Hong Kong police have arrested 11 people on suspicion of cheating at least 150 talent scheme arrivals and mainland Chinese students out of HK$13 million (US$1.7 million) in rent by pretending to be flat owners, with one victim losing more than HK$300,000. The force said on Friday that the scammers had targeted newcomers to the…
BALLWIN, Mo. (KMOV/Gray News) – A Missouri man is accused of raping at least five women he met on dating apps, officials said. Yahya Maly, 28, was arrested around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at his apartment in Ballwin, a suburb of St. Louis. The alleged crimes spanned almost two years between March 2023 and earlier this…
An elderly man and his son were found dead in a Hong Kong village house on Tuesday evening, with police investigating whether the case in Yuen Long was linked to a suspected suicide in the district around the same time. Police said they received a report that two men had been found unconscious in a…
A Hong Kong woman has been rescued from a scam farm in Myanmar, with the city’s Security Bureau vowing to ensure she will return home as soon as possible. The bureau confirmed the rescue on Sunday evening, hours after Thai media reported authorities in the country had rescued the 31-year-old Hongkonger. She was found on…
Hong Kong authorities have been urged to provide a clear answer on their plan to rescue residents forced to work at scam farms in Southeast Asia, after the families of some victims went through the start of Lunar New Year without news about their loved ones, a situation they said was worryingly “abnormal”. Former district…
Hong Kong authorities have been urged to provide a clear answer on their plan to rescue residents forced to work at scam farms in Southeast Asia, after the families of some victims went through the start of Lunar New Year without news about their loved ones, a situation they said was worryingly “abnormal”. Former district…
A Hongkonger who has been stuck in Thailand after being released from a scam farm in Myanmar will fly home on Monday, before Lunar New Year. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung said on Saturday that members of his bureau’s task force had met the 29-year-old man the night before. “When my colleague called me…
Hong Kong police have arrested 13 people in a crackdown on a syndicate that purported to sell concert tickets, with a victim losing HK$640,000 (US$82,200) in a single case for trying to buy 544 non-existent tickets for Cantopop king Andy Lau Tak-wah’s shows. Police intelligence revealed the fraudsters had been active since October last year,…
The driver behind a deadly car attack in China’s southern city of Zhuhai in November was executed on Monday, state news agency Xinhua reported. Fan Weiqiu, 62, was convicted of deliberately driving his SUV into a group of people exercising outside a sports centre in Zhuhai on November 11. The attack killed 35 people and…
Hong Kong should step up measures to protect mainland Chinese students against scams, such as arranging a quiz before their visas are issued, lawmakers have urged, after two local universities reported at least HK$75 million (US$9.6 million) were lost to fraudsters. The growing number of mainland students falling victim to scams while studying in the…