Sources told CNA that the Law Society of Singapore will reconsider the decision not to release the full investigation report to members. 

Defence lawyers for Lev Panfilov argued that the woman's accounts were inconsistent and urged the court to acquit the Russian man of all charges.

The time and public resources directed at the saga symbolise that upholding honesty in politics matters, even when it comes at some cost, one political analyst said.

Their sons, aged three years and seven months, were in the master bedroom where drugs were found.

Even after his 62-year-old father detected the dipping bank balances, Tay Yi Cong posed as bank officers to delay being discovered and pretended to file a police report for him.

The syndicate is believed to be responsible for at least 25,500 ScamShield reports and at least 1,509 police reports, of which 883 were related to unlicensed moneylending.