What specific role did 15 suspects play as runners for loan sharks?

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They carried out ATM transfers for unlicensed moneylenders.

The 15 suspects were identified as runners who handled ATM transfers in the course of suspected unlicensed moneylending activity. The police did not spell out the exact transfer pattern, but the role was distinct from other forms of involvement such as home harassment or opening bank accounts.
Their role was listed separately from other forms of support

The 15 runners were one of several groups under investigation in the islandwide operation from July 1 to 7. Another 36 suspects were believed to have opened bank accounts and handed over ATM cards, PINs or internet banking tokens, while nine were said to have harassed debtors at their homes.
The transfers were linked to illegal lending activity

Police said the ATM transfers were part of suspected unlicensed moneylending operations. In the same probe, nine others were also being investigated for cross-border moneylending involving Malaysia and Singapore.
Authorities treated this as assistance to loan sharks

Singapore police said supplying phone lines, bank accounts, ATM cards or internet banking tokens to aid unlicensed lenders amounts to carrying on or assisting in such operations. Under Singapore law, people convicted of assisting in unlicensed moneylending can face up to four years in jail, fines of S$30,000 to S$300,000, and up to six strokes of the cane.
The wider operation covered 69 suspects

In total, 69 individuals aged 15 to 76 were being investigated after raids across Singapore. The group included one 15-year-old, and the case was tied to suspected unlicensed moneylending and cross-border syndicates.

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