2 men charged with offences allegedly linked to ex-lawyer who took nearly $76m of clients’ money

Published Sep 23, 2026, 01:32 PM

Updated Sep 23, 2026, 01:32 PM

Two men have been charged with offences said to be linked to ex-lawyer Jeffrey Ong Su Aun, who misappropriated nearly $76 million from clients.

Ong was sentenced to 19 years' jail in 2023, the longest sentence for such a case in Singapore.

Wong Koon Lup faces 24 charges including criminal breach of trust as an attorney and cheating, while Kenneth Low Si Ren faces charges of criminal breach of trust as an attorney and forgery.

SINGAPORE - Two men have been charged with offences allegedly linked to a former lawyer who was jailed for 19 years in 2023 after he misappropriated nearly $76 million of his clients’ money.

Jeffrey Ong Su Aun, then 45, was sentenced in July that year, and his case involved the largest amount of money misappropriated by a lawyer in Singapore.

His sentence was the heaviest meted out to a former member of the Bar for such offences.

One of the men who appeared in a district court on Sept 23 was Wong Koon Lup, 63, who was handed 24 charges for offences including criminal breach of trust (CBT) as an attorney and cheating.

In a statement, police said he is the former chief executive and chairman of a company called CW Group Holdings, which was previously listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong.

The second man, Kenneth Low Si Ren, 38, was charged with four counts of CBT as an attorney and one count of forgery.

Police said he is the former executive director of Allied Technologies, a company previously listed on the SGX Catalist.

In earlier proceedings, the court heard that Ong, who is the former managing partner of JLC Advisors, had treated cash from the firm’s clients as his own.

CW Group and Allied Technologies had maintained escrow facility arrangements with JLC, which acted as their escrow agent.

These arrangements form the basis of most of the charges handed to Wong and Low on Sept 23, said the police.

Escrow is an arrangement where a third party holds money or assets on behalf of two parties until agreed conditions are fulfilled.

This service can support transactions such as mergers and acquisitions in capital markets.

Wong is accused of committing his offences between 2015 and 2018.

He faces 13 counts of engaging in a conspiracy with Ong to commit CBT as an attorney.

He had allegedly worked with Ong to misappropriate over $24 million held in CW Group’s escrow facility with JLC.

Wong was also charged with three counts of CBT.

He is accused of misappropriating around $17 million belonging to CW Group and its subsidiary known as CW Advanced Technologies.

Wong also faces six counts of cheating.

He is accused of working with Ong and one Zheng Jiabin to conceal from CW Group’s board of directors the misappropriation of the company’s escrow money.

Wong allegedly engaged in a conspiracy with Ong to provide false audit confirmations to CW Group’s statutory auditor Ernst & Young Solutions.

These alleged offences were linked to CW Group’s escrow facility with JLC.

Wong purportedly instigated one Ng Geok Luan to cheat Ernst & Young Solutions by providing it with a false audit confirmation.

Court documents did not disclose any details about Zheng and Ng.

Wong was also charged on Sept 23 with two counts of falsification of accounts.

He had allegedly instigated his finance staff members to falsify CW Group’s financial statements.

Low had allegedly worked with Ong to misappropriate over $11 million held in Allied Technologies’ escrow facility with JLC.

Police said Low was not the executive director of Allied Technologies when he purportedly committed these offences on or before Oct 31, 2017.

They did not disclose details about his occupation at the time.

However, Low was holding the position when he allegedly engaged in a conspiracy with Ong to forge a cheque on or before April 15, 2019.

The Singaporean men’s pre-trial conferences will take place on Oct 27.

For each count of CBT as an attorney, an offender can be jailed for up to 20 years and fined.

Those convicted of cheating can be jailed for up to three years, fined, or both, for each charge.

Ong was struck off the rolls in 2022.

He had pleaded guilty to 10 charges including CBT , with 66 other charges taken into consideration .

Ong had enjoyed a personal benefit of more than $7.2 million from his offences and had made no restitution.

Shaffiq Alkhatib is The Straits Times’ court correspondent, covering mainly criminal cases heard at the State Courts.

