[SGSeniorCitizen1952]

40yrs seems excessive but what he did destroy many brokers and punters  who lost fortunes ...  they prefer he die and burn in he'll.

But it is a while collar crime ..40yrs is too much....

Do you know what was the real loss? 

You very well know that market value loss is not real loss.

The prosecution has been touting fiction about the $8 billion loss.

Pan-El is definitely much more serious event.!!! 

Stock exchanges in Singapore and Malaysia had to be closed. There was fraudulent accounting at Pan-El group. issuance of forged shares certificates, almost all broking firm went bust and end with the banks taking them over. The "forward-contract" business ended with banks losing over several billion dollars - real loss.

The maximum sentence was 6-years for the mastermind, Peter Tham.

How can John Soh manipulation be more serious than Pan-El...??