The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested on Tuesday two illegal currency exchange dealers at a casino in Cotai for exchanging laundered money totalling 142,200 yuan with their client, PJ spokesman Lei Chi Hou said during a regular press conference yesterday.
Lei identified the two suspects as mainland men aged 32 and 30, surnamed Pang and Peng respectively.
According to Lei, the mainland victim exchanged HK$150,000 for 142,000 yuan at a casino in Cotai with the help of the two suspects whom he had just met.
After the victim confirmed that he had received the transfer of the money from their bank account in the mainland, he handed over the Hong Kong dollars in cash and chips to the duo.
However, the victim was notified by a mainland bank later on Monday that his bank account had been frozen because the money he received was suspected of involving money laundering. The victim then called the police for help.
PJ officers identified and intercepted the duo on Tuesday in a casino in Cotai, but the duo refused to cooperate with the investigation.
The duo have been transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) for further investigation, facing charges of fraud involving a considerably large sum of money and money laundering.
Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lei Chi Hou looks on during yesterday’s regular press conference. – Photo: Ginnie Liang
