A 30-year-old man from the mainland was arrested on August 4 near a hotel in Taipa for cheating a gambler out of HK$20,000 with a bogus “gold chain” in a casino, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon said during a regular press conference on Monday.
According to Wong, the Public Security Police received a report from the mainland victim on August 4, according to which he got acquainted with a man surnamed Li in a casino, during which Li told him that he had gambled away all his money, so he intended to sell his “gold chain” worth 30,000 yuan. After being persuaded by Li, the victim told the police, he “bought” Li’s “gold chain” with HK$20,000 worth of chips, adding he discovered that the gold plating had worn away and the colour of the chain had become inconsistent by the time he got back to his hotel guestroom.
Wong noted that PSP officers who arrived at the scene upon receiving the report confirmed that the “gold chain” that the victim had received from Li was fake, adding that after scrutinising the casino’s CCTV footage, the officers identified Li and arrested him near a hotel in Tapai later that day. Wong said that the officers found two more counterfeit gold chains on Li when he was arrested.
Li, who admitted to committing the crime, has been transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP), facing a fraud charge.
This undated handout photo provided by the Public Security Police (PSP) on Monday during a regular press conference at the Judiciary Police (PJ) headquarters shows the mainland fraud suspect being escorted by two police officers to a PSP station in Taipa.
