Ho Yen Teck, a Singapore Land Authority contractor, pleaded guilty to conspiring to cheat the agency in the city state’s biggest public sector fraud case in 15 years.Ho, a 31-year-old businessman, pleaded guilty to 21 counts of conspiring to cheat the government. He had been charged with 195 counts. Prosecutor Ong Luan Tze said at a hearing today 174 of the 195 counts were stayed. Ho is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 7. He faces as long as 10 years in jail on each count. Full story
