The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested a male mainlander for trying to scam two illegal money changers on Saturday in Taipa and injuring one of them, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a regular press conference yesterday.
According to Leng, the arrested suspect is a 36-year-old businessman surnamed Lin, and there are five or six unidentified suspects that were on the run at the time of yesterday’s press conference. The victims are a male mainlander in his 30s and a female mainlander in her 20s, and both have been engaged in illegal money changing activities in the city.
On Saturday, Leng said, Lin asked the two victims to meet outside a casino in Estrada da Baia de Nossa Senhora da Esperanca so that he could change some money. After completing an online cash transaction of HK$67,500 with the two, Lin claimed there was HK$40,000 missing from his account. Lin demanded the two give him a further HK$40,000, threatening to report them to the police to accuse them of fraud.
This undated handout photo provided by the Judiciary Police (PJ) yesterday shows items – a smartphone, a bank card, and cash – seized from the suspect.
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