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Written by: Yang Wanting and Wang Yiyang
2021-01-31 17:50
The last update date: 2021-01-31 19:29
A 37-year-old Bitcoin investor met with a South Asian buyer at the beginning of last month. After boarding the other party's luxury RV, the other party borrowed words to drive to a remote place in Chaiwan on the grounds of safety.
The victim collected 3.6 million yuan in cash on the spot, and then posted 15 Bitcoins via his mobile phone via an online account. However, he was suddenly intercepted by another South Asian car thief, dragging the victim off the car and grabbing a huge amount of 3.6 million yuan And cell phone.
Two cars later fled without a trace.
The police suspected that the buyer and the robber were accomplices and pursued 6 people at large after the incident.
After many days of investigation, the police arrested 7 Egyptian and Pakistani men, including the mastermind of a jewelry and watch dealer, who loaned 3.6 million cash to his party to commit the crime.
The police have frozen the main brain's 900,000 yuan virtual currency.
The police seized a batch of exhibits, including cash, computers, and mobile phones.
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Familiar buyer was robbed of $3.6 million
Inspector Wu Liyao of the Second Team of the Eastern District Police District Crime Squad stated that the 37-year-old male victim was a Bitcoin investor. He met a South Asian buyer on an online trading platform in March last year. Conducted 5 to 6 Bitcoin transactions during the month and successfully obtained more than 100,000 yuan in cash.
At the beginning of this year, the buyer introduced another South Asian buyer to the victim, claiming that the other party intends to buy more bitcoins from the victim.
Without prejudice, the victim met to make a deal on the 3rd of this month, and boarded two luxury RVs from South Asian buyers in North Point, during which they successfully traded and received 1 million cash.
The other party then invited another transaction on the next day, and the victim boarded the RV again in North Point on the 4th.
The two buyers asked the victim to collect HK$3.6 million in cash on the spot in the car, and used the excuse of safety to drive to a remote location in the shelter of Shan Chui Court on Tai Tam Road, Chai Wan.
After the victim completed the order, he immediately transferred the bitcoin to the other party with his mobile phone.
After the transaction was completed, another private car drove to the car. Three unknown South Asian men in the car dragged the victim out of the RV and snatched 3.6 million yuan in cash from him. The two cars left afterwards.
The victim had bruises on his hands and feet and called the police car on his own for help.
The two buyers borrowed words and drove to a remote location at Shan Chui Court, Tai Tam Road, Chai Wan, for safety reasons.
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The jeweler’s master lent huge sums of money to deceive
After in-depth investigations and extensive closed-circuit television analysis, the Eastern District Crime Squad identified a criminal gang. The Eastern District Criminal Division and the Cyber Security Technology Crime Investigation Division conducted an arrest operation yesterday (30th). They were arrested in Kowloon and the New Territories. Seven people, Pakistani and Egyptian, aged between 21 and 46, hold Egyptian passports and Hong Kong ID cards respectively.
They reported that they were students, drivers, businessmen, etc. Some of the arrested persons had triad backgrounds.
One of the arrested persons was the mastermind of the case. He was engaged in the jewelry and watch business. The 3.6 million yuan in cash in the case was also provided by him to his party to deceive the victim.
It is understood that among the seven arrested, three were those who committed the crime on the day of the crime, three of their family members were also arrested, and the remaining one was a person who helped rent a car.
The Cybersecurity Crime Investigation Bureau has frozen 900,000 yuan of virtual currency in the account of the arrested master’s brain.
The case is still under investigation and it is not ruled out that more people have been arrested.
The victim posted 15 bitcoins and sold them for HK$3 million in cash.
As the victim was counting the money, suddenly another private car approached along Tai Tam Road, jumped off four big men, opened the door and took away Li's cash and two mobile phones.
Two buyers in the car kicked Li off the car immediately.
The two private cars left immediately.
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The incident occurred on the evening of the 3rd of this month. The 37-year-old victim Li successfully traded 1 million Hong Kong dollars worth of Bitcoin with two South Asian buyers.
At 1pm on the 4th, the victim met the two South Asian buyers through WeChat to conduct another transaction.
At 5 pm on the same day, two buyers picked up the victim from a hotel in North Point and boarded a white private car. The car then drove towards Chai Wan. The buyer gave 3.6 million Hong Kong dollars in cash on the way. At the time of the money, the private car had reached a hillside position on Tai Tam Road near Shan Chui Yuan. The victim later posted 15 Bitcoins through his online account.
By the time it was dark, another black private car suddenly approached. In addition to the driver, the other three South Asian big men got off the car, opened the door of Li's private car, snatched about 3.6 million cash and robbed two of them at the same time. A mobile phone, and then returned to the party’s private car to escape.
Two buyers also pulled Li out of the car and left.
Li went down the mountain for a few minutes, and asked the police for help at 8pm.
The police followed up as a "robbery" case.
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