Up to yesterday, the Judiciary Police (PJ) had contacted 32 victims in a suspected cryptocurrency investment scam, with total losses amounting to at least HK$12.4 million, PJ spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a regular news briefing in Zape yesterday.
According to Choi, the 32 victims are all local residents, and the police have already taken statements from all of them. Choi didn’t elaborate on the amounts each victim had lost, but noted that only one victim declined to file a criminal complaint.
Choi underlined that the Judiciary Police would continue to contact other possible victims. Choi did not name any of the victims or any other people allegedly involved in the case.
Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai briefs reporters about the cryptocurrency investment scam during yesterday’s regular press conference in Zape. Photo: Joel Chu
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