At about 11 am today (20th), a 19-year-old man in a unit of Lai Kit Building, Lai Tak Estate, North Point, received a strange call. The other party claimed to be a mainland official, and he claimed that the male victim was involved in a mainland money laundering case. He transferred a sum of money to prove his innocence, and the male victim followed the instructions to deposit about HK$2 million into 3 accounts designated by the other party.
Police officers arrived at the scene. After preliminary investigation, the case was classified as obtaining property by deception. The case was handed over to the 1st Team of the Criminal Investigation Team of the Eastern District Police District for follow-up. No arrests have been made so far.
Earlier, the police broke the virtual account to launder money involving 97 million and detained 17 people:
Earlier, the police dismantled a money laundering syndicate, an organized money laundering syndicate in East Kowloon. Since last year, it has manipulated virtual bank accounts to frequently transfer small amounts of money, and used the method of "breaking up" to launder the proceeds of different crimes. bank accounts, involving an amount of 97 million.
From the 13th to the 14th, the police arrested 17 people for two consecutive days on suspicion of conspiracy to deal with property known or believed to represent the proceeds of an indictable crime, some of whom have gang backgrounds.
The police broke the virtual account for money laundering of 97 million and arrested 17 people. The ICAC revealed that the personal assistant had borrowed from the listed company Sunway International and was involved in "money laundering" of 125 million yuan. 58 people arrested in connection with online romance and money laundering imprisonment case involving 51 million yuan