A local man was arrested on Monday for allowing a phone scam gang to use his bank account to transfer phone scam money, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said during a special press conference yesterday.
According to the spokesperson, the suspect, surnamed Mak, is a 28-year-old local driver.
The spokesperson said that a local woman reported to the Public Security Police (PSP) on Monday that she received a call that morning from a man who claimed to be a Macau Customs Service officer. The victim followed his instructions and transferred the equivalent of about 230,000 patacas to several bank accounts in Macau and the mainland.
Judiciary Police (PJ) officers escort the suspected phone scam accomplice to a PJ vehicle outside the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday. Photo: Iong Tat Choi
