A former Hong Kong district councillor has pleaded not guilty over his alleged involvement in a fraud syndicate that cheated nine people out of HK$740,000 (US$95,400), and will remain on remand after nearly two years in custody as his trial continues. Wong Chun-yeung, 30, a former Islands district councillor from the opposition camp, on Friday…
Hong Kong police have arrested eight people on suspicion of running a scam ring that bypassed online security checks to open bank accounts by replacing photos on stolen identity cards with deepfakes incorporating fraudsters’ facial features. Senior Superintendent Philip Lui Che-ho of the force’s financial intelligence and investigation bureau said on Saturday the raid was…
Hong Kong police have arrested eight people on suspicion of running a scam ring that bypassed online security checks to open bank accounts by replacing photos on stolen identity cards with deepfakes incorporating fraudsters’ facial features. Senior Superintendent Philip Lui Che-ho of the force’s financial intelligence and investigation bureau said the raid was part of…
We live in a scammer’s world. We get texts from unknown numbers with an odd tone of familiarity. We have been promised breathtaking profits in ads on social media. We have encountered characters on dating apps who seemed too good to be true. It’s not just us, of course. Most people have heard stories or…
Every few weeks, fireworks light up the night sky in Cambodia, set off by scammers to salute their biggest swindles. By the time the shells pop and crackle, somebody’s life savings are probably gone. Maybe the victim fell for an online romance scam or bought into a fake cryptocurrency exchange. Whatever the scheme, the money…
A Hong Kong court has acquitted a former chairman of Pok Oi Hospital who was linked to a London gold trading scam by holding a banking account that was allegedly used to launder more than HK$2.65 million (US$341,000). Deputy District Judge Jason Wan Siu-ming told defendant Sidney Siu Yim-kwan, 78, that the court believed he…
Hong Kong’s anti-corruption agency has arrested 22 individuals, including 18 bank employees who allegedly accepted HK$2 million (US$257,372) in bribes from an intermediary to defraud the institutions of referral fees in mortgage loan applications. The 13 men and nine women, aged between 31 and 56, were arrested in raids at more than 30 locations earlier…
Hong Kong’s anti-corruption agency has arrested 22 individuals, including 18 bank employees who allegedly accepted HK$2 million (US$257,372) in bribes from an intermediary to defraud the institution of referral fees in mortgage loan applications. The 13 men and nine women, aged between 31 and 56, were arrested in raids at more than 30 locations earlier…
Hong Kong police have smashed a fraud syndicate and arrested six suspects who allegedly cheated at least 12 victims out of about HK$520,000 (US$66,667) in a series of phone scams since last November. Officers on Sunday also urged schools to be on their guard against phone fraudsters after syndicate members were found in some cases…
Hong Kong police have arrested two brothers on suspicion of defrauding a 79-year-old retiree out of HK$2.6 million (US$334,400) and laundering the funds. One of the brothers, a 29-year-old bank officer surnamed Li, allegedly convinced the elderly man in 2023 that he could set up an internet banking account for investment purposes, police said on…