5 foreigners arrested for allegedly trying to withdraw US$100 million using false documents at a Hong Kong bank

Central District of Hong Kong

Hong Kong police said five people who attempted to withdraw US$100 million from a bank in Central for using fake documents have been arrested.

According to the report, a call was received by the police from a bank at China Building on Queen’s Road Central at around 5pm saying that a man and a woman were trying to withdraw money using suspicious documents.

The report from the local news platform said that it learnt that the two suspects are male and female Filipino passport holders of 68 and 38 years of age, respectively, adding that they had just arrived in Hong Kong on the same day.

In the alleged attempt to withdraw the amounts, the staff noticed the documents that were presented to be bogus with inconsistencies in paperwork and alerted the police.

After the police's preliminary investigation, they discovered that the suspects brought fake documents for the withdrawal and arrested them for using fake instruments.

Afterwards, police made further arrests of two men and a woman who were Malaysian passport holders and two-way travel permits for mainland China, for conspiracy to make false instruments.

The force said lastly that the case had been transferred to the Central district investigation team for further investigation.

5名外國人涉嫌在香港銀行試圖以虛假文件提取1億美元被捕

香港警方表示，五名試圖使用虛假文件從中環一家銀行提取 1 億美元的人被捕。

報道稱，下午5時左右，警方接到皇后大道中中華大廈一間銀行的電話，指一男一女試圖使用可疑文件提取款項。

當地新聞平台報道稱，據悉，兩名嫌犯分別為持有菲律賓護照的男性和女性，年齡分別為68歲和38歲，並補充說他們當天剛抵達香港。

在試圖提取款項時，工作人員發現所提供的文件是偽造的，且文件內容不一致，並向警方報警。

警方初步調查後發現，他們攜帶假證件辦理提款，並以使用假文書罪將其逮捕。

隨後，警方又拘捕了持有馬來西亞護照和中國大陸雙向旅行證的兩男一女，罪名是串謀製作假文書。

警方最後表示，案件已移交中區調查小組進一步調查。