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U.S. Treasury lists individual who helped North Korea acquire oil

Vladlen Amtchentsev advised Singapore-based Velmur Management over fuel oil and gasoil transactions.
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Monday added Russia-born, South African national Vladlen Amtchentsev to its sanctions list, it said.

Amtchentsev acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Singapore-based Velmur Management Pte. Ltd. (Velmur) advising on how to evade U.S. sanctions. 

In August 2017, OFAC designated Singapore-based Transatlantic Partners Pte. Ltd. (Transatlantic) for operating in the energy industry in the North Korean economy, and OFAC simultaneously designated Velmur for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, Transatlantic. 

These companies and associated individuals worked to purchase fuel oil and gasoil for North Korea, according to OFAC.

In addition, according to a complaint filed by the U.S. Department of Justice in 2017 at the same time as Transatlantic and Velmur were designated, these same companies allegedly laundered millions of dollars in connection with North Korea.

“North Korea depends upon the help of criminals and illicit actors to raise and transfer funds,” said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. 

“As part of our commitment to the final, fully verified denuclearization of North Korea, Treasury will continue to enforce and implement sanctions against any actor that seeks to aid the regime’s deceptive practices.”

The following individuals have been added to OFAC's SDN List:

AMTCHENTSEV, Vladlen, Singapore; DOB 25 Jan 1969; POB Klimovsk, Russia; Gender Male; Secondary sanctions risk: North Korea Sanctions Regulations, sections 510.201 and 510.210; Passport M00021291 (South Africa) issued 04 May 2010 expires 03 May 2020; National ID No. 6901256079081 (South Africa) (individual) [DPRK3] (Linked To: VELMUR MANAGEMENT PTE LTD).

Published: 20 November, 2018
 

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Singapore: Notice of intended dividend issued for Xihe Holdings

Creditors of the company will have to submit proof of debt to the liquidators of Xihe Holdings by 9 July at 5pm, according to Government Gazette notice.
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A notice to declare the intended dividend of Xihe Holdings Pte Ltd to its creditors has been posted on the Government Gazette on Thursday (11 June).

Name of Company : Xihe Holdings (Pte) Ltd (In Liquidation)
Unique Entity No. / Registration No.: 199002021M
Address of Registered Office : c/o Grant Thornton Singapore Private Limited, 8 Marina View, #40-04/05 Asia Square Tower 1, Singapore 018960
Court : High Court of Singapore
Number of Matter : HC/CWU 40/2022
Last Day for Receiving Proofs : 9 July 2026 at 5:00 pm by email to [email protected]
Name of Liquidators : Paresh Tribhovan Jotangia and Ho May Kee
Address : c/o Grant Thornton Singapore Private Limited, 8 Marina View, #40-04/05 Asia Square Tower 1, Singapore 018960

 

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Published: 15 June, 2026

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Singapore: Notice of dividend issued for Hin-Leong linked Ocean Tankers

Second interim dividend for Hin Leong Trading’s shipping arm, Ocean Tankers Pte Ltd, is scheduled to be released from 31 July, according to Government Gazette notice.

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A notice of dividend for Ocean Tankers Pte Ltd, the shipping arm of collapsed oil trader Hin Leong Trading that is currently in liquidation, was published in the Government Gazette on June 11.

Ocean Tankers is part of a group of companies which include troubled Hin Leong, Universal Terminal, Tuas Terminal, and Ocean Bunkering Services (OBS).

It was reportedly owned by Lim Oon Kuin, the founder of Hin Leong Trading, and his daughter Lim Huey Ching. 

The following are details of the notice of dividend:

Name of Company : Ocean Tankers (Pte.) Ltd (In Liquidation)
Unique Entity No. / Registration No. : 197800020G
Address of Registered Office : One Raffles Quay, North Tower, Level 18, Singapore 048583
Court : General Division of the High Court of the Republic of Singapore
Number of Matter : HC/CWU 117/2021
Amount per centum : Second interim dividend of 2.00% of all admitted claims of unsecured creditors
When payable : 31 July 2026
Where payable : c/o Ernst & Young LLP, One Raffles Quay, North Tower, Level 18, Singapore 048583 

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Published: 12 June, 2026

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Singapore: Xin Hui Shipping to be wound up voluntarily, creditors to submit claims

Creditors are required on or before 11 July 2026 to send in their names and addresses and particulars of their debts or claims to appointed liquidators, says notice.
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Several resolutions for Xin Hui Shipping Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of the Lim family owned Xihe Holdings Pte Ltd, were made during an extraordinary general meeting held on 3 June, according to a notice in the Government Gazette on Friday (4 July).

The meeting was held at 8 Marina View, #40-04/05, Asia Square Tower 1, Singapore 018960 and by electronic means at 10am. 

The following resolutions were duly passed during the meeting:

SPECIAL RESOLUTION – WINDING-UP

That the Company be wound up voluntarily pursuant to Section 160(1)(b) of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018.

ORDINARY RESOLUTION – APPOINTMENT OF LIQUIDATORS

That Mr. Lau Chin Huat and Mr. Yeo Boon Keong of Technic Inter-Asia Pte Ltd, 50 Havelock Road, #02-767, Singapore 160050 be and are hereby appointed as joint and several liquidators to conduct the said winding-up and that their remuneration be fixed on the usual scale of their professional charges for the work involved.

SPECIAL RESOLUTION – DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS IN SPECIE

That the liquidators of the Company be authorised to exercise any of their powers given by Section 177, 144 (1) and (2) of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 and to distribute to members, in specie, any part of the assets of the Company.

In another notice, the liquidators said creditors for the company are required on or before the 11 July 2026 to send in their names and addresses and particulars of their debts or claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors (if any) to the liquidators. 

Liquidators may also require creditors to, “come in and prove their debts or claims at such time and place as shall be specified in such notice, or in default thereof they will be excluded from the benefit of any distribution made before such debts are proved.”

The liquidator can be contacted at the following address:

Lau Chin Huat
Yeo Boon Keong
Joint and Several Liquidators
c/o Technic Inter-Asia Pte Ltd
50 Havelock Road #02-767 Singapore 160050
Tel: 6561 0398 Fax: 6222 1855
Email: [email protected]

 

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Published: 12 June, 2026

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