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Viewing cable 07SINGAPORE680, SINGAPORE QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - Q2 FY2007

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07SINGAPORE680 2007-04-04 05:36 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Singapore
VZCZCXRO3800
RR RUEHCHI RUEHDT RUEHHM RUEHNH
DE RUEHGP #0680/01 0940536
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 040536Z APR 07
FM AMEMBASSY SINGAPORE
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 2812
INFO RUCNASE/ASEAN MEMBER COLLECTIVE
RUEHBD/AMEMBASSY BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN 1337
RUEHCG/AMCONSUL CHENNAI 0215
RUEHCI/AMCONSUL KOLKATA 0013
RUEHBI/AMCONSUL MUMBAI 0280
RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI 1744
RUEHGO/AMEMBASSY RANGOON 1967
RUEHHK/AMCONSUL HONG KONG 6179
RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 2482
RUEHGH/AMCONSUL SHANGHAI 0055
RUEHGZ/AMCONSUL GUANGZHOU 1118
RUEHCN/AMCONSUL CHENGDU 0066
RUEHSH/AMCONSUL SHENYANG 0092
RUEHDN/AMCONSUL SYDNEY 0724
RUEAORC/USCBP WASHINGTON DC
RHMCSUU/HOMELAND SECURITY CENTER WASHINGTON DC
RUEHPNH/NVC PORTSMOUTH 1730
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 SINGAPORE 000680 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR CA/FPP AND INL/HSTC 
DEPARTMENT PLEASE PASS TO KCC FRAUD MANAGER 
POSTS FOR FRAUD PREVENTION MANAGER 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC SN
SUBJECT: SINGAPORE QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - Q2 FY2007 
 
REFS: (A) Singapore 225 (B) 06 Singapore 3469 
 
SINGAPORE 00000680  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
1. SUMMARY: H-1b fraud continued to be our most serious form of 
fraud, but the number of H-1b applications from unqualified and/or 
short-term residents of Singapore originating from India continued 
to drop this quarter.  Post devoted significant resources to 
addressing potential adoption fraud. END SUMMARY. 
 
2. SINGAPORE FRAUD SUMMARY 
 
A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS:  Singapore remained a low-fraud environment 
for consular services.  Singapore's pool of visa applicants is 
comprised of well-qualified individuals with reliable documentation 
for the most part.  Our key concern continued to relate to the 
potential for fraud by the Indian H-1b applicant pool. 
 
B. NIV FRAUD:  Post has begun a validation study of B1 visas issued 
to Filipino domestic helpers in 2006 for the purpose of accompanying 
their employers to the United States.  Singapore's generally 
affluent and mobile population -- American and otherwise -- generate 
a large number of domestic helper B1 visa applications; the 
overwhelming majority of these are for Filipinos.  Results of the 
study will be reported in the Q3 FY2007 Quarterly Fraud Summary. 
 
Post continued to implement stringent measures in the adjudication 
of H-1b IT applicants originating from India.  The FPU unit utilized 
Nexis Lexis to vet petitioners' information submitted through tax 
returns, W-2 forms, payroll registries, LCAs, I-129s, and other 
documents.  In addition, post continued to exchange information with 
nearby posts concerning the legitimacy of local companies. 
 
C. IV FRAUD:  See adoption fraud. Otherwise, IV fraud remained 
minimal. 
 
D. DV Fraud:  No change. 
 
E. ACS AND PASSPORT FRAUD: Embassy Singapore had another encounter 
with identity fraud perpetrator Michael Fay/Doherty (Ref B). An 
officer from the Embassy's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 
office approached the ACS unit requesting help with verifying 
whether an American citizen had renounced his citizenship. 
According to the FAA officer, a pilot of Irish nationality who 
claimed to have renounced his U.S. citizenship had approached FAA 
Singapore requesting their assistance in helping him to transfer his 
pilot certification into his new name and nationality.  The FAA 
officer was unaware of post's prior encounters with Fay/Doherty. 
Consular chief briefed the FAA officer on some of elements of the 
case and provided some limited written information concerning Fay's 
visa application, including that the visa had been refused.  Cons 
chief referred FAA to CA/PPT for requests related to Fay's passports 
records. We understand from FAA that Fay submitted a written 
application to transfer his pilot's license to his Irish nationality 
and made a written statement that he had renounced his U.S. 
citizenship.  Consular chief was subsequently contacted by a 
Diplomatic Security agent seconded to CA/PPT.  Cons chief briefed 
the agent on the full details of our encounters with Fay/Doherty to 
date. 
 
F. ADOPTION FRAUD:  Post has followed up on its adoption fraud 
concerns (Ref A) by initiating outreach efforts to educate American 
citizens considering adoption in Singapore.  On February 27, Post 
held an information session for prospective adopting parents with 
Peter L. Rosenstock from UCSIS's Hong Kong office (which covers 
Singapore) and representatives of Post's Consular section. 
Rosenstock and Cons representatives also participated in a similar 
session organized by the Singapore American Community Action Council 
(SACAC), a group accredited by the GOS to conduct adoption home 
studies here.  Both sessions were well-attended and generated lively 
discussions that clarified a number of ongoing issues about adoption 
in Singapore. 
 
 
SINGAPORE 00000680  002.2 OF 002 
 
 
G. ASYLUM AND OTHER DHS BENEFIT FRAUD:  No change. 
 
H. COOPERATION WITH HOST GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES:  The GOS in general 
remained eager to share information related to non-Singapore 
citizens involved in alien smuggling or mala fide travel schemes. 
The GOS also remained reluctant to release information about 
Singapore nationals due to strict privacy laws, though there are no 
significant cases to report. 
 
Post has shared with the GOS information about Singaporean alien 
smugglers detained outside the Singapore and is monitoring its use 
of this information.  In 2Q FY2007, we informed the GOS about three 
cases. Two of these involved the same 10-year-old boy with an 
altered Singapore passport; the boy was offloaded in Korea (Incheon) 
on January 27 and in Tokyo (Narita) on February 26, accompanied by a 
different Singaporean woman in each case.  The third case was of a 
Singaporean man detained by Immigration in London on March 26 after 
arriving from Bangkok with 200 blank European passports in his 
luggage. 
 
I. AREAS OF PARTICULAR CONCERN:  None 
 
J: STAFFING AND TRAINING:  No change. 
 
HERBOLD