Hong Kong Authorities Arrest Two Siblings Accused of Laundering $384 Million ...
Authorities in Hong Kong have arrested two individuals accused of laundering about $384 million using various avenues including a cryptocurrency exchange trading platform. If convicted, the two face a maximum jail sentence of 14 years plus a fine of $5 million. An Indictable Offense Two people accused of laundering about $384 million using a cryptocurrency exchange platform have been arrested, the Hong Kong regional government has said. The arrest of the two, a 28-year-old woman and her 21-year-old brother, followed a raid on their residential premises conducted by the Hong Kong Customs on....
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Hong Kong police have arrested a man accused of stealing $191,085 from a cryptocurrency trader in what turned out to be a bogus transaction. No funds were recovered at the time of the suspect’s arrest and investigations are ongoing to determine if the man had accomplices.
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Hong Kong police recently arrested a 24-year-old conman accused of vanishing with a crypto trader’s $191,085 (HK$1.5 million). The con artist now faces a possible ten-year jail term if convicted, a report has said.
According to a South China Morning Post report that....
Authorities in Hong Kong have arrested four people suspected of money laundering a total of $155 million through cryptocurrency wallets and bank accounts. The city’s customs agency said this was its first case in which virtual money had been used to launder dirty cash. Money Laundering Syndicate Recycles $155 Million in Crypto and Fiat Transactions The criminal group is believed to have processed illegal funds for a total of 1.2 billion Hong Kong dollars ($155 million), Hong Kong Customs announced Thursday. In an operation code-named “Coin Breaker,” officers detained the....
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Hong Kong police arrested five suspects on Thursday, March 5 in connection to the MyCoin alleged Bitcoin scam. Authorities are still searching for the directors and shareholders of the investment company involved in the case. The arrests follow the sudden bankruptcy of Hong Kong-based Bitcoin trading and investment outfit MyCoin last month, taking with it a possible total of HK$3bn (or US$386.9m at press time), in investors funds. The company, which claimed it was serving 3,000 clients that had invested as much as HK$1m (US$129,000) each, had been accused by both clients and lawmakers of....
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