Hong Kong police arrest hundreds in HK$620 million fraud, money-laundering crackdown

Hong Kong police have arrested more than 680 people in a series of recent operations targeting deception and money laundering, with suspected criminal proceeds reaching HK$620 million (US$79.5 million). Among the cases uncovered in the past three weeks were romance scams in which victims were cheated twice and unauthorised money transactions where some bank customers used the same passwords for their online accounts and email logins, police revealed on Monday. Officers arrested 682 people, aged...

Source: scmp.com at 2/2/2026 10:53:03 AM.

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