Police Arrest Two For Crypto-currency Fraud

"); jQuery("#212 h3").html("

Related News Programmes

"); });

2019-03-01 HKT 07:10

Share this story

facebook

  • Police escort one of the arrested men, who allegedly made false claims at investment seminars and on social media. Photo: RTHK

    Police escort one of the arrested men, who allegedly made false claims at investment seminars and on social media. Photo: RTHK

Police have arrested two men on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud. One of them is believed to be Wong Ching-kit, known as Coin Young Master for his links to cryptocurrency. He was also the man suspected of throwing money in Sham Shui Po last year.

The pair allegedly made false claims at investment seminars and on social media.

The money involved came to more than HK$2.6 million dollars. One alleged victim claims to have lost HK$1.1 million dollars as a result of their action.

Five million dollars worth of assets belonging to the company linked to the pair have been frozen.

Computers and documents have also been seized.

RECENT NEWS

Plantos Agentic AI CFO Takes Aim At The SME Lending Gap

Planto, a leading financial technology company specialising in AI-driven banking solutions, officially unveiled its whi... Read more

Hong Kong And Indonesia Explore QR Payment Interoperability

Hong Kong and Indonesia are exploring QR payment interoperability between the two markets. The Hong Kong Monetary Autho... Read more

Who Raises The Alarm, If Synthetic Identity Fraud Has No Victim?

Synthetic identity fraud is one of the fastest-growing fraud types globally, where fraudsters fabricate a person who ne... Read more

SFC Hong Kong Strategic Action Plan Backs Citys Five-Year Plan

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has unveiled a strategic action plan. It supports the city’s Fi... Read more

Tencent Launches TenPayGo Payment App For Travellers In China

Tencent has launched TenPayGo, a payment app for overseas visitors to mainland China. ITHome (IT之家) reported that i... Read more

Deutsche Bank Deploys Agentic AI To Help Trace Client Wealth For KYC

Deutsche Bank Private Bank has launched an agentic AI tool to support Source of Wealth checks, part of its Know Your Cu... Read more