Hong Kong police arrested 51 suspects in scam and money laundary cases worth around HK$100 million

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Hong Kong police said 51 people have been arrested in a tough effort to combat scams and money laundering in the city.

The recent case included 39 fraud and money laundering of around HK$100 million, Chief Inspector Shun Po-Chun of the Wan Chai district said on Sunday(22nd of October, 2023)

The victims were said to be cajoled with bogus investment schemes, job recruitment, telephone and online shopping scams.

Therefore, the suspects connected to the crime were accused of obtaining property by deception and engaging in money laundering. Thirty-two suspects were reported to be male and 19 female with their ages ranging from 19 to 67.

Moreover, most of those arrested were said to have allegedly given out their bank account information to be used for unpleasant transactions and assist in the collection and laundering of illegal funds.

The scams were allegedly organised in different dubious ways such as a kidnap fabricated incident and also by pretending to be a relative of a family that was having problems overseas and being requested to pay money to be bailed out from the police station.

The police said that all the suspects were granted bail until further investigation and they were required to report to police next month.

香港警方逮捕51名詐欺及洗黑錢案件嫌疑人 涉案金額約1億港元

香港警方表示，在該市嚴厲打擊詐騙和洗錢活動中，已有 51 人被捕。

灣仔警區總督察舜寶駿週日（2023年10月22日）表示，近期案件涉及39宗詐騙及洗黑錢案，涉案金額約1億港元。

據稱，受害者受到虛假投資計畫、招募、電話和線上購物詐騙的誘騙。

因此，犯罪嫌疑人涉嫌以欺騙手段獲取財產並從事洗錢活動。 據報道，32名嫌疑人為男性，19名女性，年齡從19歲到67歲不等。

此外，據稱大多數被捕者據稱洩露了自己的銀行帳戶信息，用於進行不愉快的交易，並協助收集和洗錢非法資金。

據稱，這些詐騙以不同可疑的方式組織，例如捏造綁架事件，以及冒充在海外遇到問題的家庭的親戚，並被要求付錢才能從警察局保釋。

警方表示，所有嫌疑人均獲准保釋，等待進一步調查，並要求他們下個月向警方報到。