Aileen Yap

AC Aileen Yap joined the Singapore Police Force (SPF) in 2000 and currently oversees the management and investigations of scam cases within the SPF. AC Yap is instrumental in transforming the SPF’s scam-fighting strategies. She set up the Anti-Scam Centre (ASC) in 2019, Anti-Scam Division in 2021 and Anti-Scam Command in 2022. She spearheaded the establishment of Project FRONTIER (Funds Recovery Operations & Networks Team, Inspiring Effective Resolution), a collaboration between the ASC and more than 120 financial institutions, online marketplaces, and telecommunication service providers to enable swift freezing of scam-tainted bank accounts. The project has enabled the ASC to recover more than S$590 million for the scam victims.