According to The Straits Times, Fong Bee Yeok, 38, received S$100 in commission for each transaction, which took place on five separate occasions in September.

She was handed the sentence yesterday after pleading guilty to two counts of each of receiving the money and removing it from Singapore.

She also pleaded guilty to one count of moving more than $20,000 out of the country without giving a full and accurate report to an authorised officer.

Deputy public prosecutor Nicholas Lim said Fong had agreed to carry out the task despite having reasonable grounds to believe that the money was obtained through criminal conduct.

He referred to several instances in which Fong had been told by the man behind the scheme, known only as Brother, to meet a woman named Ong Loke Boey to collect large sums of cash.

The report said Fong had met Ong on two occasions and received S$48,000 both times, which she then transported to Malaysia.

“Brother also warned the accused not to meet Ong in an area with CCTV cameras, and the accused suspected that this was because Brother was involved in criminal conduct and did not want the collection of the money to be recorded,” Lim was quoted as saying.