Some gangster groups take advantage of the young people's mentality of "getting quick money" to find candidates in the popular mobile games "PUBG Mobile" (commonly known as "Chicken Eater") and "Legend Showdown". "posting street signs" and other illegal debt collection activities.
After an in-depth investigation, the police arrested 11 people the day before yesterday (22nd), including the group's mastermind, backbone and members of the operation team.
Chief Criminal Inspector Ho Siu-tung of the Wanchai Police District explained the circumstances of the case, saying that based on the follow-up investigation of an earlier case, the police learned that a triad gang used young people to carry out illegal debt collection and other criminal acts, and then locked the group and started arresting it.
He Zhaodong pointed out that the group has a clear structure, the group's mastermind and key members all have gang backgrounds, and the 2 masterminds will regularly distribute debt collection action lists to the 3 key members, and finally 6 people who met through mobile games and were recruited to collect debts Action team members.
The group has a clear division of labor. A 14-year-old key member is in charge of logistical support and will provide debt collection tools such as clothes, red oil, and street tricks; After the event, another 20-year-old backbone will pay the remuneration online after confirming the completion of the task, ranging from 500 to 800 yuan per case.
He Zhaodong continued to point out that the gang met teenagers through popular phone games such as "PUBG Mobile" and "Legend Showdown".
After building trust with the other party, the gang will meet with young people to eat, drink and have fun, and then use the mentality of young people to "get quick money" to lure the other party into illegal debt collection activities.
The gang meets teenagers on popular phone games, including PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and Legends of War.
The 11 arrested persons in the case are still being detained and investigated, and 3 of them are temporarily charged with one "crime of criminal damage".
Preliminary investigations revealed that they were suspected of being related to 17 criminal damage cases that occurred in various districts of Hong Kong from November 2022 to January this year, involving a debt collection amount of about 4 million yuan.
The police appeal to young people not to participate in debt collection activities to earn quick money and become tools of criminals. If they are solicited to commit illegal acts, they should immediately refuse and report to the police.
Parents should also pay more attention to their children so as not to associate them with bad actors.
Chief Criminal Inspector Ho Siu-tung of Wan Chai District.
(Photo by Huang Weimin)
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