Hong Kong police arrested 84 people related to 53 fraud and money laundering cases, involving the amount of HK $ 118 million (about S $ 21 million).
Comprehensive Hong Kong South China News Daily reported that the Hong Kong police held a press conference on Monday (October 23) that the Hong Kong police launched a special operation from October 3 to October 20 to crack down on deep water to crack down on deep waterFraud and money laundering activities occurred in the district.The operation was arrested for a total of 84 people, involving 53 fraud cases and money laundering, and the victim's loss reached 118 million yuan.
Huang Siqi, the supervisor of the Science and Technology Crime Team of the Sham Shui Police District, pointed out that most of the arrested persons provide a puppet residence for the fraud group, collect and handle the stolen money in the case, and obtain the income ranging from 2,000 to 2 million yuan.These criminal returns come from investment and fraud, including romantic traps and employment fraud to the deceived.
Among these fraud cases, a 41 -year -old housewife was the most deceived.After receiving a call from a scammer who posted a security official in mainland China in June this year, she was deceived by HK $ 60 million.
Zheng Yifeng, the criminal governor of the Sham Shui Police District, said that in addition to arresting the holders of the cricket bank account, another work focus of the Sham Shui Police District is to strengthen and speed up the prosecution of the holder of the puppet residence.
He said that since the beginning of this year, 14 cases in the Sham Shui Police District have received opinions from the Hong Kong Government Department of Justice, which can sue to the relevant puppet residence holders.Seven arrested people are currently arrested in the West Kowloon Magistrate Court, and a arrested person was convicted in August this year for laundering for money and was sentenced to eight months in prison.
