Ten people have been arrested for their alleged involvement in fraudulent work pass applications, the Ministry of Manpower said on Wednesday (April 1).Among those who nabbed in an island-wide enforcement operation on Tuesday were directors and employees from five construction companies.Another 41 people are assisting in investigations for their involvement in such illegal arrangements.The ministry is also probing into the Central Provident Fund (CPF) contributions of more than 40 people in relation to the five companies.The firms had allegedly made CPF contributions to Singaporeans and permanent residents to “phantom workers” — or those not under their employment — to inflate their quota to hire foreigners.«These companies then used the inflated quota to make work pass applications to hire more foreigners,» MOM said.Under the ministry guidelines, the quota, also known as dependency ratio ceiling (DRC), is the maximum ratio of foreign workers to the total workforce that a company can employ.Depending on the sector like construction or services, the DRC ranges between 35 per cent and 83.3 per cent. Read more