SU WENQIANG, one of the 10 foreign nationals embroiled in Singapore’s largest money laundering case, was handed seven new charges on Monday (Jan 29).

Six of the new charges alleged that he used around S$476,700 in proceeds from operating an unlawful remote gambling service in the Philippines to purchase luxury goods, jewellery and alcohol.

He also allegedly used the money to pay the deposit and rent of an Orchard condominium and a landed house on Lewis Road, charge sheets indicated.

The seventh new charge accused him of forging a Chinese marriage certificate stating he had married one Su Yanping in China in 2018, when no such marriage registration was made.

The charge sheet noted that the certificate was intended to be fraudulently used in a Dependant’s Pass application to Singapore’s Manpower Ministry.

This brings the total number of charges faced by Su to nine.

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In August last year, he was charged with possessing S$601,706 in cash generated from unlawful remote gambling, as well as purchasing a Mercedes-Benz AMG C63S using S$500,000 in criminal proceeds.

Su, who holds passports from Cambodia, China and Vanuatu, was previously in court on Nov 2, 2023, for a bail review. District Judge Brenda Tan denied him bail then, as she found that he had a high flight-risk and there was evidence he was a fugitive from China.

He will return to court on Feb 1 for a pre-trial conference.

Su is among the 10 foreign nationals nabbed on Aug 15, 2023, in an anti-money laundering probe, where more than S$3 billion in assets have been seized.

The latest update from the police on Jan 19 stated that 55 more properties and 15 vehicles have been slapped with prohibition of disposal orders, while an additional 189 luxury bags, 34 pieces of jewellery and five luxury watches were seized or issued with prohibition of disposal orders.