Lawyer in missing millions case hit with 19 more charges, taking total amount involved to more than S$75 million

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SINGAPORE: Jeffrey Ong Su Aun, the former managing partner of JLC Advisors LLP who went missing after allegedly embezzling millions from an ...

in February, when he was handed 11 charges of embezzling S$33.8 million between October 2017 and August 2018.s, and was held in escrow - where funds are held by a law firm while two or more parties complete a transaction.Ong later fled the country but was arrested in Malaysia with the help of the Royal Malaysia Police in May last year.

1 count under Section 409 Penal Code for the misappropriation of US$4,851,289.15 from an escrow account between Airtrust Pte Limited and Wrangwell Limited , while acting as a solicitor of JLC Advisors; 3 counts under Section 409 Penal Code for the misappropriation of S$12,285,065.85, being the balance proceeds from the sale of Allied Technologies’ subsidiary, Allied Machineries Co. Ltd., while acting as a solicitor of JLC Advisors;

4 counts under Section 409 Penal Code for the misappropriation of S$11,700,020 of escrow funds held for Allied Technologies, while acting as a solicitor of JLC Advisors;

 

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