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Tan Wee Beng

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TypePerson[sources]
NameTAN WEE BENG · TAN, Wee Beng · Tan Wee Beng · WEE BENG TAN · Wee Beng Tan · 1 more...[sources]
Other nameMarcus Tan · Wee Beng Tan · Weebeng Tan[sources]
Weak aliasWB[sources]
Birth date[sources]
Place of birthSingapore[sources]
Gendermale[sources]
Nationalitynot available[sources]
CountrySingapore[sources]
CitizenshipSingapore[sources]
Eye colorBrown[sources]
First nameWEE BENG · Wee Beng[sources]
Hair colorBlack[sources]
HeightApproximately 5'8"[sources]
Last nameTAN · Tan[sources]
WeightApproximately 157 pounds[sources]
Wikidata IDQ57773947[sources]
PositionCommodities Broker · Director of Wee Tiong (S) Pte Ltd; Managing Director of WT Marine Pte Ltd[sources]
EducationNanyang Technological University[sources]
EthnicityAsian[sources]
Address51 Siang Kuang Avenue[sources]
Source linksanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov · www.fbi.gov[sources]
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Descriptions

NCIC: W004707803

US FBI Most Wanted,

Tan Wee Beng is wanted for allegedly conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) by doing business with North Korean proliferation entities.  Tan Wee Beng is the director and major shareholder of Wee Tiong (S) Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based commodities trading company.  Over several years, dating back to at least 2011, Tan Wee Beng and others in his company allegedly fulfilled millions of dollars in commodities contracts for North Korea.  To do so, Tan Wee Beng allegedly made a concerted effort to launder money through the United States and Singaporean financial systems by concealing payment origins and structuring transactions to avoid regulator scrutiny.  In some cases, when wire payments were rejected, Tan Wee Beng and Wee Tiong (S) Pte Ltd orchestrated payment in bulk cash, often hand-delivered by North Koreans.  Over this period, Tan Wee Beng and his co-conspirators also allegedly knew of and took efforts to evade financial sanctions.  On August 29, 2018, a federal arrest warrant was issued for Tan Wee Beng in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, New York, New York, after he was charged with conspiracy to violate the IEEPA, bank fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, money laundering, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and conspiracy to defraud the United States.

US FBI Most Wanted,

Tan Wee Beng is known to live in Singapore.

US FBI Most Wanted,

Singaporean businessman and commodity broker

Wikidata non-official source,

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Data sources

US SAM Procurement Exclusions112,254

A database of suppliers who have been excluded from participating in US federal procurement.

United States · GSA

US FBI Most Wanted460

The FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives is a most wanted list maintained by the United States's Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

United States · FBI

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List33,376

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

United States · OFAC

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)21,254

The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, reexports, or transfers of items.

United States · ITA

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Source data IDs: usgsa-s4mr6z8cx · us-fbi-tan-wee-beng · NK-3r6FBUJgUFLxXESeRCt2Gs · ofac-25686

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