Macau woman received fraudulent phone calls from seven bank accounts, $14 million was transferred from seven bank accounts, Hong Kong and Macau police detained 3 men and women

Last year, a woman in Macau received a fraudulent phone call posing as a mainland official, falsely claiming that she was involved in a mainland money laundering case. She handed over the login information of her Macau bank account for investigation as instructed, and later found that a total of about 14 million yuan in the account had been transferred.

The Macau Superintendent Police found that after the fraudulent money was transferred to a Macau bank account, it was then transferred to a Hong Kong bank account.

The Hong Kong police found that at least two local accounts had received and processed a total of 11.8 million yuan in fraudulent money. Yesterday, two local men were arrested on suspicion of money laundering. The Macao Judicial Police arrested a Macao woman on the same day, and the three arrested persons were two The account holder involved in the case.

Guo Jianle, a senior inspector of the Commercial Crime Investigation Division of the police, said that the victim disclosed his 7 mainland bank information to the fraudster, and the fraudulent money was transferred to 5 Macau accounts and then to at least 2 Hong Kong accounts.

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The police received information from the Macau Superintendent Police earlier that a female victim living in Macau received a fraudulent phone call impersonating a mainland official in September last year. The victim was instructed to hand over multiple Macau bank accounts and login passwords to the fraudsters for investigation purposes. Later, the victim discovered that a total of about 14 million yuan in the account had been transferred, and called the police.

The Macau Judicial Police investigation found that the 14 million yuan in the victim's account was transferred to multiple bank accounts in Macau, and then scattered to Hong Kong bank accounts.

The police received a report and conducted an investigation. On the charge of money laundering yesterday (19th), two 27-year-old surnamed Zhen and 68-year-old Hong local men were arrested in Sau Mau Ping and Lok Ma Chau respectively. They are the Hong Kong bank account holders involved. The account was used to receive and process fraudulent funds of about 11.8 million yuan. They were reported to be college students and unemployed. On the same day, the Macau Judicial Police arrested a 21-year-old woman in Macau. The Macau bank account was used to receive fraudulent funds and transfer the funds to a Hong Kong bank. account.

The case is still under investigation and police do not rule out more arrests.

Guo Jianle, senior inspector of the Commercial Crime Investigation Division of the Police, said that the victim disclosed his seven bank account information to the fraudster, and the fraudulent funds were transferred to five Macau accounts and then to at least two Hong Kong accounts.

Hong Kong bank accounts received the most fraudulent funds from November last year to the beginning of this month. At present, most of the fraudulent funds have flowed out, and no fraudulent funds have been frozen. The police will continue to analyze the flow of funds and investigate whether other people are still involved.

During the operation, officers seized a number of mobile phones and a number of bank ATM cards.

In addition to using different excuses to lure victims into remittances to unknown accounts, fraudsters will also require victims to open bank accounts, or hand over existing bank account information and passwords for investigation purposes. The fraudsters will then conduct money laundering activities to Increase the difficulty of police investigation.

The police stressed that under any circumstances, law enforcement officers will not require citizens to make any remittances to accounts of unknown origin or submit login passwords.

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