The Hong Kong Police announced on Monday (September 4) that 28 cases of scams involving fraud and money laundering were detected, of which 27.5 million Hong Kong dollars were involved in the online scams29 people.
Comprehensive Sing Tao Daily and "Hong Kong 01" reported that the Criminal Department of the Guantang Police District in Hong Kong started the two weeks of "Xiaoguang Action" from 11th last month and successfully detected 28 cases. Among them,Including 23 online fraud cases, the fraud is as high as HK $ 27.5 million, and there are five cases of money laundering, with a model of HK $ 20 million.
Reported that the above cases involved a total of 74 victims, including 35 men and 40 women, aged 18 to 75 years old.The cases are roughly divided into five categories, including online job fraud cases, online shopping fraud, online love fraud cases, online investment fraud and email fraud cases.
It is reported that the largest case is a fraudulent case on the Internet, and the victim is a housewife, with a total amount of HK $ 10 million.The victim did not have investment experience. He knew the scammers who claimed to be an investment expert on the Internet. After being investing in cryptocar trading by lobbying, they lost huge amounts of money in half a month.
Police said that 29 people arrested in the operation, including 20 men and nine women, are aged 19 to 64 years old, all holders of puppet household registration.They were arrested for crimes involving fraud, obtaining property, and money laundering, and have been arrested, and they have been approved for bail pending trial.
During the investigation, some criminal suspects acknowledged that they had collected hundreds of to thousands of yuan to pay, and sold personal information or bank hukou to the fraud group to handle crimes.The police reminded the public not to have a chance, thinking that simply borrowing hukou and selling personal information, and without directly participating in any illegal acts, they can evade legal responsibility.
According to the case of successful prosecution in the past, the court clearly stated that even if the suspect argued that he was simply borrowing, selling or tening to a third party, he became the holder of the puppet residence.Black money, but its criminal liability is not different from those who truly deal with crimes, and the court will even make these considerations as a factor in punishment.
In addition, the police will consult the legal opinion of the Law Department to investigate the criminal liability of the suspect and apply to the court to increase the punishment, especially for the crime of laundering of black money washing related to the holder of the puppet account in order to obtain a barrierA scary.
