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A group of rogue employees secretly siphoned off more than $120 million worth of fuel from Shell's Pulau Bukom facility onto vessels berthed at the wharf. ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
SINGAPORE – Two former Shell employees, who led a conspiracy to misappropriate fuel from the oil giant’s Pulau Bukom facility, were given stiff sentences on Aug 2 for their roles in the largest marine gas oil heist in Singapore’s history.
Muzaffar Ali Khan Muhamad Akram, 42, was sentenced to 26½ years’ jail, while Koh Choon Wei, 40, was handed 23½ years’ jail.
Muzaffar earned at least $1.3 million from his part in the racket, while Koh got at least $1 million. They spent the money on luxury watches, foreign property and cars.
The two were key members of a group of rogue employees who secretly siphoned off more than 200,000 tonnes of gas oil, worth more than $120 million, between August 2014 and January 2018.
Muzaffar and Koh had supervisory roles as shore loading officers in the same team. The team’s main duty was to load fuel products onto vessels berthed at the wharf.
At the time of their arrest, each was earning a monthly salary of about $6,000.
They had been recruited by the original mastermind of the scheme, Juandi Pungot. The latter, who obtained at least $5.6 million in criminal proceeds, was sentenced to 29 years’ jail in 2022.
Muzaffar was recruited between end 2007 and early 2008, and took part in the scheme from the start.
After Koh was recruited in mid-2015, Juandi and Muzaffar taught him how to approach captains of vessels to make arrangements to sell the stolen fuel.
Muzaffar and Koh brokered deals with the captains to ensure they had a steady stream of buyers, and planned the execution of the illegal loadings.
Muzaffar also recruited at least one other person into the scheme, and conspired with Juandi to pay bribes to surveyors to cover up their crimes.
In sentencing the pair, Justice Aedit Abdullah said deterrence is needed to protect Singapore’s reputation as a place to transact business and investment, including the supply of fuel.
The amount of misappropriated fuel and the gains obtained showed a high level of criminal responsibility on the part of Muzaffar, added the judge, noting that this was compounded by the sophisticated operations.
He said: “Muzaffar played a leading role in the criminal enterprise, though he was not at the absolute top of the ladder.”
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