Singapore Hin Leong founder O.K. Lim sentenced to 17-1/2 years in jail, media reports
The founder of collapsed Singaporean oil trading firm Hin Leong Trading Pte Ltd was sentenced to 17-1/2 years in prison on Monday for cheating global bank HSBC and abetting forgery, local media reported.
Hin Leong oil tycoon OK Lim, 82, sentenced to 17.5 years' jail
SINGAPORE: Lim Oon Kuin, the elderly founder of collapsed oil trading firm Hin Leong Trading, was on Monday (Nov 18) sentenced to 17-and-a-half yearsin jail in a cheating case inv
Hin Leong founder O.K. Lim given 17 and half year jail term for cheating, forgery
SINGAPORE - Hin Leong founder Lim Oon Kuin was sentenced on Nov 18 to 17 years and six months jail for three charges of cheating and forgery in what prosecutors described as “one of the most serious cases of trade financing fraud that have ever been prosecuted in Singapore”.
Hin Leong founder jailed over fraud scandal that shocked Singapore
The founder of commodity trader Hin Leong has been sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for his role as “mastermind” of a trade finance fraud scheme that sent shockwaves through the trade finance sector.
S'pore oil tycoon OK Lim, 82, sentenced to 17.5 years' jail for cheating offences
At one point, the disgraced oil tycoon purportedly owed 23 banks a total of S$5.5 billion. Lim Oon Kuin, 82, who is the founder of collapsed oil trading firm Hin Leong Trading, was sentenced to 17.5 years' jail over a cheating case involving at least S$150 million.
Singapore sentences O.K. Lim to over 17 years in prison
The Hing Leong founder, real name Lim Oon Kuin, was earlier convicted of two charges of cheating HSBC and one count of abetting forgery.
17.5 years jail for OK Lim in one of Singapore’s ‘most serious cases of trade financing fraud’
The tycoon will appeal against the sentence, and his lawyer says that his $4 million bail has also been extended
Founder of Hin Leong Sentenced for Fraud in Oil Trading Scandal
The founder of Hin Leong Trading Pte Ltd, O.K. Lim, was sentenced to 17.5 years in prison for cheating HSBC and abetting forgery. Convicted in May, Lim was involved in a $111.7 million scam in oil contracts.
Octogenarian oil tycoon sentenced to 17 years in Singapore for cheating case involving USD 111.7 mn
An 82-year-old Singaporean oil tycoon was on Monday sentenced to 17-and-a-half years in jail in a cheating case involving at least USD 111.7 million. Lim Oon Kuin, the elderly founder of collapsed oil trading firm Hin Leong Trading,
Former Singapore tycoon OK Lim gets 17-and-a-half years in prison for cheating HSBC out of US$111.7m
Lim Oon Kuin, the 82-year-old founder of the collapsed Singapore oil trading firm Hin Leong Trading, was today sentenced to 17-and-a-half years in prison
Hin Leong founder O.K. Lim gets 17½ years’ jail for cheating, forgery
It was “one of the most serious cases of trade financing fraud that have ever been prosecuted in Singapore”. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Former Singapore oil tycoon O.K. Lim gets 17½ years’ jail for cheating, forgery
SINGAPORE: Hin Leong founder Lim Oon Kuin was sentenced on Nov 18 to 17 years and six months jail for three charges of ...