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港澳警方“秒闖”行動搗破跨境電騙集團 七人落網
司警局聯同香港警方就近期高發的電話詐騙案部署代號“秒闖”的聯合行動，成功瓦解一個以馬來西亞籍人士為首、活躍於港澳並以兩地居民為目標的跨境電話詐騙集團。
今年4月中旬，本局接獲市民報稱收到假冒支付寶客服的詐騙電話，經資訊罪案調查處排查分析後，發現有馬來西亞籍人士由香港運送GoIP設備到本澳並設置詐騙窩點，讓境外同黨透過互聯網連接上述設備以本澳電話號碼詐騙市民，隨即透過緊急警務聯絡機制通報香港警方並成立專案小組展開調查，且進一步查悉相關犯罪集團亦在香港作案，兩地遂部署代號“秒闖”的聯合行動。
6月中旬，本局人員發現首名涉案馬來西亞籍男子到本澳北區一住宅單位設置詐騙窩點及安裝GoIP設備後即時逃離本澳，其後在6月21日經港珠澳大橋口岸再次入境，到新橋區將一個行李箱交給次名涉案馬來西亞籍男子後離開。
6月22日至24日，本局聯同香港警方進行統一收網行動。經縝密部署後，本局人員於6月22日中午在澳門國際機場截獲首名涉案男子，同時在新橋區一詐騙窩點外緝獲次名涉案男子。經查，兩人分別收取8,000及3,500馬來西亞幣報酬到本澳租用單位及裝設GoIP設備，當中北區窩點6套設備曾撥出9萬通詐騙電話，有1.9萬通電話成功接通並造成35名事主合共逾268萬澳門元損失；而新橋區窩點6套設備則於6月21日晚才啟動。
其後本局人員繼續追查騙款流向，發現一名印尼籍女子於6月13日至14日期間以名下三個銀行帳戶收取其中12名事主共逾100萬澳門元騙款，遂於6月26日早上到其北區住所將其拘捕。
本局根據調查所得，分別以詐騙（相當巨額）、使用電腦裝置以模擬流動電信服務站、清洗黑錢及犯罪集團等罪將三名涉案男女移送檢察院偵辦。
“秒闖”行動期間，本局先後於4月及5月採取兩次打擊行動，連同6月兩地警方統一收網行動，本局成功搗破共4個詐騙窩點，檢獲28套正在運作的GoIP設備，拘捕7名犯罪集團成員；香港警方則於6月24日搗破5個詐騙窩點，搜出40套GoIP設備、24部手機及逾5,000張電話卡。
是次本局與香港警方成功搗破活躍兩地的跨境詐騙犯罪集團，有賴兩地警方緊密的情報交流及暢通的警務合作機制，並彰顯兩地警方合作打擊任何形式跨境犯罪活動、共同維護社會治安的決心和能力。
Operation “Instant Thrust” by Hong Kong and Macao police dismantled cross-border telephone fraud syndicate with seven under arrest
The Judiciary Police joined forces with the Hong Kong police to deploy a joint operation codenamed “Instant Thrust” in response to the recent high incidence of telephone fraud cases, which successfully dismantled a cross-border telephone fraud syndicate masterminded by Malaysians, active in Hong Kong and Macao, and targeted at the residents of the two places.
In mid-April this year, the Judiciary Police received reports from the residents that they had received fraudulent telephone calls in which the callers posed as the Alipay customer service agents. Subsequent to investigation and analysis by the I.T. Crimes Division, it was found that some Malaysian nationals had transported GoIP equipment from Hong Kong to Macao and set up fraud dens, enabling their accomplices outside Macao to connect to the aforesaid equipment through the Internet and defraud the residents with Macao telephone numbers. The Judiciary Police immediately notified the Hong Kong police through the emergency police communication mechanism and established a task force to launch investigations, and it was further uncovered that the relevant criminal syndicate had also been perpetrating crimes in Hong Kong. Hence, both places deployed a joint operation codenamed “Instant Thrust”.
In mid-June, the Judiciary Police personnel found the first involved Malaysian man proceeding to a residential unit in the Northern district of Macao to set up a fraud den and install GoIP equipment, after which he fled Macao immediately. Later, he re-entered Macao via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Port on June 21st, and proceeded to the San Kio district to hand a suitcase to the second involved Malaysian man before leaving.
From June 22nd to 24th, the Judiciary Police and the Hong Kong police conducted a coordinated arrest operation. Subsequent to meticulous deployment, the Judiciary Police personnel intercepted the first involved man at the Macao International Airport at noon on June 22nd, and at the same time seized the second involved man outside a fraud den in the San Kio district. Investigation revealed that the duo respectively received MYR8,000 and MYR3,500 as rewards for renting residential units and installing GoIP equipment in Macao. Among these, the 6 sets of equipment in the den located in the Northern district had made 90,000 fraudulent calls, 19,000 of which were successfully connected, resulting in a total loss of more than MOP2.68 million to 35 victims, while the 6 sets of equipment in the den located in the San Kio district were activated only on the evening of June 21st.
Thereupon, the Judiciary Police personnel continued to track down the flow of the fraudulent proceeds, and found that an Indonesian woman had received over MOP1 million of fraudulent proceeds from 12 of the victims through three bank accounts under her name between June 13th and 14th, therefore proceeded to her residence in the Northern district on the morning of June 26th to arrest her.
Based on the investigative results, the Judiciary Police transferred the three involved individuals (two men and one woman) to the Public Prosecutions Office for the offences including fraud (considerably huge amount), simulation of mobile telecommunications service station with computer device, money laundering and criminal syndicate.
During the period of Operation “Instant Thrust”, the Judiciary Police successively conducted two crackdown operations in April and May, along with the coordinated arrest operation by the police of the two places in June, the Judiciary Police successfully dismantled a total of 4 fraud dens, with seizure of 28 sets of GoIP equipment in operation and apprehension of 7 members of the criminal syndicate. The Hong Hong police smashed 5 fraud dens on June 24th, seizing 40 sets of GoIP equipment, 24 mobile phones and over 5,000 telephone cards.
In this joint operation, the Judiciary Police and the Hong Kong police successfully dismantled a cross-border fraud criminal syndicate active in both places, which was attributed to the close intelligence exchange between the police of the two places and the smooth police cooperation mechanism, highlighting the determination and capability of the police of both places to cooperate in combatting all forms of cross-border criminal activities, and jointly safeguard the public security of the society.