The Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) is a staff department of the
Singapore Police Force (SPF). The department was first established in 1984 as the Commercial Crime Department (CCD), it is the
white-collar crimes unit of the SPF.
History
The department was first established in 1984 as the Commercial Crime Department (CCD) with
Glenn Knight
Glenn Jeyasingam Knight (born 1945) is a Singaporean lawyer. He was the first Director of the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) when it was founded in 1984. He lost his post in 1991 after being convicted of corruption in a much-publicised tria ...
as its first director.
Modern day
Background
As the
white-collar crimes unit of the police force, CAD conducts a variety of inquiries ranging from corporate irregularities such as LionGold and Data Register in 2014, as well as
casino-related offences. It also has the right making arrests.
Probes
High-profile probes conducted by CAD include
City Harvest Church founder
Kong Hee
Kong Hee (; born 23 August 1964) is the founder and senior pastor of City Harvest Church.
He was convicted in 2015 of being involved in the City Harvest Church Criminal Breach of Trust Case, Singapore's biggest case in misuse of charitable fu ...
, former bank relationship manager Vyia Lee Yock Sim who had misappropriated more than US$400,000 from seven high net-worth clients by 2006,
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
tourist guide
Yang Yin
Yang Yin (楊愔) (511–560), courtesy name Zhunyan (遵彦), nickname Qinwang (秦王), was a high-level official of the Chinese dynasty Northern Qi
Qi, known as the Northern Qi (), Later Qi (後齊) or Gao Qi (高齊) in historiography, was a ...
with a widow's niece over a legal tussle assets believed to be worth $40 million.
In September 2003, the CAD is also responsible for the capture of
Chia Teck Leng
Chia Teck Leng (谢德龙 Xìe Délóng; born 11 October 1959) is a convicted white-collar criminal from Singapore, who was known for his four-year commercial fraud which involved the swindling of $117 million from four foreign major banks to fe ...
, who was found to have misused his position as the finance manager of
Asia Pacific Breweries
Heineken Asia Pacific, formerly Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) is a Singaporean brewery company. Founded in 1931 as a joint venture between Heineken International and Fraser and Neave, it was renamed Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) in 1989 and given i ...
to swindle over $117 million from four foreign banks to pay off his debts and feed his gambling addiction. Chia is currently serving a 42-year jail term since 2004 for the crime, which was then the worst commercial crime Singapore has ever witnessed.
In January 2000, the CAD acted upon a report to arrest
SIA cabin crew supervisor
Teo Cheng Kiat
Teo Cheng Kiat (张振杰 Zhāng Zhènjíe; born 1953) is a Chinese Singaporean who was known for embezzling $35 million from Singapore Airlines (SIA) while he was still employed there, and the embezzlement lasted for 13 years between 1987 and 20 ...
for embezzling an approximate sum of $35 million from his company. Teo was charged with 26 counts of criminal breach of trust and corruption, and he was sentenced to 24 years in jail after the courts convicted him of ten out of these charges.
References
External links
Official site
1984 establishments in Singapore
Singapore Police Force
Government agencies established in 1984
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