Online dating scams continue. A 54-year-old woman was mistakenly involved in the scam and received more than 9 million yuan. The police arrested a man after investigation.
On February 6, the police received a report from the female victim, saying that she met a man on the social platform Instagram earlier and developed an online couple relationship. Later, she was persuaded by the other party to invest in virtual currency, and then transferred about 9.21 million yuan to The other party has multiple accounts.
However, the victim failed to get the money back later, and suspected that he was cheated and called the police.
Police yesterday (9th) arrested a 31-year-old local man surnamed Wei in Tsim Sha Tsui on suspicion of obtaining property by deception. He is currently being detained for investigation.
It is understood that the victim is a retiree. In November last year, he met a male scammer through Instagram. He claimed to be an expert in cryptocurrency investment. The two developed into an online lover through Whatsapp.
Later, the male scammer lured the victim to invest in cryptocurrency on a false platform to get rich returns. The victim did not expect to be cheated. From December 24 last year to January 31 this year, he remitted his savings to the other party's designated account 30 times. 14 local bank accounts.
Later, the victim failed to withdraw the profit return, and at the same time, the scammer lost contact.
After investigation by the Anti-Deception Coordination Center (ADCC) of the police, it was found that the fraudulent funds were further transferred to other accounts, and 400,000 yuan of them were successfully frozen.
As of yesterday (9th), the police task force successfully arrested a receiving account holder at the Bank of China branch in Tsim Sha Tsui. The case was followed up by the second team of the Eastern District Criminal Investigation Team.
The police reiterated that anyone who commits the crime of "obtaining property by deception" under Section 12 of the Theft Ordinance, Chapter 210 of the Laws of Hong Kong, is liable to a maximum penalty of 10 years' imprisonment.
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