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香港女子涉相當巨額詐騙及清洗黑錢被拘
2022年1月上旬,本局接獲一名本澳女子報稱遭遇電話詐騙,損失1,379萬港元。
案情顯示,事主於2021年9月接獲自稱本澳某銀行職員電話指其信用卡在內地刷卡1.8萬元人民幣,並將電話轉至多名自稱公安局警官及內地檢察官的人士,他們均指控事主涉及一宗非法集資及清洗黑錢案,其中“內地檢察官”更安排一名自稱澳門廉政公署女職員送交一份印有事主個人資料的逮捕令,事主終墮入騙局,按對方指示購買一部手機及安裝指定應用程式,然後輸入全部個人銀行帳戶和密碼供對方審查;直至2022年1月,事主發現上述銀行帳戶合共1,379萬港元存款被人轉走,隨即報案求助。
本局查悉相關款項於2021年11月至2022年1月分多次被轉移至五個本澳銀行帳戶,當中1,260萬港元被分拆成多筆款項轉帳至四個香港銀行帳戶,遂馬上透過緊急止付機制通報本澳銀行,成功止付六萬多港元;另經串併調查發現還有五宗案件屬同一犯罪集團所為,涉款約87萬港元。
本局於1月19日採取行動,在關閘截獲開立上述五個本澳銀行帳戶的涉案香港女子,並在其住所搜獲涉案帳戶的銀行卡、手機及打印機;其供稱受犯罪集團指使,負責在本澳開立銀行帳戶及匯出贓款,至被捕時至少收取8,000港元報酬,又協助犯罪集團打印多份“逮捕令”交給同伙。本局並透過與香港警方的緊急聯絡機制請求協查案件,其後香港警方在當地拘捕兩名負責收取及轉移贓款的男子。
本局以詐騙(相當巨額)罪及清洗黑錢罪將涉案女子送交檢察院偵辦。
司警局再次呼籲:
1. 市民接獲來歷不明的電話要保持警覺(特別是來電號碼顯示00或+時,表示有關電話在澳門境外撥出,須提高警惕),不要輕信對方所聲稱的任何身份,有需要時應循可靠渠道核實查證;
2. 不要向他人(尤其是透過電話訛稱“公安”、“檢察官”或“法官”等)提供任何銀行資料(包括在對方提供的連結中輸入銀行帳戶、密碼、驗證碼等);
3. 任何政府部門均沒有所謂的“安全帳戶”,更不會要求市民轉帳作為資金審查;
4. 不要登入及下載任何來歷不明的應用程式(包括:APP及APK);
5. 懷疑遇到詐騙時,應立即致電司警局防騙查詢熱線88007777或報案熱線993求助。
Hong Kong woman nabbed for involvement in fraud of considerably huge amount and money laundering
In early January 2022, the Judiciary Police received a complaint from a Macao woman, who reported to have fallen prey to a telephone scam, resulting in a loss of HKD13.79 million.
Case details revealed that, in September 2021, the victim received a call from someone, who claimed to be a staff member of a Macao bank and told her that a transaction of RMB18,000 had been conducted with her credit card in the mainland. The call was then diverted to several individuals who claimed to be police officers of the Public Security Bureau and mainland prosecutors. All of them accused the victim of being involved in a case of illicit fundraising and money laundering. Among these individuals, “a mainland prosecutor” even arranged someone who claimed to be a female staff member of the Macao Commission Against Corruption to deliver the victim an arrest warrant printed with the victim’s personal particulars. Eventually, the victim was hoodwinked. At the behest of the other party, the victim purchased a mobile phone and installed a designated mobile application, in which she subsequently entered the details of all her personal bank accounts and passwords for the vetting by the other party. Until January 2022, the victim discovered that deposits of a total of HKD13.79 million in the aforesaid bank accounts had been transferred by someone. Therefore, she reported the case for assistance immediately.
Upon investigation, the Judiciary Police found out that, the relevant funds had been transferred to five Macao bank accounts on multiple occasions from November 2021 to January 2022. HKD12.6 million of the funds had been divided into several tranches and were transferred to four Hong Kong bank accounts. Thus, through the “Emergency Stop-Payment Mechanism”, the case was informed to the banks in Macao, which aided in ceasing a payment of over HKD60,000 successfully. In addition, upon parallel investigations, five other cases were found to have been perpetrated by the same criminal syndicate, involving an amount of approximately HKD870,000.
On January 19th, the Judiciary Police mounted an operation. Officers intercepted the involved Hong Kong woman at the Border Gate, who had opened the five aforementioned Macao bank accounts. Moreover, bank cards of the involved accounts, mobile phones and printers were seized at her residence. She confessed that she had been instructed by a criminal syndicate, and was responsible for opening bank accounts in Macao, as well as remitting the ill-gotten gains. By the time she was arrested, she had received a reward of at least HKD8,000. Furthermore, she assisted the criminal syndicate in printing several “arrest warrants” and gave them to her accomplices. Through the “emergency liaison mechanism” with the Hong Kong police, the Judiciary Police requested them to assist in investigating the case. Later, the Hong Kong police apprehended two men who were in charge of receiving and transferring the ill-gotten gains in Hong Kong.
