I have produced a short documentary about the bid-rigging case I uncovered in early 2022 that resulted in the perpetrators being penalized with monetary fines by the Competition Commission of Singapore. It is based on my personal experience stumbling upon this quotation where the bid prices triggered my pattern recognition honed from close to three … Read more
Just completed yesterday (22 September 2025) a customized run of E199v: Unmasking Collusion – Detecting and Preventing Anti-Competitive Behaviours (Live Webinar) for a client through Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA)‘s customized Continuing Professional Development for 40 over participants. The next available open public run is on 18 November 2025 and interested folks can sign-up … Read more
Appreciate the opportunity by The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Singapore to share at their lunch-time (Live Streaming) webinar on the topic, “Detecting Bid-Rigging Through Internal Audit Practices” on 12 June 2025 (Thursday) from 12.00 p.m. to 1.00 p.m. The session was scheduled for one hour but over-ran by ten minutes due to the number … Read more
Completed the inaugural one day “Fraud Auditing” course organized by the Institute of Internal Auditors (Singapore) at M Hotel today with an engaging and enthusiastic group of participants spanning backgrounds ranging from internal audit, risk management, compliance and law enforcement. We had covered the overview of the detection, assessment, investigation, and mitigation of fraud. The … Read more
Glad to have shared at ISCA’s Financial Forensic Accounting (FFA) Virtual Lunch Talk: Behind Closed Doors: Exposing Anti-Competitive Practices from Bid Rigging on 5 December 2024 from 12.30 p.m. to 1.30 p.m. via Zoom to 177 participants from Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia and even Australia. Kudos to the great folks at Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) … Read more
I had an interesting time co-presenting this topic to members of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners from Singapore Chapter, Taiwan Chapter, Hong Kong Chapter, Malaysian Chapter and India Chapter. My co-presenter Cheryl Ng, CFE from Foxwood and I covered the following topics:(1) Introduction to Bid Rigging(2) Bid Rigging Cases (in Singapore)(3) Key Red Flags … Read more
I will be speaking at the ACFE Singapore Chapter webinar titled: “Behind Closed Doors: Exposing Anti-Competitive Practices in Bid Rigging” on 18 November 2024 at 3 PM to 4.30 PM Singapore Time over Zoom. I will be sharing the stage with legal counsel Cheryl Ng, CFE for this 1.5-hour webinar, exposing the anti-competitive practices used in a bid-rigging case in Singapore. Cheryl will … Read more
I am a fan of Japanese anime (or Japanese animation) and one of the more memorable anime series that I found interesting was, “Solo Leveling“. It is based on the South Korean web novel by Chugong. The key plot behind “Solo Leveling” is that the main character keeps “leveling-up” or in the language of those … Read more
One of the more interesting fraud investigations that I had carried out was the case that involved almost 100 missing IT equipment. IT equipment such as laptops, desktops and mobile devices such as tablets are valuable items even if they are not brand new. Most organizations have a asset tracking policy that may require the … Read more