Crime

Indonesia arrests 11 for alleged corruption over palm oil exports

[JAKARTA] The Indonesian Attorney General’s Office said it had arrested 11 people, including officials from the customs office, for alleged corruption aimed at avoiding mandatory domestic sales of cru...

In September 2023, Huang Yiwen, Goh Jin Hian and two others were handed more than 130 charges related to false trading offences.

Convicted market maker Huang Yiwen testifies to ‘marking the close’ at Goh Jin Hian’s criminal trial

GTC is a commercial market maker that New Silkroutes had engaged to help ensure there was enough liquidity in the markets

Now, scammers are using large language models and other AI tools to make their cons more sophisticated.

AI helps scam centres evade crackdown in Asia, dupe more victims

The ability to use technology anywhere may also reshape the scam landscape in terms of where centres are established

The Autobahn Rent A Car office in Mountbatten last November. Car-sharing company Shariot is among the companies related to Autobahn that are mired in over S$300 million of debt.

Autobahn Rent A Car director Roy Tan faces fresh forgery charge

He is accused of forging nine receipts to show that S$1.9 million had been paid in full to Toyota distributor Borneo Motors for nine cars

Britain's former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is among the royals and other powerful figures who were part of Epstein's expansive network.

The Epstein rot goes deep

America must now ask itself if it can restore a culture of shame

Fuheng Warehouse in Hangzhou, owned by EC World Reit, was one of three properties mortgaged without consent.

EC World Reit loses appeal over unauthorised mortgage of key Hangzhou property; manager to seek re-trial

The manager says the legal defeat will not require further adjustments to financial statements

A courtroom sketch shows Marius Borg Hoiby (centre) during the first day of the trial in Oslo, Norway, Feb 3, 2026.

Son of Norway’s crown princess goes on trial, charged with rape

The charges have brought unwanted scrutiny to the Norwegian royal family

Rajput abruptly stepped down from his position at Biofourmis Holdings in August 2023.

Former Biofourmis CEO to be charged over alleged fraud and falsified invoices worth US$16.5 million

BT understands the accused to be the healthcare startup’s founder and former chief executive Kuldeep Singh Rajput

The Chinese government has taken a dim view in recent years of companies it believes are engaging in any risky commercial practices that threaten the orderly functioning of markets.

Metals traders lose at least one billion yuan as ‘Hat’ flees China

Chinese metals markets have seen more than their fair share of scandal in recent years

Autobahn Rent A Car and 18 other companies, including Shariot (above), owe more than S$300 million to debtors, which include the local banks DBS, OCBC and UOB.

Autobahn Rent A Car directors Roy Tan and Sanjay Kumar Rai charged with forgery

The two are alleged to have falsified a receipt from a car distributor to show payment had been made