HK police bust credit scam gang
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March 15, 2010, Monday
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HONG Kong Special Administrative Region police officers have busted an account-takeover fraud syndicate and arrested the mastermind and core members.
In February, Commercial Crime Bureau officers received data from some Hong Kong banks about suspicious credit-card applications.
They mounted a covert operation that revealed an identity-fraud syndicate applied to the banks for credit cards using suspected stolen personal data.
After gaining credit, the syndicate used credit cards to buy luxury goods and receive cash advances.
CCB officers on Saturday arrested two men, aged 34 and 35, and a woman, 23.
The officers seized items including HK$200,000 (US$25,783)in cash, laptop computers, a scanner, a printer, six stolen credit cards and identity documentation and drug paraphernalia.
More than 100 victims may have lost over HK$1 million in the scam.
In February, Commercial Crime Bureau officers received data from some Hong Kong banks about suspicious credit-card applications.
They mounted a covert operation that revealed an identity-fraud syndicate applied to the banks for credit cards using suspected stolen personal data.
After gaining credit, the syndicate used credit cards to buy luxury goods and receive cash advances.
CCB officers on Saturday arrested two men, aged 34 and 35, and a woman, 23.
The officers seized items including HK$200,000 (US$25,783)in cash, laptop computers, a scanner, a printer, six stolen credit cards and identity documentation and drug paraphernalia.
More than 100 victims may have lost over HK$1 million in the scam.
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