After two men were charged on Thursday morning (March 6) for conspiring to make false statements to suppliers, another Chinese man involved in the case was also charged with one count of using the company's bank account to transfer and receive money without authorization.

Chinese man Li Ming (51 years old) and two local men, Wen Guojie (41 years old) and Wei Zhaolun (49 years old) were each charged with one charge of fraud on false statements last Thursday (February 27). After face charges, they were ordered to be remanded to the Central Police Station for investigation.

Wen Guojie and Wei Zhaolun were charged with one charge in the national court Thursday morning, and are currently facing two charges, saying that the two conspired to make false statements to two suppliers, Dell and Supermicro (Supermicro) in 2024, saying that the server will only be transferred to the final consignee and will not be transferred to other unauthorized persons.

Li Ming was charged with one count of violating the computer abuse law Thursday afternoon, accusing him of unauthorized use of the OCBC bank account transfer and collection on June 19, 2024.

His original charge was also modified to allegedly fraudulently in 2023, and made false statements that a company called “Luxuriate Your Life” would be the end user.

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The prosecution cited the Criminal Procedure Code in court on Thursday to apply to remand Li Ming for eight days, but was opposed by Li Ming's lawyers representing him.

The prosecution pointed out that the investigation showed that the defendant's wife and shareholders of the company involved had transferred money according to Li Ming's instructions. In addition to these two people, Li Ming was associated with other people who left Singapore before or shortly after the investigation began, and the authorities are still determining the extent of these people's involvement. The prosecution believes that if Li Ming was on bail, there would be a risk of colluding with others or destroying evidence.

In addition, the authorities are currently stepping up their investigations, including inspection of the 42 electronic devices seized, requesting bank statements from financial institutions, and tracing the capital flows of the companies involved in the case. The authorities also seek assistance from foreign law enforcement agencies to collect more evidence, etc.

Li Ming's representative lawyer Huang Qingjian (Dezun Law Firm), retorted that the investigation has nothing to do with whether the defendant was remanded. Even if the defendant was released on bail, the police can still summon him back to the police station for questioning. He pointed out that the prosecution applied for continued remands only for the convenience of the authorities.

National Court Judge Cai Yuzhu believes that Li Ming was arrested on February 26 this year and was charged the next day (27th), and it has been less than 10 days so far, and the investigation is obviously still in its preliminary stages. She pointed out that it was fair to the Bureau of Commercial Affairs to complete the investigation, not for convenience, so she approved the prosecution's application and ordered the continued remand of Li Ming for one week.

Wen Guojie and Wei Zhaolun were also ordered to continue remand for one week on Thursday morning, and the three people's cases were held until March 13. (Translation of the name)