Six Malaysians jailed for S$4.9m heist targeting Singapore high-stakes poker game六名马来西亚人因抢劫新加坡高额扑克游戏，涉案金额高达490万新元而被判入狱。
SINGAPORE, Sept 15 — Six Malaysians have been jailed for their roles in a daring 2024 robbery at a good-class bungalow in King Albert Park, where masked men tied up 11 people...
In a bold 2024 heist at a King Albert Park bungalow in Singapore, six Malaysians have been sentenced for armed robbery and money laundering after stealing approximately S$4.9 million during a high-stakes poker game.
The masterminds, Wong Chi San and Goh Boon Tong, received the heaviest sentences at 12 years and 11 months in prison, along with caning and fines.
The robbery, the highest-value heist in Singapore since the 1970s, involved tying up 11 individuals and demanding cryptocurrency while seizing cash and luxury items.
One suspect, Muhammad Yusuf Kassim, remains at large.
SINGAPORE, Sept 15 — Six Malaysians have been jailed for their roles in a daring 2024 robbery at a good-class bungalow in King Albert Park, where masked men tied up 11 people during a high-stakes poker game and stole about S$4.9 million, The Straits Times reported.
The six, who each pleaded guilty to armed gang robbery and money laundering, were sentenced yesterday. The seventh suspect, Muhammad Yusuf Kassim, 33, remains at large and is believed to be in Thailand.
The two masterminds, Wong Chi San, 35, and Goh Boon Tong, 30, were each sentenced to 12 years and 11 months’ jail, 24 strokes of the cane and a S$4,000 fine yesterday.
Mohd Hamidon Ahmed, 49, who recruited men to provide additional muscle, was sentenced to 10½ years’ jail and 24 strokes of the cane.
According to the English daily, two of his recruits, Kartik Palaniappan, 34, and Muhammad Tauffiq Ahmad Fauzi, 34, were each jailed seven years and eight months and ordered to receive 24 strokes of the cane.
Mohd Hashim Ismail, 51, was sentenced to eight years and eight months’ jail and cannot be caned because he is above 50.
The Straits Times reported that the robbery took place in the early hours of April 18, 2024, after Wong and Goh learnt about poker games at the house, where stakes could reach several hundred thousand dollars and payments were made in cryptocurrency.
The pair later recruited Hamidon, who brought four men to Singapore. The group entered through an unlocked gate after 2am, with three men carrying machetes and two armed with baseball bats.
The robbers tied up the 11 people inside, demanded that the host transfer cryptocurrency to a wallet controlled by Wong, and took cash, luxury watches and money from a safe.
They then fled Singapore through separate checkpoints, with Wong and Goh using Tuas and the others using Woodlands.
Prosecutors said the robbery was Singapore’s highest-value heist since the 1970s after accounting for inflation. Police have recovered only cryptocurrency worth about S$1.69 million from the S$4.9 million stolen.
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2024 年，新加坡国王阿尔伯特公园的一栋平房发生了一起大胆的抢劫案，六名马来西亚人在一场高额赌注的扑克游戏中抢走了约 490 万新元，随后因武装抢劫和洗钱罪被判刑。
主谋黄志山和吴文东被判处最重的刑罚，12年11个月监禁，外加鞭刑和罚款。
这起抢劫案是新加坡自 20 世纪 70 年代以来金额最大的抢劫案，劫匪捆绑了 11 人，索要加密货币，并抢走了现金和奢侈品。
一名嫌疑人穆罕默德·优素福·卡西姆仍然在逃。
新加坡，9 月 15 日——据《海峡时报》报道，六名马来西亚人因参与 2024 年发生在金阿尔伯特公园一栋高档别墅的大胆抢劫案而被判入狱。当时，蒙面男子在一场高额赌注的扑克游戏中将 11 人捆绑起来，抢走了约 490 万新元。
这六名被告均承认犯有武装团伙抢劫和洗钱罪，并于昨日被判刑。第七名嫌疑人，33岁的穆罕默德·优素福·卡西姆，仍然在逃，据信身在泰国。
昨天，两名主谋，35岁的黄志山和30岁的吴文东，分别被判处12年11个月监禁、24下鞭刑和4000新元罚款。
49岁的莫哈末·哈米顿·艾哈迈德招募男子提供额外武力，被判处10年半监禁和24下鞭刑。
据英文日报报道，他的两名招募对象，34 岁的卡尔蒂克·帕拉尼亚潘和 34 岁的穆罕默德·陶菲克·艾哈迈德·福齐，分别被判处 7 年零 8 个月监禁，并被勒令接受 24 下鞭刑。
51岁的莫哈末·哈希姆·伊斯梅尔被判处8年零8个月监禁，由于他已超过50岁，因此不能处以鞭刑。
《海峡时报》报道称，抢劫案发生在 2024 年 4 月 18 日凌晨，此前黄和吴得知该房屋内有扑克游戏，赌注可达数十万美元，且使用加密货币进行支付。
两人后来招募了哈米顿，哈米顿带了四名男子来到新加坡。凌晨两点后，这伙人从一扇未上锁的大门进入，其中三人携带砍刀，两人手持棒球棍。
劫匪将屋内 11 人捆绑起来，要求屋主将加密货币转移到 Wong 控制的钱包，并从保险箱中抢走了现金、名表和钱财。
然后他们分别通过不同的检查站逃离新加坡，黄和吴从大士检查站逃离，其他人则从兀兰检查站逃离。
检方表示，经通货膨胀调整后，这起抢劫案是新加坡自上世纪70年代以来涉案金额最高的案件。警方仅追回了价值约169万新元的加密货币，而被盗金额高达490万新元。
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