Hongong (AP) – More than 1800 people were arrested in a joint operation across Asia -focused fraud, the police in Hong Kong said on Tuesday.
Procedure involving authorities in six other jurisdiction Wong Chun-Yue, the main superintendent of the Municipal Police Authority for Business Crime, has successfully captured fraudulent means that included about $ 20 million.
The fraudulent nets They were closed during the operation together by South Korea, Thailand, Singapore and the neighboring Macao Gambling Hub, he said.
Operations, which also concerned Malaysia and Maldives, focused on online shopping and telephone fraud as well as fraud with investments and employment. Almost 33,000 accounts were frozen in the month of up to 28, May, Wong said. They were arrested aged between 14 and 81 years.
In one case in March, the CFO in Singapore Scammed was through videos of a deep fulfillment of someone who claimed to be the CEO in a multinational company. The victim transferred $ 499,000 to Hong Kong, said Aileen Yap, Assistant Director of Anti-Scam command in Singapore. Through cross -border cooperation, money was obtained, she said.
Victims of fraud and online fraud often include not only those cheated but also workers used by scamming surgery, with employees face threatsviolence and poor working conditions.
UN message In April, they found that multinational groups of organized crimes in East and Southeast Asia spread their fraudulent operations around the world.
For several years fraud in Southeast Asia has proliferated, especially in border areas CambodiaLaos and Myanmaras in PhilippinesMoving operations from place to place to keep a step ahead before the police, according to a report issued by the UN Office for Drugs and Crime.
The fraudulent centers in Myanmar, Cambodia and Laosu They are notorious that they attract people to work in them under false excuses. Employees are often forced to use people around the world through false novels, false investment courses and illegal gambling programs. Many workers find themselves trapped in virtual slavery.
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