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Victoria is an Associate Director of Setia Law LLC, where she practises in the areas of fraud, financial crimes and investigations. In 2024, she was recognised as one of GIR's 40 Under 40 in Investigations. Prior to Setia, she was a Deputy Public Prosecutor and Deputy Senior State Counsel with the Financial and Technology Crime Division of the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC). While at the AGC, Victoria successfully prosecuted and tried many significant fraud, bribery, money-laundering, and sanctions cases and acted for the state in asset forfeiture cases. She has also overseen complex fraud and fraudulent trading investigations and prosecutions, working in close collaboration with other law enforcement and governmental agencies such as the Commercial Affairs Department, the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau. She holds a First Class degree from the University of Cambridge, and an LL.M. from Columbia Law School. At Columbia, she was awarded the Walter Gellhorn prize, for graduating with the highest academic average, and served on the Columbia Journal of Asian Law and the Columbia Journal of International Investment Law and Policy. She has undergone attachments with the Ministry of Law and the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore, and has represented Singapore as a delegate at financial regulation forums such as the G7’s Financial Action Task Force.