An unemployed mainland woman was arrested for defrauding a female out of nine handbags worth 120,000-yuan (133,000 patacas), Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said at a special press conference on Friday.
According to the spokesperson, the female suspect surnamed Dong, 36 years old, told the police that she’s unemployed.
In mid-April this year, the overseas Chinese female victim saw the advertisement on the internet purporting to be able to assist in the “transferring of goods and customs clearance” that Dong posted online, and then contacted Dong, according to the spokesperson.
The spokesperson said the victim said she needed to ship nine designer handbags to the mainland, and Dong said she would charge 200 yuan for each bag, after which she sent nine handbags by express from Europe to a delivery point in Macau designated by Dong.
Due to the delay in delivery to the mainland, the victim became suspicious and asked Dong when the bags would be delivered, but Dong falsely claimed that the goods were being detained by the “customs” when they were shipped to the mainland, and the handbags could not be retrieved for the time being, the spokesperson said.
However, the delivery never happened and the victim suspected she had been defrauded and reported to the police a total loss of 120,000 yuan, the spokesperson said.
The police investigation found that Dong had been to the delivery point to collect the handbags in Macau, and was intercepted near the delivery point last Wednesday, the spokesperson said.
The spokesperson said Dong claimed to have received the goods and handed them over to a male stranger, but was unable to provide the man’s information.
After investigation, the police found photos of handbags on Dong’s mobile phone, and Dong admitted to committing the crime, the spokesperson said.
Man robs & falsely accuses money changer
A 54-year-old mainland man was arrested for robbing an illegal money changer and falsely accusing them of fraud, according to a PJ spokesperson on Friday.
The suspect claimed to have exchanged 94,000 yuan for HK$100,000 with the money changer and also alleged that he had been defrauded by that money changer.
However, the police discovered that the man had robbed the money changer during the money exchange.
The suspect later admitted to having committed the crime because he had introduced a friend to the victim, but had not received any benefit for it, so he robbed and falsely accused the money changer of cheating him.
