Russian man and Singaporean woman charged over money laundering activities一名俄罗斯男子和一名新加坡女子因洗钱活动被起诉
The man faces 14 charges, while the woman has eight. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Between March and June 2021, one of the accounts received more than $300,000 in various currencies from fraud and investment scams targeting foreign victims.
ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG
Published Oct 09, 2026, 05:50 PM
Updated Oct 09, 2026, 05:50 PM
SINGAPORE – A Russian man and a Singaporean woman were hauled to a district court on Oct 9 over their alleged involvement in money laundering activities.
Russian Kuznetsov Pavel, 35, was handed 14 charges for several offences, including abetting unknown persons’ unauthorised access to corporate bank accounts, forging documents and abetting local company directors in failing to exercise reasonable diligence in their duties.
His accomplice, Singaporean Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc, 42, was given eight charges, including abetting unauthorised access to bank accounts and transferring property reasonably suspected to be proceeds of criminal conduct.
The police said in a statement on Oct 8 that Pavel had provided corporate secretarial services to local and foreign clients in 2020 and 2021 through a firm he owned here.
He later recruited two people to serve as directors of two companies and allegedly told them that they did not need to exercise supervisory oversight over the companies or their bank accounts.
Pavel also allegedly recruited Nguyen as a local director of several companies, including Mobi Inter Plus, Trading Software and Union Trader.
She then opened a bank account and took control of other accounts belonging to two companies for which she was appointed a director, according to the police.
When questioned by the police, Nguyen could not explain the source of the funds.
Another bank account controlled by Nguyen received almost US$164,000 in November 2021. The funds were proceeds from an investment scam involving a foreign victim.
“Investigations established that the man and woman had reasonable grounds to believe they were involved in an arrangement facilitating the retention or control of benefits from criminal conduct on behalf of unknown persons,” the police added.
On Dec 23, 2020, Nguyen was also said to have encashed a cheque for $430,777.50 and passed the cash to an unknown male.
She had allegedly done so despite having reasonable grounds to believe that the cash was illegally obtained.
Pavel’s case will be heard again in court on Oct 26.
Nguyen’s case will be mentioned in court on Nov 20.
Claudia Tan is a journalist at The Straits Times covering the crime and court desk.
2021 年 3 月至 6 月期间，其中一个账户通过针对外国受害者的欺诈和投资骗局，收到了超过 30 万美元的各种货币。
《海峡时报》摄影：KELVIN CHNG
发布于2026年10月9日下午5:50
更新于2026年10月9日下午5:50
新加坡——10月9日，一名俄罗斯男子和一名新加坡女子因涉嫌参与洗钱活动被带到地方法院。
35岁的俄罗斯人库兹涅佐夫·帕维尔被控犯有14项罪行，包括教唆身份不明的人未经授权访问公司银行账户、伪造文件以及教唆当地公司董事未能尽到合理的勤勉义务。
他的同伙，42岁的新加坡人阮氏碧玉（Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc）被控八项罪名，包括教唆他人未经授权访问银行账户和转移被合理怀疑为犯罪所得的财产。
警方在 10 月 8 日的一份声明中表示，帕维尔在 2020 年和 2021 年通过他在这里拥有的一家公司向本地和外国客户提供公司秘书服务。
后来，他招募了两个人担任两家公司的董事，并据称告诉他们，他们不需要对公司或其银行账户行使监督权。
据称，帕维尔还招募阮担任多家公司的当地董事，其中包括 Mobi Inter Plus、Trading Software 和 Union Trader。
据警方称，她随后开设了一个银行账户，并控制了她担任董事的两家公司的其他账户。
警方讯问阮某时，他无法解释资金来源。
阮控制的另一个银行账户在 2021 年 11 月收到了近 16.4 万美元。这些资金来自一起涉及外国受害者的投资诈骗案。
警方补充说：“调查证实，这对男女有合理理由相信他们参与了一项安排，该安排旨在帮助不明身份的人保留或控制犯罪所得。”
据称，2020 年 12 月 23 日，阮某还兑现了一张 430,777.50 美元的支票，并将现金交给了一名身份不明的男子。
据称，尽管她有合理理由相信这笔现金是非法获得的，但她仍然这样做了。
帕维尔的案件将于10月26日再次开庭审理。
阮某的案件将于11月20日开庭审理。
Claudia Tan 是《海峡时报》的一名记者，负责报道犯罪和法庭新闻。