Last year July the mastermind in the SG100 Million Shell fuel heist, Abdul Latif Ibrahim, 67 years old from the company’s Pulau Bukom facility in Singapore was sentenced to 25 years’ and two months in jail.
Today, the second person, Richard Goh was sentenced to 21 years’ jail for his role in a SG100 million fuel siphoning scheme at Pulau Bukom (pictured below), admitting to receiving SG1.5 million in criminal benefits.
The 50 charges he faced comprised 39 for criminal breach of trust, six for money laundering and four for corruption.
Former Shell employee, Richard Goh admitted receiving SG1.5 million in criminal benefits, spending the money on property, two cars and investments, as well as saving a portion of the money. He has consented to the forfeiture of assets seized from him, worth SG1.07 million, as compensation to Shell.
Eleven other Shell employees (no longer with Shell once charged) have been sentenced to jail terms ranging from one year and four months to 29 years for their roles in this fuel heist.
Key Details Of The Fuel Heist
The siphoning scheme ran from at least 2007, with a major conspiracy operating between August 2014 and January 2018.
The employees used elaborate methods to evade detection, including bypassing meters, tampering with equipment, activating pumps simultaneously to mask the theft, and bribing bunker surveyors.
Shell began observing significant, unexplained oil losses in early 2015. After internal investigations, a police report was lodged on August 1, 2017, triggering a major police operation.
More than a dozen individuals were arrested, including Shell employees and external bunker clerks. Jail sentences for key players have been handed down in recent years, with several concluding in late 2025 and early 2026.
