Hong Kong-Macao gang repeatedly bought crypto with money from online scams, resold it overseas and withdrew the profits from ATMs.
organised crime
Associate Billy Choi released but may not leave Macao; police point to strong evidence linking pair to organised crime, illegal gambling and money laundering.
A total of 23 men and seven women were arrested on Sunday for their alleged involvement in the illegal use of bank cards by conducting bogus cash transactions so that clients could get cash after swiping their cards on tampered-with POS (points of sale) machines in Macao.
Eight locals and nine non-resident women were arrested this week for their alleged involvement in a bogus employment scheme.
Two locals and two mainlanders were arrested on Thursday for setting up Macao’s first gambling website data centre.
Fourteen suspects were arrested on Sunday in Macao and Zhuhai for alleged people-smuggling using sampans to carry mainlanders illegally in and out of Zhuhai and Macao.
A key member of a currency exchange gang involved in at least 11 fraud cases totalling about 2.32 million yuan (MOP 2.80 million) was arrested on Friday.
A total of six Public Security Police (PSP) officers have been arrested on suspicion of organised crime activities, informed the Judiciary Police (PJ). The statement said the PJ officers apprehended the six law enforcement officers, one of whom had just retired, in co-operation with the Public Security Police. Speaking to The Macau Post Daily separately […]
