Importer Sentenced to Prison for Lying to Singapore Customs
A Singapore man was sentenced to three weeks in prison for giving false information to Singapore Customs, according to a May 23 press release. The man, Ramesh Krishnasamy, helped operate an import business, Green Royal, which imported 800 cartons of…
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duty-unpaid cigarettes and declared them as “176 pieces of empty plastic baskets,” Singapore Customs said. When Customs questioned Ramesh during the investigation, Ramesh gave a fake name to Customs for the man who Ramesh claimed “had suggested to him to start the business,” the press release said. Ramesh later told Customs he made up the name “to conceal the identity of the man,” an Indian national that was able to leave Singapore during the investigation. Singapore said it also arrested the Malaysian “lorry driver,” K Kumar Kannan, for knowingly transporting the cartons of cigarettes, which were concealed in a compartment in his vehicle. He was sentenced to prison for one year. Singapore Customs said giving false information can result in fines of up to $5,000 and/or one-year prison sentences.