Six Individuals Charged For Alleged Corruption and Money Laundering Offences Involving Engineering Contracts

On 9 October 2026, the following six individuals were charged in Court for alleged corruption and money laundering offences:

a) Goh Liang Boon (“Liang Boon”) (吴良文, 48-year-old male Singaporean), a Business Development Manager of Aalloy Engineering Pte Ltd (“Aalloy”) at the material time of the alleged offences;

b) Lim Joo Whatt (“Joo Whatt”) (林裕发, 57-year-old male Singaporean), a Sourcing Manager at Yokogawa Electrical International Pte Ltd (“YEI”) at the material time of the alleged offences;

c) Tan Ai Wee Ivy (“Ivy”) (陈艾薇, 48-year-old female Singaporean), Director of Xie Soon Systems Fabricators Sdn Bhd. (“Xie Soon”) at the material time of the alleged offences;

d) Zaffar Mohamed Shariff (“Zaffar”) (53-year-old male Indian National), a Technical Manager at YEI and for the Arctic LNG 2 project under Yokogawa Europe Solutions B.V. (“Yokogawa Europe”) at the material time of the alleged offences;

e) Vivek Kaul (“Vivek”) (45-year-old male Indian National), a Head of Project Management at YEI and the Project Manager of the Arctic LNG 2 project under Yokogawa Europe at the material time of the alleged offences; and

f) Geraldine Goh Soh Hoon (“Geraldine”) (吴淑芬, 54-year-old female Singaporean), the sole proprietor of Solvsit Consultancy (“Solvsit”) at the material time of the alleged offences.

Alleged Corruption Offences

2. Between March 2018 and January 2022, on multiple occasions, Liang Boon allegedly gave bribes amounting to more than S$394,000 and US$237,000 to Joo Whatt, Zaffar, Vivek and another individual. The bribes were given as a reward to further the business interests of Aalloy with YEI and Yokogawa Europe.

3. Between January and December 2020, on multiple occasions, Joo Whatt allegedly obtained bribes totalling S$16,800 from Ivy as an inducement to further the business interests of Xie Soon with YEI.

4. Between December 2020 and January 2022, on three separate occasions, Liang Boon allegedly conspired with Ivy to give bribes to Zaffar as a reward to further the business interests of Aalloy with Yokogawa Europe.

5. Between March and December 2021, on multiple occasions, Liang Boon allegedly conspired with Ivy to give bribes to Joo Whatt as an inducement to further the business interests of Xie Soon with YEI.

6. Between April 2021 and January 2022, on multiple occasions, Joo Whatt allegedly conspired with Geraldine to receive bribes totalling about S$153,600 from Liang Boon as a reward to further the business interests of Aalloy with YEI.

7. For their alleged actions, these 6 individuals face various charges under the Prevention of Corruption Act (“PCA”); Liang Boon (15 charges); Joo Whatt (6 charges); Ivy (5 charges); Vivek (3 charges); Zaffar (2 charges); and Geraldine (one charge). 

Alleged Money Laundering Offences

8. Between 10 February 2020 and 24 January 2022, over 86 occasions, Vivek allegedly laundered not less than S$283,600 and INR 551,230 which, in part, represented his corrupt benefits obtained from Liang Boon. Vivek did so by allegedly transferring monies into bank accounts belonging to him and his wife, making premium payments for insurance plans, and purchasing cryptocurrencies, foreign currencies, commodities, indices and shares with multiple companies.

9. Between April 2021 and August 2022, over multiple occasions, Joo Whatt allegedly conspired with Geraldine to transfer S$153,600 of corrupt benefits from Solvsit’s bank account into their personal bank accounts.

10. For their alleged actions, Vivek faces 10 charges under the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act (“CDSA”). Joo Whatt and Geraldine face 4 charges each under the CDSA.

11. Singapore adopts a strict zero-tolerance approach towards corruption. Any person who is convicted of a corruption offence under Section 6 of the PCA can be fined up to S$100,000 or sentenced to imprisonment of up to five years or both. Any person convicted of an offence punishable under the CDSA can be fined up to S$500,000 or sentenced to imprisonment of up to 10 years or both. Any person convicted of an amalgamated charge punishable under Section 124(8)(a)(ii) of the CPC can face twice the amount of punishment liable for that offence.

12. The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) looks into all corruption-related reports, including anonymous ones, and can be reached via the following channels:

a) Lodge an e-Report ↗ (opens in new tab);
b) Email us at report@cpib.gov.sg; 
c) Call the Duty Officer at 1800-376-0000; or
d) Write to us at the CPIB Headquarters @ 2 Lengkok Bahru, S159047.

13. Where possible, the report should include the following information:

a) Where, when and how did the alleged corrupt act happen?
b) Who was involved and what were their roles?
c) What was the bribe given and the favour shown?

14. Under the law, the identity of the person making the report is protected, except where the court finds that the person has intentionally made a false statement in his or her report. Informers may choose to remain anonymous when making the report.

Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau