Singapore charged 3 men over S$23 million mattress export fraud
What's new: Investigators said the alleged scheme relabeled China-made mattresses as Singapore goods to dodge US anti-dumping duties.
Singapore authorities charged three men and three companies over an alleged scheme to pass off China-made mattresses as Singapore products for export to the United States. Singapore Customs said the operation ran from August 2022 to June 2025 and involved more than S$23 million in goods. The men charged were Loh Yew Kong, Leong Yu Fong and Loh Chen Sing Darren; the companies were Brighture Et Riche, Brighture Et Riche (Int) and Zenova International. Customs opened the case in February 2025 after receiving information that mattress exports had been falsely declared as Singapore-origin goods. The agency said the false declarations appeared aimed at avoiding US anti-dumping duties imposed on Chinese-made mattresses in 2019.