Wellington Management Employee Gets Busted in Singapore for Fraud and Dishonest Conduct
Posted on 06/10/2021
In March 2019, Younis Adnan Mohammed was a representative of investment management firm, Wellington Management Singapore Pte Ltd (Wellington), when in his personal capacity, he deceived online trading platform OANDA Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. (OANDA) into crediting US$ 50,000 into his personal trading account.
According to the press release from the Monetary Authority of Singapore, “Mr Younis held an online trading account with OANDA and had a prefunding agreement with the company. In order to meet a margin call in his trading account, Mr Younis forged screenshots of a bank transfer and his bank account details, to show that $50,000 had been transferred to OANDA when no such transfer had been made. After OANDA reported the matter to the police, Mr Younis lied to the investigation officer that a third person had impersonated him to open the trading account with OANDA.
5 On 29 May 2020, Mr Younis pleaded guilty and was convicted of one count of forgery and one count of providing false information to a public servant under section 465 and section 182 of the Penal Code respectively. Mr Younis was sentenced to 16 weeks’ imprisonment.
6 While Mr Younis had committed the offences in his personal capacity and is no longer an appointed representative in Singapore, the POs were issued against him to safeguard the integrity of and trust in Singapore’s financial sector. Mr Younis’ convictions had given MAS reason to believe that he will not perform financial advisory or capital markets services honestly.”
On June 3, 2021, MAS has issued five-year prohibition orders (POs) against Younis Adnan Mohammed, following his convictions in the State Courts for offences involving fraud or dishonesty, namely forgery and providing false information to a public servant.
