Vape syndicate ringleaders get jail after 58,000 products found in Lentor house, Canberra condo

The syndicate was allegedly headed by a Malaysia-based person known as "Nobody", who arranged deliveries of vapes into Singapore.

From left: Tiffany Lim Hui Peng, Kenneth Tan Hong Chang and Wong Ee Wei arriving at the State Courts on Oct 5, 2026. (Photos: CNA/Raydza Rahman)

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SINGAPORE: Two ringleaders who helped run a vape syndicate in Singapore with products imported from Malaysia were sentenced on Monday (Oct 5), along with one of their wives.

The syndicate was caught with more than 58,000 vape products in two "warehouses" on Oct 16, 2025. Nearly 17,000 of these items were vapes.

Wong Ee Wei, a 29-year-old Singaporean, was sentenced to 25 months' jail and a fine of S$100,000 (US$78,000), while Kenneth Tan Hong Chang, a 31-year-old Singaporean, was given 45 months' jail, a fine of S$36,000 and a driving ban.

Tan's Singaporean wife, 30-year-old Tiffany Lim Hui Ping, was sentenced to 18 months' jail and a fine of S$44,000. She was also a member of the syndicate.

Wong, who was a leader in the syndicate from mid-2022 to 2024, had earlier pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess vapes for sale and being part of an organised crime group.

Tan, who became involved in the syndicate in February 2025, pleaded guilty to similar charges as well as unrelated charges of cheating, misappropriation and traffic-related offences.

His wife pleaded guilty to a charge each for possessing vapes for sale, being part of an organised crime group and allowing a place to be used for crime.

From mid-2022 to Oct 16, 2025, the syndicate distributed vapes imported from Malaysia.

Comprising syndicate leaders, distributors and area distributors, the syndicate was led by a person believed to be based in Malaysia known as "Nobody".

Wong and Tan were syndicate leaders in Singapore who respectively managed the operation's two "warehouses" – a terrace house in Lentor near Yio Chu Kang, and a condominium in Canberra in the Sembawang area.

They would coordinate the delivery of vapes from Malaysia to Singapore as arranged by Nobody, and help to move the vapes between the two warehouses.

They also handled the operation's finances, such as tallying the day's earnings, and handed over the earnings to money mules arranged by Nobody.

Lim was a distributor in Singapore whose job was to take stock, pack vapes for the daily orders and sort them for delivery.

The distributors would hand over these packed orders to area distributors – the lowest rung in the syndicate who delivered the vapes and collected cash payments – and collect the earnings of the previous day.

Court documents showed that another Malaysia-based vape supplier introduced Wong to Nobody sometime in 2022.

Wong agreed to manage and distribute vapes in Singapore when Nobody was looking for someone for the role.

Wong was asked to be a syndicate leader and to recruit distributors to run the syndicate's operations in a warehouse in Mandai.

From mid-2022 to December 2024, he recruited four Singaporeans: Adrian Chia Hong Qing, 33; Tan Boon Hao, 30;Teo Jin Rui, 29; and Tey Ler Wei, 30.

From December 2024, Wong became a "sleeping partner", handing over his duties as a syndicate leader to Tey. Although he stepped back from managing the warehouse, he continued to earn between S$5,000 and S7,000 a month.

Tan became a syndicate leader later in February 2025.

He roped in his wife to pack and distribute vapes for extra cash. She signed a two-year tenancy agreement to rent a condominium unit for S$3,300 a month, which was used as the syndicate's second storage unit managed by Tan.

Besides packing orders, Lim would hand the orders over to area distributors at a car park in Ang Mo Kio. At times, she would help pick up vapes from couriers as arranged by Nobody under Tan's instructions.

Tan had pocketed money from his employer by switching the bank accounts that would receive supplier and e-commerce payments.

Between Oct 1, 2023 and May 8, 2024, he was working as a human resource and finance assistant for Chocolate Origin, a chocolate and confectionery brand owned by parent company Dadaca.

Sometime around December 2023, Tan replaced the bank account numbers of Dadaca's suppliers with his friend's bank account, diverting about S$48,950 to it.

He also switched Dadaca's bank account on its online e-commerce platforms to his own bank account, so that online orders would be paid to him instead.

Between January and June 2024, he received about S$39,500. Court documents showed that he has not made restitution.

Tan also pleaded guilty to charges over a fight outside a club in Sim Lim Tower on Jun 12, 2023 at around midnight, as well as to unrelated traffic offences.

Four other men have been sentenced for their involvement in the syndicate, receiving jail terms ranging from 10 months to a year and five months, along with fines.

Apart from these, the cases against another six accused members are pending.

For being a member of a locally linked organised criminal group, a person can be jailed for up to five years or fined up to S$100,000, or both.

For conspiring to possess vapes for sale, an offender can be jailed for up to six months or fined up to S$10,000, or both.

