A mainland woman was arrested last week for scamming a local man out of HK$3 million in a cryptocurrency investment scam, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a regular press conference yesterday.
The 35-year-old suspect surnamed Wang told the police that she is an accountant, said Leng
Leng said Wang and her husband told the victim that they had “tips” on cryptocurrency investment in early February, and demonstrated to the victim on an app how easily money could be made on the platform. Leng said the victim was initially “dubious” and gave the couple HK$500,000 in cash to “try it out” first, after which the app showed that the victim had made a profit.
The “profit” made the victim fully trust the couple and he gave them another HK$2.5 million for investment, Leng said, adding that the couple “disappeared” when the victim asked them for more “investment tips”. The victim finally realised – after he was unable to contact them anymore and retrieve his profit and original investment – that he had been duped and reported the case to the police on February 7, saying that he had been defrauded out of HK$3 million, said Leng.
According to Leng, the couple returned to the mainland through the Macau-Hengqin checkpoint on the same day, but Wang was arrested when she re-entered Macau through the Barrier Gate checkpoint on Friday. Wang refused to cooperate with the police. She was transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) on Monday where she faces a fraud charge involving a considerable sum of money, according to Leng.
No information about Wang’s alleged husband was provided at the time of the press conference.
Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon looks on during yesterday’s regular press conference.
Photo: William Chan
