SINGAPORE, Sept. 5 -- Desperate to feed his newborn, a 24-year-old man joined a scam syndicate and withdrew over S$150,000 (RM492,000) from various ATMs in a single day. He was sentenced toeight months' jail.

In a report by The Straits Times (ST), the court heard that Yves Quah Jun Boon admitted to one count of money laundering and one under the Computer Misuse Act over the June 2023 offence.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Tan Jing Min said Quah often shared with his primary school friend, identified only as Wei Jian, that he needed money to pay for his newborn child's needs.

"The accused was not a traditional money mule... but he was part of the ecosystem that launders criminal proceeds, by withdrawing monies that had been deposited into mo...