Commercial Affairs Department

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Commercial Affairs Department
Agency overview
Legal personality Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
National agency Singapore
Governing body Government of Singapore
General nature
Operational structure
Elected officers responsible
  • Teo Chee Hean, Deputy Prime Minister & Coordinating Minister for National Security & Minister for Home Affairs
  • S Iswaran, Minister, Prime Minister's Office & Second Minister for Home Affairs & Second Minister for Trade and Industry
  • Masagos Zulkifli, Minister, Prime Minister's Office & Second Minister for Home Affairs & Second Minister for Foreign Affairs
Parent agency Ministry of Home Affairs

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History

The department was founded in 1984 as the Commercial Crime Department with Glenn Knight as its first director.

Modern Day

As the white-collar crimes unit[1] of the police, CAD conducts a variety of inquiries ranging from corporate irregularities such as LionGold[2] and Data Register[3] in 2014, as well as casino-related offences.[4] It also has the right making arrests.[5]

Probes

High profile probes conducted by CAD include City Harvest Church[6] founder Kong Hee,[7] former bank relationship manager Vyia Lee Yock Sim who had misappropriated more than US$400,000 from seven high net-worth clients by 2006,[8] China tourist guide Yang Yin with a widow's niece over a legal tussle assets believed to be worth $40 million.[9]

References

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