Criminal breach of trust

发布于 2026 年 9 月 23 日下午 1:32

更新于2026年9月23日下午1:32

两名男子被控犯有与前律师王素安有关的罪行，王素安挪用了客户近 7600 万美元。

2023年，翁被判处19年监禁，这是新加坡此类案件中最长的刑期。

黄坤禄面临 24 项指控，包括律师渎职罪和欺诈罪；而刘思仁则面临律师渎职罪和伪造罪的指控。

新加坡——两名男子被控犯有与一名前律师有关的罪行，该律师因挪用客户近 7600 万美元的资金，于 2023 年被判入狱 19 年。

当时 45 岁的 Jeffrey Ong Su Aun 于当年 7 月被判刑，他的案件涉及新加坡律师挪用的最大金额。

他的刑罚是迄今为止对犯有此类罪行的前律师成员判处的最重刑罚。

9 月 23 日在区域法院出庭的男子之一是 63 岁的黄坤禄，他被控 24 项罪名，包括作为律师的刑事失信和欺诈。

警方在一份声明中表示，他是曾任香港联合交易所上市公司CW集团控股有限公司的首席执行官兼董事长。

第二名男子，38 岁的 Kenneth Low Si Ren，被控四项律师身份犯罪和一项伪造罪。

警方称，他是 Allied Technologies 的前执行董事，该公司此前曾在新加坡交易所凯利板上市。

在之前的诉讼程序中，法庭获悉，曾任 JLC Advisors 管理合伙人的 Ong 将公司客户的现金当作自己的钱使用。

CW 集团和 Allied Technologies 与 JLC 签订了托管协议，JLC 担任他们的托管代理人。

警方表示，这些安排构成了9月23日对黄和刘提出的大部分指控的基础。

第三方托管是指由第三方代表双方保管资金或资产，直到约定的条件得到满足的一种安排。

这项服务可以为资本市场的并购等交易提供支持。

黄某被指控在 2015 年至 2018 年间犯下这些罪行。

他面临 13 项指控，罪名是与 Ong 合谋，以律师身份实施 CBT（认知行为疗法）。

据称他与 Ong 合谋挪用了 CW 集团在 JLC 托管账户中持有的超过 2400 万美元的资金。

黄还被控三项刑事辩护罪。

他被指控挪用了属于 CW 集团及其子公司 CW 先进技术公司的约 1700 万美元。

黄某还面临六项欺诈指控。

他被指控与翁某和郑家斌某合谋，向CW集团董事会隐瞒公司托管资金被挪用的情况。

据称，黄某与王某合谋向 CW 集团的法定审计师安永会计师事务所提供虚假的审计确认书。

这些涉嫌犯罪行为与 CW 集团在 JLC 的托管服务有关。

据称，黄某唆使吴玉銮向安永会计师事务所提供虚假的审计确认书，以此欺骗安永会计师事务所。

法庭文件没有披露有关郑和吴的任何细节。

9月23日，黄某还被控两项伪造账目罪。

据称他唆使财务人员伪造 CW 集团的财务报表。

据称，Low 与 Ong 合谋挪用了存放在 Allied Technologies 与 JLC 合作托管账户中的 1100 多万美元。

警方表示，Low在2017年10月31日或之前犯下这些罪行时，并非Allied Technologies的执行董事。

他们当时没有透露他的职业详情。

然而，据称在 2019 年 4 月 15 日或之前，Low 担任该职位期间，与 Ong 合谋伪造支票。

新加坡男子的审前会议将于10月27日举行。

对于每一项以律师身份实施的 CBT 指控，违法者可被判处最高 20 年监禁并处罚款。

犯有作弊罪的人，每项指控最高可判处三年监禁、罚款或两者并罚。

Ong于2022年被除名。

他承认了包括 CBT 在内的 10 项指控，另有 66 项指控被考虑在内。

Ong 从其犯罪行为中获利超过 720 万美元，且未作出任何赔偿。

沙菲克·阿尔哈提卜是《海峡时报》的法庭记者，主要报道国家法院审理的刑事案件。

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