The Judiciary Police transferred the involved woman to the Public Prosecutions Office for the offences of fraud (considerably huge amount) and money laundering.
The Judiciary Police is calling on the public again:
1. Citizens should remain vigilant when receiving unknown calls (be especially on high alert against incoming call numbers which have displayed “00” or “+”, which indicates that the calls are made from outside Macao). Do not hastily believe in any claims of identities of the other parties. Do confirm and verify their identities through reliable means where necessary;
2. Do not provide any bank details (including entering bank accounts, passwords, verification codes, and so forth at the links provided by the other parties) to others (especially those who falsely purported to be “public security officers”, “prosecutors” or “judges”, etc. via telephone);
3. There is no such thing as the so-called “safe account” in any government departments. Government departments will never request the public to make transfers for capital vetting;
4. Do not log in and download any mobile applications (including APP and APK) from unknown sources;
5. Should you suspect that you have encountered a fraud, call the Anti-Fraud Enquiry Hotline (88007777) or the Crime Reporting Hotline (993) of the Judiciary Police for assistance.
Mulher de Hong Kong detida por burla de valor consideravelmente elevado e branqueamento de capitais
No início de Janeiro de 2022, a PJ recebeu a queixa de uma mulher de Macau, onde dizia que tinha sido burlada, numa esquema de burla telefónica, em 13,79 milhões de HKD.
De acordo com a informação, a vítima, em Setembro de 2021, recebeu uma chamada telefónica de um alegado “funcionário de banco” que associava a mulher a um gasto de 18.000 RMB com o cartão bancário na China continental. Durante a conversa, a vítima foi transferida, por várias vezes, para vários supostos “chefes policiais” e “procuradores”, e foi acusada de um alegado caso de arrecadação ilegal de fundos e branqueamento de capitais. Posteriormente, o “procurador da China continental” enviou uma “funcionária do Comissariado Contra a Corrupção de Macau” que entregou à denunciante um “mandado de detenção”, do qual constavam os dados pessoais da vítima, o que acabou por convencê-la. Seguindo as ordens, a vítima comprou um telemóvel novo para descarregar uma aplicação móvel, na qual ela tinha digitado os dados das suas contas bancárias e as senhas para serem verificadas. Em Janeiro de 2022, a vítima descobriu que todo o dinheiro daquelas contas bancárias tinha sido levantado, assim fez queixa.
A PJ apurou que, entre Novembro de 2021 e Janeiro de 2022, a verba foi transferida por várias vezes para cinco contas bancárias de Macau, deste dinheiro, 12,6 milhões de HKD foram divididos em pequenas quantias e transferidos para quatro contas bancárias de Hong Kong. A PJ entrou imediatamente em contacto com os bancos locais mediante o mecanismo de suspensão urgente de transferência bancária, desta forma foram interceptadas 60.000 patacas quando estavam a ser transferidas. Para além disso, durante as investigações combinadas a PJ apurou que a mesma rede criminosa ainda estava envolvida noutros cinco casos, num prejuízo de 870.000 HKD.
A PJ lançou uma operação em 19 de Janeiro na qual foi interceptada a mulher de HK que abriu as cinco contas bancárias, foram apreendidos na casa dela cartões de crédito, telemóveis e impressora. A detida confessou que tinha sido contratada pela rede criminosa para abrir contas bancárias em Macau para depois transferir as verbas burladas, e tinha recebido uma recompensa de 8.000 HKD, ajudou ainda a imprimir os “mandados de detenção” que foram depois passados para os cúmplices. A PJ activou o mecanismo de comunicação urgente com as autoridades policiais de Hong Kong para pedir ajuda nas investigações, a Polícia de Hong Kong conseguiu assim deter dois homens em Hong Kong responsáveis por recebimento e transferência do dinheiro.
A detida foi presente ao MP acusada de burla de valor consideravelmente elevado e de branqueamento de capitais.
Conselhos sobre prevenção:
1. Tenha cuidado ao receber chamadas telefónicas de origem desconhecida (especialmente aquelas com o indicativo “00” ou “+”, que são feitas de fora de Macau). Desconfie da identidade que desconhecidos declaram e do que dizem, confirme-a através de um meio seguro;
2. Não forneça a ninguém (nomeadamente aqueles que se fazem passar por “agentes policiais da China continental”, “procuradores” ou “juízes” nas chamadas telefónicas) quaisquer dados bancários (inclusive digitar nos links enviados o número de contas bancárias, senhas, códigos para verificação) que lhe sejam solicitados;
3. Nenhum serviço público dispõe de uma “conta de segurança”, nem exige às pessoas que façam transferências de dinheiro para verificação de capitais;
4. Não acesse e não faça download de aplicações desconhecidas (por exemplo APP e APK)
5. Se estiver perante uma burla, deve reportar ou pedir ajuda à PJ através da linha aberta para a prevenção de burlas, 8800 7777 ou da linha aberta 993.