Hong Kong Police have arrested 69 people linked to a syndicate suspected of laundering about HK$200 million (US$25.5 million) from cross-border investment fraud affecting more than 170 victims.The force said on Tuesday that 54 men and 15 women, aged between 18 and 60, were arrested on Monday in a joint operation with mainland Chinese authorities for money laundering, involving “mule” bank accounts.Losses from investment scams in Hong Kong reached HK$920 million between January and March, a 17 per cent year-on-year increase, a situation that “warrants more attention”, according to Yip Kai-ming, senior inspector of the Anti-Deception Coordination Centre under the force’s Commercial Crime Bureau.
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TUE · 2026-06-23 · 10:15 GMTBRIEF NSR-2026-0623-86722
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Hong Kong police arrest 69 over laundering HK$200m from cross-border fraud
Hong Kong police arrested 69 individuals in a joint operation with mainland Chinese authorities on Monday. The arrests are linked to a syndicate suspected of laundering approximately HK$200 million (US$25.5 million) derived from cross-border investment fraud.
Theodora YuSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-06-23 · 10:15 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
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Hong Kong police arrested 69 individuals in a joint operation with mainland Chinese authorities on Monday. The arrests are linked to a syndicate suspected of laundering approximately HK$200 million (US$25.5 million) derived from cross-border investment fraud. Over 170 victims were affected by these scams. The arrested individuals, comprising 54 men and 15 women aged 18 to 60, are suspected of money laundering through "mule" bank accounts. This operation comes as investment scam losses in Hong Kong have significantly increased, reaching HK$920 million between January and March, a 17% year-on-year rise.
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The situation of increasing investment scam losses "warrants more attention".
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Losses from investment scams in Hong Kong reached HK$920 million between January and March, a 17% year-on-year increase.
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The operation involved "mule" bank accounts and was conducted jointly with mainland Chinese authorities.
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The arrested individuals include 54 men and 15 women, aged between 18 and 60.
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Hong Kong police arrested 69 people linked to a syndicate suspected of laundering HK$200 million from cross-border investment fraud.
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