78 arrested as Hong Kong police bust HK$5 million online shopping scams

Hong Kong police have arrested 78 people in a citywide crackdown on online shopping fraud, solving 165 cases involving more than HK$5 million in losses, including one victim who was cheated out of HK$1.2 million while seeking cheaper medicine. Officers arrested 59 men and 19 women aged between 15 and 73 during the operation, code-named “Blacksword”, which ran from June 15 to 26. Of them, 69 were suspected holders of mule accounts used to transfer or process illicit proceeds, with the majority...

By Ng Kang-chung