High Court Issues Largest Award for Fraudulent Trading in Singapore

If the business of a company has been carried on with the intent to defraud creditors, directors and officers who were knowingly a party to the carrying of business in that manner may be liable for fraudulent trading. Under Singapore’s restructuring and insolvency regime, they may be held personally liable for all or any the company’s debts. In Tendcare Medical Group Holdings v Gong Ruizhong [2021] SGHC 80, the High Court issued the largest award for fraudulent trading in Singapore so far, holding a company director (and a company owned and controlled by him) liable for substantially all the debts of the company in the sum of US$65,207,538.03. In addition, the Court found the director to be liable for breaches of fiduciary duties for US$35 million and S$500,000.

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