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据称，该犯罪团伙由一名化名“无名氏”的马来西亚人领导，负责安排向新加坡运送电子烟。

从左至右：林慧萍、陈鸿昌和黄义伟于2026年10月5日抵达国家法院。（图片：CNA/Raydza Rahman）

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新加坡：两名主犯因协助在新加坡经营电子烟犯罪集团，销售从马来西亚进口的产品，于周一（10月5日）被判刑，其中一名主犯的妻子也一同被判刑。

2025年10月16日，该犯罪团伙在两个“仓库”中被查获，藏有超过58000件电子烟产品。其中近17000件是电子烟。

29岁的新加坡人黄义伟被判处25个月监禁，并处罚金10万新元（7.8万美元）；31岁的新加坡人陈鸿昌被判处45个月监禁，并处罚金3.6万新元，同时被吊销驾照。

陈某的新加坡籍妻子，30岁的林慧萍（Tiffany Lim Hui Ping），被判处18个月监禁并处罚金44000新元。她也是该犯罪团伙的成员。

黄某从 2022 年年中到 2024 年是该犯罪集团的头目，此前他已承认串谋持有电子烟进行销售以及参与有组织犯罪集团的罪行。

Tan于2025年2月加入该犯罪集团，他承认犯有类似罪行，以及与此无关的欺诈、挪用和交通违章罪行。

他的妻子承认犯有持有电子烟用于贩卖、参与有组织犯罪集团以及允许他人利用场所进行犯罪等罪行。

从 2022 年年中到 2025 年 10 月 16 日，该犯罪团伙分销从马来西亚进口的电子烟。

该犯罪集团由集团头目、分销商和区域分销商组成，据信由一名居住在马来西亚、被称为“无名氏”的人领导。

黄和陈是新加坡犯罪集团的头目，分别管理着该集团的两个“仓库”——义顺附近伦多的一栋排屋和三巴旺地区堪培拉的一栋公寓。

他们将按照 Nobody 的安排，协调从马来西亚到新加坡的电子烟运输，并协助在两个仓库之间搬运电子烟。

他们还负责处理行动的财务，例如统计当天的收入，并将收入交给“无名氏”安排的洗钱者。

林先生是新加坡的一名分销商，他的工作是清点库存、包装每日订单的电子烟产品并进行分拣以便发货。

分销商会将这些包装好的订单交给区域分销商——这是该团伙中最底层的分销商，他们负责配送电子烟并收取现金——并收取前一天的收入。

法庭文件显示，另一家马来西亚电子烟供应商在 2022 年的某个时候将 Wong 介绍给了 Nobody。

当新加坡没有人寻找合适的人选时，黄先生同意负责管理和分销电子烟产品。

黄某被要求担任犯罪集团的领导人，并招募分销商在万代的一个仓库中运营该犯罪集团的业务。

从 2022 年年中到 2024 年 12 月，他招募了四名新加坡人：33 岁的 Adrian Chia Hong Qing；30 岁的 Tan Boon Hao；29 岁的 Teo Jin Rui；以及 30 岁的 Tey Ler Wei。

自2024年12月起，黄某成为“隐名合伙人”，将团伙头目的职责移交给郑某。虽然他不再管理仓库，但每月仍能获得5000至7000新元的收入。

谭于 2025 年 2 月下旬成为犯罪集团头目。

为了赚取额外收入，他拉拢妻子打包和分销电子烟。她签订了一份为期两年的租赁协议，以每月3300新元的价格租下一套公寓，这套公寓被用作该犯罪集团的第二个仓库，由谭负责管理。

除了打包订单，林女士还会把订单送到宏茂桥的一个停车场，交给当地的分销商。有时，她还会按照谭先生的指示，帮着Nobody公司从快递员那里取电子烟。

Tan通过调换接收供应商和电子商务付款的银行账户，从雇主那里私吞了钱。

2023 年 10 月 1 日至 2024 年 5 月 8 日期间，他担任 Chocolate Origin 的人力资源和财务助理，Chocolate Origin 是母公司 Dadaca 旗下的巧克力和糖果品牌。

大约在 2023 年 12 月，Tan 将 Dadaca 供应商的银行账号替换为他朋友的银行账号，并将大约 48,950 新元转移到该账号。

他还把 Dadaca 在线电子商务平台上的银行账户切换到了自己的银行账户，这样在线订单的款项就会支付给他。

2024年1月至6月期间，他收到了约39500新元。法庭文件显示，他尚未进行赔偿。

谭某还承认了2023年6月12日午夜前后在森林大厦一家俱乐部外发生的斗殴事件，以及其他无关的交通违法行为。

另有四名男子因参与该犯罪集团而被判刑，刑期从 10 个月到 1 年 5 个月不等，并处以罚款。

除此之外，还有六名被告成员的案件正在审理中。

加入本地有组织犯罪集团的人，可被判处最高五年监禁或最高 10 万新元罚款，或两者并罚。

串谋持有电子烟进行销售的违法者，可被判处最高六个月监禁或最高 10,000 新元罚款，或两者并罚。

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