Commercial Affairs Department

Commercial Affairs Department
Agency overview
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
National agency	Singapore
Governing body	Government of Singapore
General nature	Law enforcement Civilian police
Operational structure
Elected officers responsible	Teo Chee Hean, Deputy Prime Minister & Coordinating Minister for National Security & Minister for Home Affairs S Iswaran, Minister, Prime Minister's Office & Second Minister for Home Affairs & Second Minister for Trade and Industry Masagos Zulkifli, Minister, Prime Minister's Office & Second Minister for Home Affairs & Second Minister for Foreign Affairs
Parent agency	Ministry of Home Affairs

Coordinates: 1°16′42.29″N 103°50′21.57″E / 1.2784139°N 103.8393250°E / 1.2784139; 103.8393250 The Commercial Affairs Department (Abbreviation: CAD; Malay: Jabatan Hal Ehwal Komersial; Chinese: 商业事务局) is a staff department of the Singapore Police Force.

The department was founded in 1984 as the Commercial Crime Department with Glenn Knight as its first director.

As the white-collar crimes unit of the police, CAD conducts a variety of inquiries ranging from corporate irregularities such as LionGold and Data Register in 2014, as well as casino-related offences. It also has the right making arrests.

High-profile probes conducted by CAD include City Harvest Church founder Kong Hee, former bank relationship manager Vyia Lee Yock Sim who had misappropriated more than US$400,000 from seven high net-worth clients by 2006,China tourist guide Yang Yin with a widow's niece over a legal tussle assets believed to be worth $40 million.

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