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WORLDOct 6Singaporean massage parlour boss added to US ‘worst of the worst criminal aliens list’A Singaporean woman has been added to a US list of “the worst of the worst criminal aliens,” becoming the third citizen from the city state to appear on the register, after convicted sex offender Amos Yee and money launderer Lim Seok Pheng. Jing Emtage, 54, was sentenced in July last year to two years and two months in prison on seven counts of second-degree promoting prostitution across multiple Washington state massage parlours she ran with her husband, Gerald Emtage. Gerald Emtage, 49, was...South China Morning Post
BUSINESSOct 3‘Kerala Desks’ planned in Dubai, London, New York, Singapore and Tokyo to attract foreign investmentThe desks will be established on a “cooperative, no-cost model” in partnership with recognised organisations representing the Keralite diaspora, according to a September 30 State Industries department orderThe Hindu
CYBERSep 10CBI secures return of accused in Singapore scam case from U.S.Harnek Singh, absconding since 2013 in a case involving spoof calls targeting Indian nationals in Singapore, deported from the U.S. and taken into CBI custodyThe Hindu
CYBERSep 8Singapore man Malone Lam pleads guilty after massive US bitcoin heist and spending spreeA 22-year-old man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to teaming up with friends to steal nearly a quarter-billion dollars in bitcoin from a Washington resident – one of the largest cryptocurrency thefts in US history – and then embarking on a wild spending spree with the laundered proceeds. Malone Lam, an eighth-grade dropout who came to the US from Singapore, faces a maximum prison sentence of 20 years after pleading guilty to a federal racketeering conspiracy charge. US District Judge Colleen...South China Morning Post
WORLDAug 31Singapore is scrambling to stabilize birthrates. Experts say there are lessons for the U.S.Singapore has unveiled a national initiative built entirely around its collapsing birth rate. Some demographers say the plan includes policy ideas that could help American parents.NPR News
BUSINESSAug 26Temasek-backed investor behind Unitree pitches Singapore as Chinese robots' path to U.S.As Washington shuts out Chinese robotics, a Temasek-backed VC bets that startups with genuine development in the city-state can still reach American buyers.CNBC