S'pore Lawyer Bought Chanel Jewellery & Dior Bags From S$3Bil Money Laundering Auction, Jokes She Now Owns “Pieces Of S’pore History”

Forfeited luxury goods seized in Singapore’s S$3bil money laundering case recently went under the hammer, and some successful bidders have since been showing off their hauls online.

One of them is Singapore lawyer Debbie Brittany Lim, who has quite the designer bag collection herself. She ended up winning six lots of Chanel and Dior goodies after checking out the online auction “just for fun”.

“Just being a patriotic citizen by contributing to the government’s consolidated fund and casually acquiring a tiny piece of Singapore’s history from the $3bil money laundering case,” she cheekily captioned her Instagram video showing off her haul.

Her purchases included Chanel brooches and a necklace, a Dior vanity case and a colourful beaded Dior bag.

Some of the Chanel pieces came without their original boxes, making Debbie joke that they felt like they “came straight out of a police seizure”.

“I can imagine [the police] broke into the house and just grabbed everything that they saw on the tables, like shove it all inside the sacks and whatever.”

A Chanel necklace, however, came complete with its box, which somehow made it feel even more like “evidence” to her.

“In my head, I'm just imagining the police raiding the house and going like, ‘Yeah, just take the whole thing, box and all,’” she said.

Of Debbie's six wins, the one she was most excited about was a beaded Dior in Lights bag from the fashion house's Cruise 2021 collection.

She had actually hoped to score one of the limited-edition Lady Dior bags in the auction, but said other bidders were too fast.

Even getting this one proved nerve-racking.

“Bidding for this one almost made me have a heart attack,” she admitted.

Debbie did not reveal how much she paid for her six lots.

But she did have a rather novel way of looking at her haul.

“Honestly, this doesn't even feel like shopping. I literally feel like I accidentally bought six tiny pieces of Singapore history,” she said.

“Some people collect stamps, but apparently I collect Singapore current affairs.”