Hi mistake was doing it in Singapore. If he’s still there, he’s not long for this world! Singapore’s penalties are rather stiff: death.
I think China's the only place in the world where you can get the death penalty for fraud. To my knowledge, in Southeast Asia, the penalty for fraud is at worst, a stiff prison sentence. Nick Leeson spent 6.5 years as a guest of the Singapore government for the Barings disaster.