Corrupt official created web of deceit, clandestinely running a youth organisation and falsifying computer records. Five others also facing charges.
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Gang used virtual currency to launder cash gained from internet and phone swindles; five suspects in Macao face organised crime membership charges.
Attracted by adverts for part-time jobs, victims were conned into making deposits, but ran into a brick wall when they asked for their money back.
Hong Kong-Macao gang repeatedly bought crypto with money from online scams, resold it overseas and withdrew the profits from ATMs.
Police astounded at residents’ gullibility, security secretary says, who puts the blame on loneliness and avarice.
Afro-Asian scammers alleged to have stolen more than MOP 20 million; brought to book after joint operation with Hong Kong police.
Scam follows an all-too familiar pattern: initial friendship via a chatroom, the promise of “big bucks”, and then the investment disappears into thin air.
Police warn of sharp rise in “killing pigs” online scam.
A middle school pupil used his father’s smartphone to scan a QR code several times, after which his father discovered that he had lost over 54,000 yuan in an online scam.
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