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The MTR fined nearly 4,300 people for misusing the fare scheme in the nine months through February, while the Transport Department inspected buses and ferries across 650 routes.
Vigilance is needed to prevent being duped by scams, the latest involving AI -generated images and imitated voices on a video call which duped company out of HK$200 million
The number of such crimes is rising fast in Hong Kong, underlining the need for greater vigilance by authorities and the public.
Social media platforms must stay abreast of sinister technology developments that have ensnared Hong Kong leader John Lee and pop star Taylor Swift, among others.
Concern over donations to a decades-old city Christian NGO reveals the need for greater transparency from such groups.
Scandals involving virtual trading platforms, bogus sales and other fraudulent methods do nothing for Hong Kong’s reputation.
Case involving fictitious online sale of dog meat makes one thing clear: unless enforcement can stay ahead of the cybercriminals, Hong Kong’s dreams of shifting to more efficient cashless systems will keep barking up the wrong tree.
Hong Kong’s financial services watchdog rolls out security measures for the online payment system FPS. While new crime-fighting tools are welcome, diligence remains important.
- Woman, 42, and two men, aged 48 and 60, allegedly set up five companies and 18 local bank accounts that handled more than 1,000 suspicious transactions
- Customs says two of the suspects handled HK$760 million from cryptocurrency platform
Providing update on city’s largest alleged fraud, police chief Raymond Siu also says force has received 2,636 reports regarding case, with about HK$1.6 billion involved.
Bureau says real-name registration requirement effective in cutting down on number of scams in Hong Kong.
Scam operators seemingly thumb their noses at the regulator, which recently launched a campaign warning the public about financial frauds.
Despite serving 4 years in prison, McFarland recently announced a second instalment of the now-infamous event of 2017, but will it even happen?
A fake online influencer racket in China, which saw trained fake online personalities peddling bogus sob stories to attract followers and sell products, has been broken up by police.
Suspects arrested during operation ‘AttackPlan’ comprise 768 men and 353 women linked to 952 cases of deception and technology-based crimes.
A woman in China who sued her philandering ex-boyfriend for a refund of US$553,000 in cash and luxury items she gave to him when they were dating, claims he beat her up when she asked for it back.
A coach load of tourists in China were ordered to stay in a bedding shop because they did not buy anything, turning a fresh spotlight on the problem of forced shopping.
Police say 505,000 scam alerts sent to users of Faster Payment System (FPS) between launch of warning system in November and March.
Those on trial include the owners of the Mossack-Fonseca law firm that was at the heart of the 2016 massive document leak. The often-delayed trial opened in Panama on Monday.
Google’s lawsuit shows the continued rise of such scams around the world, which have duped tens of thousands of victims into making investments via fraudulent online platforms.
Of the 22 arrested, eight were put in detention pending trial and the other 14 were under house arrest, with one, an accountant, banned from practising.
Cypriot national Su Haijin was sentenced to 14 months’ jail and is the second defendant jailed in Singapore’s biggest-ever money laundering probe.
Victim fell for the scam after she developed online romantic relationship with swindler posing as Canadian engineer, police say.
Insider says victim went to room at Harbour Grand Kowloon Hotel in Hung Hom to meet people and trade virtual currency, but group detained and beat him.
Su Wenqiang, 32, pleaded guilty during a court hearing on Tuesday. He was one of 10 foreigners holding multiple citizenships who were arrested in Singapore in August last year in simultaneous raids.
One recent case involved rare in-person transactions with woman duped out of HK$41 million worth of cryptocurrency through bogus trading platform.
Losses by woman snared in HK$41 million cryptocurrency scam included HK$15 million loan taken out by her.
Interpol chief Jurgen Stock said the organised crime groups are now ‘working at a scale that was unimaginable a decade ago’.
Suspect allegedly bought items such as baton, bogus warrant card and pepper spray gun to ‘live out his fantasy of becoming a policeman’, insider reveals.
Marianne Smyth is accused of stealing more than US$170,000 from at least five victims from 2008 to 2010 in Northern Ireland.
Five-month police operation revealed numerous instances of safety threats and lapses that hackers could exploit.
Officers apprehend three women, aged between 36 and 40, after carrying out undercover operations at two beauty parlours in Sha Tin and Kwun Tong.
Suspected ringleader, three followers held for allegedly conspiring to defraud and possessing offensive weapon.
Prosecutors say Wen helped hide the source of money allegedly stolen by mastermind Qian Zhimin from nearly 130,000 Chinese investors in a US$6.3 billion fraud scheme.
Thailand’s national police agency has a tradition of fierce internal politicking, as well as a long-standing reputation for corruption at all levels.
Woman, 46, files report to police more than year after being coaxed into transferring money into 15 bank accounts.
