1-Day Workshop · 24 Aug 2026 · Amara Singapore
Whether you are investigating a financial crime, tracing assets hidden by a bankrupt, pursuing undisclosed matrimonial assets, or recovering proceeds seized by the state — the money always moves through the same system. This workshop reveals how that system works, from the inside.
Why This Matters
Whether the subject is a scam syndicate, a bankrupt concealing assets from the Official Assignee, or a divorcing spouse hiding wealth from the court, they all use the same financial system to do it. Officers who don't understand how that system works are always one step behind.
Funds move across borders through correspondent banks, payment processors, shell companies, and trade financing without physical currency ever changing hands. Most public sector officers have never worked inside a bank — and those concealing assets rely on that knowledge gap to stay hidden.
A bankrupt transferring property to an associate, a spouse routing income through an offshore account, a fraudster layering proceeds through mule networks, a director stripping assets before winding up — the context differs, but the techniques for concealment, and for detection, are the same.
Singapore's investigative databases — CTR, COSMIC, ACRA API, MYINFO, MEPS, CDP — hold the information needed to follow money trails effectively. Without knowing how to access and connect them, and without understanding crypto and cross-border flows, critical evidence is missed or arrives too late.
About This Workshop
Follow The Money Trail is a one-day case-study-driven workshop that reveals the inner workings of the financial world for public sector officers who need to follow money trails — whatever the context. Led by a former banking fraud and AML leader with over two decades of frontline experience, the programme equips officers to trace funds across the same financial system that scammers, bankrupts, fraudsters, and those hiding matrimonial assets all use to conceal where money has gone.
This is exclusive training for Singapore government officers — enforcement, regulatory, judicial-support, and asset-recovery functions across the public sector. Whether your work is criminal, civil, or regulatory, the financial mechanics you need to master are the same.
Who Should Attend
The unifying thread is not the crime type or the legal context — it is the need to trace money that someone is deliberately trying to hide. This course equips officers across enforcement, regulatory, judicial-support, and asset-recovery functions with the financial system knowledge to do that effectively.
No prior background in banking or finance is required. The course starts from first principles and builds through real case studies drawn from financial crime, insolvency, and cross-border asset recovery.
Key Take-aways
Each take-away is a practised skill — not a concept to remember, but an ability you can apply to a real investigation the moment you return to your desk.
Understand how money moves across borders through banks, correspondent banking, payment processors, and alternative channels — without physical currency ever moving. The foundation of every financial crime investigation.
Apply the three-stage framework — placement, layering, integration — to recognise how criminal proceeds are moved through the financial system, including trade-based laundering and scam syndicate methods.
Examine transaction patterns to detect red flags and unusual behaviours indicative of money laundering — including mule account networks, crypto conversion tactics, and Southeast Asian scam centre operations.
Navigate blockchain public ledgers and cryptocurrency exchange records to trace digital asset flows used in money laundering schemes — and understand what is recoverable versus what is not.
Effectively use CTR, COSMIC, ACRA API, MYINFO, MEPS, and CDP systems to accelerate investigations and uncover hidden connections — practical, hands-on coverage of each tool and its application.
Apply specialised techniques to follow money trails from Southeast Asian scam centres back to beneficial owners and criminal networks — including how proceeds enter Singapore and how they leave it.
Programme Outline
The programme moves from international money movement mechanics through money laundering detection and transaction analysis, culminating in practical use of Singapore's investigative databases and digital tools.
Pre-Requisites
Included in This Course
Good to Know
Our programme is not SkillsFuture-funded. Here is why that works in your favour.
What You'll Gain
After one day, you will have the financial system knowledge and practical investigation tools that most investigators spend years trying to piece together from the outside.
Master the mechanics of international funds transfer — SWIFT, correspondent banking, settlement systems, and trade financing — so you understand how crime proceeds move across borders without physical currency.
Apply the placement-layering-integration framework to detect money laundering at each stage — including how scam syndicates launder proceeds and how trade-based laundering schemes work in practice.
Examine financial data to identify the red flags and transaction patterns that indicate money laundering — including mule account structures, crypto conversion tactics, and scam centre cash-out methods.
Navigate public blockchain ledgers and exchange records to follow digital asset flows used in laundering schemes — understanding what can be traced, what has been mixed, and what action is possible.
Access and apply CTR, COSMIC, ACRA API, MYINFO, MEPS, and CDP to accelerate financial investigations — uncovering beneficial owners, corporate structures, and hidden financial connections efficiently.
Apply specialised techniques to trace scam proceeds from Southeast Asian operation centres through the financial system back to beneficial owners and criminal networks — including cross-border asset recovery approaches.
Your Facilitator
Mr Larry Lam brings more than two decades of frontline experience in uncovering complex fraud schemes, money-laundering activities, and financial misconduct across the banking and corporate sectors. He previously led fraud-investigation and AML teams in major financial institutions, where he handled high-value internal fraud, cross-border illicit fund flows, and sophisticated scam networks.
His investigative work has contributed to the successful resolution of several high-profile fraud cases. These experiences shape his practical, intelligence-driven approach to training — grounded in what actually happens inside the banking system, not what textbooks say should happen.
Larry has trained officers from numerous Singapore government agencies, including enforcement, regulatory, and financial oversight bodies. His sessions are known for turning real-world investigative techniques into clear, actionable skills. He served as Adjunct Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore from 2010 to 2020, teaching forensic accounting and financial crime analytics — reinforcing his standing as one of the region's leading voices in anti-scam and financial investigation.
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Secure Your Place
24 Aug 2026 · Amara Singapore · 9:00 am – 5:30 pm
By Invitation — Singapore Government Officers Only. Registration subject to eligibility verification.