Man was arrested for fraud on a car with a license plate for a fuel card discount

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Written by: Liu Dingan, Chen Yongwu, Deng Haixing

2020-04-30 05:18

The high oil prices in Hong Kong are well known to motorists. However, some people actually saved a few yuan discount per liter of fuel oil, but they fell into the magic net after exhausting their "magic weapon". A male driver recently borrowed a friend ’s car because of the expiration of his private car ’s license, but he had to use his license plate number to use it because of the discounted gas card he held. In the early hours of this morning, the car encountered a police license plate recognition system while passing through Kowloon City, and it was immediately evasive. The male driver was arrested on suspicion of "fraud" and "exercise of false documents".

At about 2 a.m., the police set up a license plate recognition system on Prince Edward Road East, Kowloon City, near Regal Hotel, and found a private car in motion during which the license plate number showed that the license had expired, so police officers were sent to follow It was found that the private car drove into a nearby petrol station to enter the fuel, and the police officers immediately stepped forward to conduct an investigation.

During the investigation, the police found that the license plate of the private car did not match the license. It is reported that the driver ’s own private car, due to the expiration of the license, borrowed a friend ’s private car. The fuel card used by itself has a discount of up to several yuan per liter, but it can only be used if the vehicle has the license plate number indicated on the card. It is suspected that due to the high oil prices in Hong Kong, some people have "a plan" to put their license plates on a friend's private car and use them, but they are detected by the police's license plate recognition system. The driver was arrested and arrested for investigation.

Police allege that members of the Task Force of the Traffic Department of East Kowloon Region launched an "Automatic License Plate Recognition System" detection operation in the area around Prince Edward Road early this morning (30th). During the operation, the personnel discovered that a private car's driving permit had expired, and then followed the private car. When the private car drove to the first petrol station at 590 Prince Edward Road East, Wong Tai Sin, officers immediately stepped forward to intercept it.

During the investigation, the staff found that the license plate of the private car did not match the license. After further investigation, it was believed that the 28-year-old yin male driver applied his license plate to a friend ’s private car to take advantage of the discount at the petrol station. Price, to fuel a friend ’s private car. The 28-year-old man named Yin was arrested on suspicion of "fraud" and "exercise of false documents" and is being detained for investigation. The case was referred to the Criminal Investigation Team of Wong Tai Sin District for follow-up.

It is understood that because the driver had not swiped the fuel at the time, the staff at the petrol station did not know how much the actual discount was. The vehicle in question is a hybrid car, which itself is quite fuel efficient. Now he has fallen into the French Open and lost a lot because of his smallness.

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