On 15 March 2022, Mohd Jamail Khan Banakhani Shafi Khan (“Jamail”), a 56-year-old Singaporean, was convicted of the following offences. On 30 March 2022, he was sentenced to a total of 27 months’ imprisonment for the following charges:
- Four counts under Section 47(3) of the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act (Chapter 65A, 2000 Revised Edition) (“CDSA”) for acquiring benefits from criminal conduct;
- One count under Section 47(2)(b) of the CDSA for transferring benefits from criminal conduct;
- One count under Section 465 of the Penal Code (Chapter 224, 2008 Revised Edition) (“PC”) for forgery; and
- Two counts under Section 204A PC for obstructing the course of justice.
Eight other charges were taken into consideration for the purpose of sentencing.
At the material time, Jamail was a director and shareholder of Jars Technology Pte Ltd (“Jars Technology”). Between 23 May 2016 and 12 May 2017, a total of USD343,120 and USD49,956 were received in the bank accounts of Jars Technology and Jamail respectively. These sums were derived from cheating offences perpetrated overseas and locally, and Jamail had reasonable grounds to believe that these sums represented the benefits from criminal conduct. He subsequently transferred the monies from both bank accounts to local and overseas parties and used some of the monies for his personal expenses. The majority of the benefits from criminal conduct was seized in the course of investigations.
In the course of investigations into the abovementioned transfers, Jamail provided two forged investment agreements to the Commercial Affairs Department to falsely justify the said transfers in order to exculpate himself from potential criminal liability. By doing so, he had intentionally obstructed the course of justice.
The offences of acquiring and transferring property having reasonable grounds to believe that the property represents another person’s benefits from criminal conduct under Sections 47(3) and 47(2)(b) CDSA, which are punishable under Section 47(6)(a) CDSA, each carry an imprisonment term of up to 10 years, a fine not exceeding S$500,000, or both. The offence of forgery carries an imprisonment term of up to four years, a fine, or both. The offence of obstructing the course of justice carries an imprisonment term of up to seven years, a fine, or both.
Police take a serious view of the offences and will not hesitate to take action against any individuals involved in arrangements that allow their personal or company’s bank accounts to be used for illegal purposes such as the laundering of benefits from criminal conduct.
SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
30 March 2022 @ 5:00 PM