The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today issued a 1-year prohibition order (PO) against a former representative of HSBC Bank, Mr Aw Jun Ray, Reko Corinthians.
2 Mr Aw was investigated for the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act (CDSA) offences and was issued with a 24-month conditional warning
3 Subsequently, Mr Aw applied for the position of a relationship manager in HSBC. He omitted to state in his fit and proper declaration to the bank that he had been subject to Police investigations and criminal proceedings. He also failed to inform HSBC that he had been issued a 24-month conditional warning. By omitting such material information in his declaration, Mr Aw has contravened section 32(2)(b) of the Financial Advisers Act (FAA), and section 99O(2)(b) of the Securities and Futures Act (SFA). These contraventions have given MAS reason to believe that he will not perform financial advisory and capital markets services honestly.
4 Under the PO, which took effect from today, Mr Aw is prohibited for a period of one year from providing any financial advisory services, and from taking part in the management, acting as a director, or becoming a substantial shareholder, of any financial advisory firm under the FAA. He is also prohibited for a period of one year from performing any regulated activity and from taking part in the management, acting as a director, or becoming a substantial shareholder, of any capital markets services firm under the SFA.
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Additional information
Section 32(2)(b) of the Financial Advisers Act 2001
Any individual who, in connection with the lodgment by the individual’s principal of any document under section 26—(b) omits to state any matter or thing to the individual’s principal as a result of which the document is misleading in a material respect; shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000.
Section 99O(2)(b) of the Securities and Futures Act 2001
Any individual who, in connection with the lodgment by his or her principal of any document under section 99H—(b) omits to state any matter or thing to his or her principal as a result of which the document is misleading in a material respect; shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000.
[1] Conditional warnings typically contain the condition that the subject who was warned must remain crime free for a period of time after its issuance. Failure to do so would mean that the authorities may prosecute the subject for the original crimes he was warned for, as well as any fresh offences.
