ADVERTISEMENT

International

Singapore Bans Ex-HSBC Banker for 1 Year Over Disclosure Breach

Published: 

Signage for DBS Group Holdings Ltd., from left, HSBC Holding Plc and Standard Chartered Plc atop buildings in Singapore, on Monday, July 31, 2023. DBS is scheduled to report earnings results on Aug. 3. (Lionel Ng/Bloomberg)

(Bloomberg) -- The Monetary Authority of Singapore issued a one-year prohibition order against a former HSBC Bank representative after he failed to disclose his previous involvement in police investigations and criminal proceedings.

Aw Jun Ray, Reko Corinthians, is banned for a year from providing any financial advisory services, according to a statement from the MAS on Monday. Aw was investigated by the police and was issued a 24-month conditional warning in 2022, neither of which he declared when applying to a role in HSBC afterward. 

“These contraventions have given MAS reason to believe that he will not perform financial advisory and capital markets services honestly,” MAS said. 

The regulator separately issued a nine-year prohibition order against Hoi Wei Kit, a former representative of OCBC Bank. Hoi was sentenced to 30 months in prison in 2022 for cheating the bank’s customers of S$170,000 ($129,750).

©2024 Bloomberg L.P.