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SINGAPORE – A lawyer who left Singapore after more than $33 million parked at his firm went missing faces 12 new charges related to the sum.
Eleven of the charges involve the allegation that Jeffrey Ong Su Aun had committed criminal breach of trust as an attorney between October 2017 and August 2018. The charges involve sums of between $9,967.10 and $12,200,005 each.
Ong, who appeared in a district court via video-link on Monday (Feb 24), was also charged with one count of forgery.
On April 15 last year, he allegedly forged on a cheque the signature of Mr Vincent Lim Puay Chong, a partner at law firm JLC Advisors. Ong, 42, had previously worked at the firm.
Ong now faces 38 charges in all.
He first made the headlines last year after more than $33 million that was held in escrow by JLC Advisors for client Allied Technologies went missing.
Escrow is an essential service in capital markets that supports transactions such as mergers and acquisitions.
Ong disappeared soon after.
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