China News Service, Hong Kong, December 1st (Suo Youwei, Wei Huadu) The Hong Kong police reported on December 1 that the Hong Kong police, together with the Interpol and the Royal Malaysian Police, conducted a cross-border attack on the Internet, code-named "Stride". The arrest of the scam, the detection of a scam group active in Southeast Asia.
During the operation, the police in the two places arrested 27 people on suspicion of money laundering up to 15 million yuan (Hong Kong dollars, the same below).
The Chief Inspector of the Hong Kong Police Cyber Security and Technology Crime Investigation Division Zhang Weihao said that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most of the daily activities have been transferred to the Internet, and online dating has become more popular. The Hong Kong police recorded 1,369 online love scams in the first 10 months of this year. , An increase of 80% over the same period last year, and the loss amounted to 480 million yuan, an increase of 2.7 times over the same period last year.
Zhang Weihao said that the scammers met the victims through online dating platforms, used sweet words to establish online relationships with them, and then fabricated excuses to defraud the victims for money.
The Hong Kong police cooperated with the Interpol and the Royal Malaysian Police to investigate a fraud group active in Southeast Asia. The Malaysian police arrested 7 Nigerians on suspicion of fraud, overstaying, etc. The investigation revealed that they were remotely manipulating some puppet bank accounts in Hong Kong. Money laundering.
The Senior Inspector of the Hong Kong Police Cyber Security and Technology Crime Investigation Branch promised that the Hong Kong police arrested 3 men and 17 women, aged between 20 and 60, for “conspiracy to deal with crimes that are known or believed to represent indictable crimes. "Profited property", commonly known as "money laundering", is the holder of a puppet account who assists in laundering the proceeds from fraud. At present, all arrested persons have been released on bail pending investigation, and some claimed to be victims and were deceived. Get out of bank account information and do business with a boyfriend (that is, a scammer) in a different place.
The police seized 10 mobile phones, a batch of bank cards and documents involved in the case, and are conducting further investigations. It is not ruled out that more people will be arrested.
The Hong Kong police reminded that citizens who lend their bank accounts to others for illegal purposes may commit money laundering crimes. Once convicted, they can be sentenced to a maximum of 14 years in prison and a fine of 5 million yuan.
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