and counter-terrorism financing measures, said the police.