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| Police display items seized from the suspected money laundering group |
Hong Kong police has disclosed the arrest of 24 people suspected to be behind a $124 million money laundering case, and for defrauding a number of people for $3 million.
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According to officers
who conducted a press briefing Thursday, the suspects had used 54 bank accounts
since July last year to launder the money whose source appears to be largely
unknown.
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The 14 men and 10 women,
aged between 25 to 75, are also believed
to be behind the “guess who I am” scam which caused about 70 people to lose $3
million in total.
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According to the
police, the suspects made fraudulent calls to some company employees and and
falsely claimed to their manager. The staff members were then told to transfer
money to a bank account that the syndicate supplied.
During the operation,
the police also seized a number of
luxury watches and froze some $2 million in the group’s bank accounts.
Police say an
investigation is ongoing, and more arrests could be made.
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In the meantime, they
warned the public “to be alert
to be alert and actively seek proof if they receive suspicious calls, and not
to disclose personal information, bank account numbers and passwords to
strangers.”
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Officers noted that the number of phone scam cases last year doubled from those in the previous year. A total of 2,831 such cases were reported to police last year, compared with 1,140 in 2021.
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