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Foreign domestic helpers were among 11 suspects
arrested Saturday night in a crackdown on a syndicate that laundered $124
million through 52 bank accounts in just 10 months.
The suspects, aged 22 to 39, comprised five men and
six women, and included key members of a syndicate with triad links who are
believed to have operated from a base in Tsim Sha Tsui.
They told the police they were construction workers, sales clerks, insurance brokers and domestic helpers, while others claimed to be unemployed.
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Six were believed to be the owners of the bank
accounts used to launder the funds, and they included three non-Chinese women.
All said they were lured into providing their account information to the
syndicate in exchange for a few hundred or several thousand dollars.
The suspects said they were recruited into the scam
after responding to online advertisements or through referrals from friends.
Police warned the public not to sell, lend or allow other people to use their bank accounts as they will be held complicit even if they are not aware that their accounts were being used in criminal activities.
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The suspects remained in custody while the police
continued their investigation. Further arrests have not been ruled out.
About $600,000 in cash was seized from an
unregistered cryptocurrency shop run by the syndicate, while an additional
$200,000 case was taken from one of the suspects who was apprehended outside
the shop.
Police also raided the syndicate’s base in Tsim Sha
Tsui and seized a large number of ATM cards, phones, chequebooks, cash counting
machines and documents used for their scams.
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One of the suspected ringleaders allegedly scammed
HK$3.9 million from government loan scheme aimed at helping firms affected by
pandemic. Another $2.65 million in approved loans extended to the suspect was
intercepted by the police.
The syndicate is believed to have operated their
illicit activities between October last year and until their arrest last
Saturday.
They allegedly amassed their money from about 20
deception cases, ranging from loan, investment and email scams.
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