SINGAPORE, July 2 -- A Filipino domestic worker here was sentenced to 40 days' jail for unknowingly helping transfer scam proceeds totalling over S$116,000 (RM383,000) to a Thai bank account.

The helper, Galvez Mary Joe Blanco, 36, pleaded guilty to one charge of transferring S$116,154.51 from her POSB account to a Kasikornbank account in May 2024, Channel News Asia reported.

She carried out the transfer as a favour to another maid, 57-year-old Filipino Maria Luz Suerte Lopez, who had been duped by a man she met on TikTok.

Maria had begun chatting daily with someone calling himself Alex Stillinger, who claimed to be a member of the United States Army and sought her help to receive money from supposed gold investments.

As Maria did not...