Rich lady at the top of the hill was arrested by "secret agents", er, 250 million yuan, 19-year-old PolyU student released on bail

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Written by: Ling Yide

2021-04-20 10:49

Last update date: 2021-04-20 10:50

A nine-year-old rich woman at the top of the mountain fell into a "fake public security" electric scam, and lost 250 million yuan in 5 months. This is the single highest amount of telephone scam in history. After in-depth investigation, the second team of the Central District Police District Crime Squad On March 25, a 19-year-old man named Huang was arrested in Tianshuiwei District on suspicion of "obtaining property by deception."

It is reported that the arrested man was a first-year PolyU student who claimed to have been a victim. He was later used as a "secret agent" by fraudsters. He has been released on bail pending further investigation and must report to the police in late April.

The case is still under investigation, and it is not ruled out that more people have been arrested.

The victim was a 90-year-old retired woman who lived in an independent house on the top of the mountain. A foreign driver and two domestic helpers lived together.

According to the report, the victim received a call from a mainland official in August last year, stating that she suspected that her identity had been stolen. It was involved in a serious case in the mainland. She was required to check whether her bank account was involved in black money, and asked her to transfer the deposit to a designated account. It was returned in May this year, and then a "Mainland Police" went to the old woman's apartment and provided a phone (with a SIM card) to the victim for contact.

An old woman who had never heard of similar scams in the past discovered that the other party was able to tell her personal information, so she did not want to deceive her, and transferred a total of about 250 million yuan in 11 times within 5 months.

It is understood that the old woman’s domestic helper once felt suspicious and notified the old woman, but the daughter did not immediately call the police. Instead, her relatives and friends followed the mother to understand the mother’s purpose in the bank, but in the end it failed to prevent the fraud from continuing.

It was not until the 2nd of last month that the old woman made a report with her lawyer after lobbying by her daughter.

After the police investigation, the fraudster's account was frozen for more than 9 million yuan.

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