National agency Singapore | Founded 1984 | |
Legal personality Governmental: Government agency Governing body Government of Singapore General nature Law enforcement
Civilian police 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 | ||
The Commercial Affairs Department (Abbreviation: CAD; Malay: Jabatan Hal Ehwal Komersial; Chinese: 商业事务局) is a staff department of the Singapore Police Force.
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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 of the police, CAD conducts a variety of inquiries ranging from corporate irregularities such as LionGold and Data Register in 2014, as well as casino-related offences. It also has the right making arrests.
Probes
High-profile probes conducted by CAD include City Harvest Church founder Kong Hee, former bank relationship manager Vyia Lee Yock Sim who had misappropriated more than US$400,000 from seven high net-worth clients by 2006, China tourist guide Yang Yin with a widow's niece over a legal tussle assets believed to be worth $40 million.