Talk about being a smooth criminal.

A Nigerian and Singapore permanent resident locked up in jail here for money laundering has been charged in court with another cheating offence on Wednesday, July 31.

Paul Gabriel Amos, 48, allegedly cheated one Milled El Khouri into giving him A$40,000 (S$37,800).

The scene of the offence?

At Changi Prison Complex.

The victim?

A fellow inmate.

Amos is accused of cheating Milled to make bail.

Court documents showed this incident happened between January and May 2018.

What happened

Amos was in remand at that time.

His original case was pending conclusion.

While behind bars, he allegedly tricked Milled into delivering the cash to someone named Chung Ting Fai through Enkhadalai Mandakh.

The identities of Chung or Enkhadalai are unknown.

Amos appeared in the State Courts via video-link.

Previous offences

In May 2019, Amos was sentenced to three years’ jail for helping to launder US$1.84 million (S$2.52 million) that his friend had cheated from the Ethiopian government.

The money was laundered across multiple countries and territories, including Australia and Hong Kong.

Amos was also involved in another traffic offence here.

He was fined S$4,200 and banned from driving for a year after almost causing a collision in 2016 while driving his blue Lamborghini on the East Coast Parkway (ECP) expressway.

In 2009, he was prosecuted in a New York district court for committing bank and wire fraud.

He was accused of duping Citibank of S$27 million in September 2008, but was not convicted eventually.

If convicted of cheating now in Singapore, he could face more jail time of up to 10 years and be fined.

He will return to court on Aug. 28.

Who is Milled?

Milled, 45, is an Australian businessman.

He had been detained in Changi Prison since January 2018.

He was ordered to be extradited back to Australia to face criminal charges, including receiving stolen car parts.