New charges against man facing 868 SingPass-related offences
SINGAPORE — Years before he allegedly misused others’ SingPass details, James Sim Guan Liang allowed his own personal information to be misused for visa applications.
Sim was charged last month with 868 counts of illegally using 293 SingPass accounts and sending the log-in information to someone called “Lemon aka Long” between January and May 2011.
Today (June 16), the 39-year-old was charged with 16 additional counts of handing his identity card to “Lemon” and providing “Lemon aka Long” and other unknown persons his SingPass details to aid in the visa applications of 13 China nationals between 2006 and 2008.
Three of the new charges are for handing his identity card to “Lemon”, whose identity is still unknown.
Sim faces a maximum penalty of 10 years’ jail and a S$10,000 fine for each of the three charges under the National Registration Act, if convicted.
The remaining 13 charges are for abetting “Lemon aka Long” and several unknown persons in making false statements to obtain a Singapore visa.
Sim is accused of providing them with his SingPass details in 2006 with the information used in 2007 and 2008 to falsely state that he was a relative or friend of the 13 China nationals.
He faces up to 12 months’ jail and a S$4,000 fine for each of the 13 charges under the Immigration Act, if convicted.
Of the 868 charges brought against Sim last month, 575 were for illegally accessing others’ Central Provident Fund members’ homepage and/or Media Development Authority online services.
The other 293 charges were for emailing the SingPass details to “Lemon”, who is said to have used the information to make false statements to get a Singapore visa.
Sim’s pre-trial conference is scheduled for next Friday
