Man Given Prison Sentence for Evading Singapore Duties
Singapore Customs said a man was sentenced to 42 months in prison and penalized with a more than $10 million fine for “dealing with duty-unpaid cigarettes,” in a July 17 press release. Because the man did not pay the fine,…
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Singapore said an extra 28 months was added to his sentence. Singapore Customs said the man and five others were arrested for evading about $350,000 in duties on cigarettes in 2017. The man coordinated the delivery of the cigarettes, which were loaded onto two Malaysian-registered cars “for distribution to various locations in Singapore,” according to the notice. The man is a repeat offender, previously convicted of similar offenses in 2006, and also in 2014, for being caught in 2012 and 2013 importing or delivering duty-unpaid cigarettes.