A 60-year-old woman in Hong Kong has reported a suspected cryptocurrency investment scam, according to ChainCatcher. The woman told police she had earlier met a fraudster on an online platform who claimed to be an investment expert and later persuaded her to invest in cryptocurrency through a fake website. Between April 14 and Sept. 22, she made multiple transfers to designated investment accounts, totaling about HK$21.5 million. The platform later asked her to pay a margin deposit to prove that the investment account had not been used for money laundering. Police have initially classified the case as obtaining property by deception. The investigation is being handled by the fourth team of the Sau Mau Ping district crime squad, and no arrests had been made at the time of the report.
A 60-year-old woman in Hong Kong has reported a suspected cryptocurrency investment scam, according to ChainCatcher.
The woman told police she had earlier met a fraudster on an online platform who claimed to be an investment expert. She was then persuaded to invest in cryptocurrency through a fake website.
Between April 14 and Sept. 22, she made multiple transfers to designated investment accounts totaling about HK$21.5 million. The platform later asked her to pay a margin deposit to prove that the investment account had not been used for money laundering.
Police have initially classified the case as obtaining property by deception. The fourth team of the Sau Mau Ping district crime squad is handling the case, and no arrests had been made at the time of the report.
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