Hong Kong police have arrested five men on suspicion of posing as Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) account holders to withdraw HK$1.8 million (US$231,300) from the city’s new online pension fund platform. The scam also prompted the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority, which manages the pension scheme, to immediately suspend its paperless verification process, known as…
16 illegal skimming devices were recovered across the greater Boston area during a three-day outreach operation involving the U.S. Secret Service and local and state law enforcement. Investigators visited 700 businesses between September 23-25th to check for and remove illegal skimming devices from ATMs, gas pumps, and point-of-sale terminals. The U.S. Secret Service believes the…
Three people are facing multiple charges after Florida law enforcement officials busted a massive skimming operation in Hernando County, reports FOX 13. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement (OALE) began an investigation after U.S. Customs and Border Protection confiscated a shipment of illegal skimming devices headed to the…