When buyers and sellers encounter large transactions, checks are one of the tools for buyers to find money, but there is a loophole in the "jumping party" who pretends to be successful in depositing money to lure sellers to ship. , but the gangster has disappeared. The fraud group committed 23 similar cases, involving more than 9 million yuan, and the largest loss involved 1.5 million yuan. people.
A total of 12 people were arrested during the operation.
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Inspector Ye Enhua, the case supervisor of the 11th team of the Criminal Investigation Team of the Yau Tsim Police District, explained the circumstances of the case. From August to October this year, the police received reports from two victims involving bad checks. The wine cabinet company ordered several wine cabinets, involving 200,000 yuan. The scammer pretended to successfully enter the ticket to lure the company to ship the goods, but the ticket bounced due to insufficient bank account balance, and then lost contact. Another case was the victim A person sold a famous watch worth more than 200,000 yuan on an online shopping platform. Two days after the delivery, the ticket bounced and the buyer was also unable to be contacted.
The Yau Tsim Police District launched an in-depth investigation and cooperated with a number of representatives of the banking industry and stakeholders of online shopping platforms to analyze the flow of funds and identify a local fraud group that used puppet accounts for online shopping and commercial fraud. They divided their responsibilities carefully Some people pretend to be buyers or businessmen to solicit, and some members do "running errands" to carry out transactions, and even co-ordinate and manage bad checks, go to the teller machine to deposit into the victim's account, pretend to transfer money successfully, and win the trust of the other party. The victim lost property and even caused business loss, involving 23 similar cases, with an amount of up to 9.223 million yuan, and the largest loss involved 1.5 million yuan.
Inspector Ye Enhua, the case supervisor of the 11th Team of the Criminal Investigation Team of the Yau Tsim Police District, explained the case.
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The police carried out an anti-fraud operation code-named "Kanto" for two consecutive days yesterday (21st), and arrested 5 men and 7 women in multiple districts in Hong Kong, aged between 24 and 55, suspected of "obtaining property by deception" , "fraud", "handling stolen goods" and "conspiracy to defraud". They reported that they were cooks, housewives, transport workers and unemployed. number record.
The 3 men and 7 women arrested have been released on bail pending investigation and must report to the police in early January next year.
The other two male arrestees are still being detained for investigation.
The operation is still going on, and it is not ruled out that more people will be arrested.
In addition, officers from the Yau Tsim Police District stopped the suspects during their anti-crime patrols from September to October this year, and found multiple bad checks and related bank deposit slips that did not belong to them, and arrested them.
The police described the fraud group involved in the case as having a careful division of labor.
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Ye Enhua said that considering all the fraud cases, the number of fraudulent ticket scams has increased by 20% to 30%. It is best for citizens to choose cash on delivery or cash settlement on the spot when shopping, and leave a record of the other party to reduce risks. If in doubt, you can call The anti-fraud hotline "18 222" emphasizes that lending or buying and selling bank accounts to scammers to receive money may lead to the crime of "conspiracy to defraud" and money laundering. Once convicted, the maximum sentence is 14 years in prison. Citizens should not try their best .
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