7 Hong Kong police officers among 12 arrested over money laundering
Bank accounts allegedly used to launder suspected criminal proceeds amounting to about HK$10.5 million in eight years
Officers from the force’s financial intelligence and investigation division raided sites in Sheung Shui, Fanling, Tuen Mun and Kwai Chung on Thursday and detained a dozen suspects, comprising eight men and four women aged between 28 and 68.
Seven of the men are police officers. They were off-duty at the time of the arrests.
The group was accused of using 22 bank accounts to launder suspected criminal proceeds amounting to about HK$10.5 million from 2017 to last year.
Two of the detained officers were also arrested on suspicion of fraud over renting out mortgaged residential properties between 2019 and last year.
All 12 suspects are being held for investigation.