What immigration benefits did the sham arrangement aim to provide?

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The sham employment arrangement aimed to provide foreigners an employment pass to help them secure Singapore immigration benefits.

The scheme was designed to help foreigners obtain an Employment Pass, which was described in court as the only real benefit. The arrangement involved a Singapore company providing the employment pass to the foreigner, even though the promised employment did not take place.
The employment pass was the only real immigration benefit
In court, the alleged investment arrangement offered to foreigners was found to be a sham, with the Employment Pass being the only real benefit. The setup centred on using an employment pass provided by a company to support the foreigners’ immigration application pathway.
The pass was tied to a false employment declaration
The court found that the woman, Wang Jue, helped submit a false statement in an Employment Pass declaration form. Specifically, she was found to have helped two men file a declaration that Zhang Qingqiao would be employed by MW Dynamics, even though Zhang did not work for the company.
The scheme was presented as permanent residency through investment
The arrangement was presented as a way for foreigners to apply for permanent residency through investment. Court heard that Zhang, a Chinese national seeking permanent residency, paid S$360,000 as an “investment” under a proposal that included steps to apply for permanent residency and included an employment pass from MW Dynamics.
Payments were made despite no work being done
Under the agreement, Zhang was promised fixed dividends of S$10,000 a month for 36 months and an employment pass from MW Dynamics. Although he did not work for the company, he received monthly payments of S$10,000 from MW Dynamics for 13 months, which he said were repayments of his investment principal and dividends.

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