The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested two illegal currency exchange dealers from the mainland for defrauding a gambler, PJ spokesman Lou Chan Fai said during a special press conference on Friday.
The suspects are a 27-year-old man surnamed Li and a 32-year-old man surnamed Kang. Both told the police that they’re jobless.
According to Lou, on Wednesday afternoon, a mainland male gambler struck a deal with Li online to exchange 965,000 yuan into HK$1 million. Later, Kang drove Li to a local casino to carry out the exchange. After the victim transferred the yuan, Li claimed there were issues with the transaction and demanded to see the victim’s identification documents. As the victim did not have his ID with him, Li refused to give him the money, prompting the victim to report the case to the police.
Police officers who arrived at the scene discovered that Li and Kang did not have any cash on them, but Li’s account did receive the transfer from the victim.
Under questioning, both suspects admitted to cheating the victim as well as engaging in illegal currency exchange deals.
The two suspects have been transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP), facing fraud and illegal currency exchange charges, Lou said.
Judiciary Police (PJ) officers escort the two hooded fraud suspects to a PJ vehicle outside the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday. – Photo courtesy of TDM
