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港澳警方“延制行動”破跨境清洗黑錢集團 共拘22名集團成員
本局跟進調查2022年3月底偵破的一宗利用跨境虛擬貨幣交易清洗黑錢案,經與香港警務處進行情報交流,顯示仍有犯罪集團成員在本澳從事清洗黑錢犯罪,隨即展開代號“延制行動”的警務部署。
據查,該犯罪集團於2020年10月開始運作,集團指使下線成員在香港開設約181個銀行帳戶,專門接收及處理來自當地及多個國家的電信詐騙款項和大量不明來歷的存款;自2021年7月起,犯罪集團派出多名成員來澳,使用香港銀行卡在自動櫃員機提款,然後透過某電訊店購買虛擬貨幣,並將之放在境外買賣平台轉售,交易所得最終在本澳提現,以達到清洗黑錢的目的。該犯罪集團支配的銀行帳戶曾處理的可疑資金共約11億港元,集團成員在香港及本澳的總提款額共3.58億港元。
2022年5月24日,港澳警方同步展開代號“延制行動”的聯合警務行動,本局人員於新口岸區某酒店截獲兩名香港男子,在路環某單位和新口岸區某電訊店截獲兩名本澳男子及一名內地男子;香港警方則在當地拘捕11男6女香港居民。
本局查悉兩名涉案香港男子自2021年12月起在本澳自動櫃員機提款約一千次,共提取現金共約2,832萬港元,兩人的銀行帳戶共接收12宗騙案的騙款合共189萬港元;二人同時承認使用自己及親友的銀行卡提款及進行虛擬貨幣交易。其中一名涉案本澳男子承認負責接載兩名涉案香港男子及協助兩人購買虛擬貨幣;而另一名被捕本澳男子及內地男子則為電訊店職員,有跡象顯示兩人參與犯罪。
本局以犯罪集團罪和清洗黑錢罪將在本澳被捕的五名涉案男子移送檢察院處理,並追查其他涉案人。
Police authorities in Hong Kong and Macao smashing a cross-border money laundering syndicate in a joint operation code-named “Deferscheme”, with a total of 22 syndicate members arrested
The Judiciary Police initiated a follow-up investigation on a money laundering case involving cross-border virtual currency transactions busted at the end of March 2022. Having exchanged intelligence with the Hong Kong Police Force, it was revealed that there were still criminal syndicate members engaging in the offence of money laundering in Macao. A police deployment code-named “Deferscheme” was launched forthwith.
According to investigation, the criminal syndicate had commenced its operation since October 2020. The syndicate instructed its underling members to open about 181 bank accounts in Hong Kong, which specialized in receiving and handling illegal proceeds derived from telecom frauds taking place locally and in several countries, as well as huge amount of deposits of unknown origins. Since July 2021, the criminal syndicate dispatched a number of members to Macao to withdraw money from ATMs using Hong Kong bank cards. Subsequently, virtual currencies were purchased via a telecom store and were resold at an overseas trading platform. Money gained from transactions would be withdrawn in Macao eventually, thereby attaining the goal of money laundering. Bank accounts dominated by the criminal syndicate had been used for handling suspicious funds of approximately HKD1.1 billion in total, whilst syndicate members in Hong Kong and Macao withdrew a sum of HKD358 million in total.
On 24th May 2022, police authorities in Hong Kong and Macao mounted a joint police operation code-named “Deferscheme” simultaneously. Personnel of the Judiciary Police intercepted two Hong Kong men at a hotel in the ZAPE district, while intercepting two Macao men and a mainland man at an apartment in Coloane and at a telecom store in the ZAPE district respectively. As for the Hong Kong Police Force, they apprehended 11 male and 6 female Hong Kong residents locally.
The Judiciary Police investigated and learnt that the two involved Hong Kong men had withdrawn money for around 1000 times from ATMs in Macao since December 2021, with a total of HKD28.32 million in cash being withdrawn. The bank accounts of the duo received a total of HKD1.89 million derived from 12 scam cases in total. The duo confessed at the same time that they had used their own bank cards and those of their relatives and friends to withdraw money and conduct virtual currency transactions. One of the involved Macao men admitted that he had been responsible for picking up the two involved Hong Kong men and assisted them to buy virtual currencies, whilst the other arrested Macao man and mainland man were staff members of the telecom store. There were signs indicating that the duo had participated in perpetrating the crime.
The Judiciary Police transferred the five involved men who were arrested in Macao to the Public Prosecutions Office for the offences of criminal syndicate and money laundering, while pursuing other involved individuals.
Desmantelada pelas polícias de HK e Macau uma rede transfronteiriça de branqueamento de capitais na operação conjunta “Deferscheme”, detidos 22 membros da rede
No seguimento da investigação de um caso de branqueamento de capitais, resolvido em finais de Março de 2022 e que envolvia transações transfronteiriças de moedas virtuais, após uma troca de informações com a Hong Kong Police Force, descobriu-se que ainda havia elementos da rede a praticarem branqueamento de capitais em Macau, iniciou-se de imediato uma operação com o nome em código de “Deferscheme”.
Conforme os resultados da investigação, a rede operava desde Outubro de 2020, mandou elementos a jusante a abrir 181 contas bancárias em Hong Kong para receber e desfarçar o dinheiro obtido com burlas em telecomunicações feitas localmente e noutros países, bem como um grande volume de dinheiro de origem desconhecida. A partir de Julho de 2021, a rede enviou vários elementos a Macau para fazer levantamentos nas máquinas ATM com cartões bancários de Hong Kong, depois, mediante uma loja de telecomunicações, compraram moedas virtuais que foi revendida numa plataforma de compra e venda no estrangeiro, o dinheiro obtido da venda acabou por ser levantado em Macau, conseguindo assim branquear o dinheiro. A conta bancária sujeita ao controlo da rede processou capitais suspeitos no valor total de cerca de 1,1 mil milhões de HKD, o dinheiro levantado em Hong Kong e Macau pelos elementos da rede foi no total de 358 milhões de HKD.
No dia 24 de Maio de 2022, as polícias de Hong Kong e Macau iniciaram simultaneamente a operação “Deferscheme”, o nosso pessoal deteve dois homens de Hong Kong num hotel do ZAPE, dois homens locais e um do continente num apartamento em Coloane e numa loja de telecomunicações situada no ZAPE. Por sua vez, a polícia de Hong Kong deteve 11 homens e 6 mulheres em Hong Kong, todos residentes da região vizinha.
Apurou-se que dois homens de Hong Kong envolvidos no caso fizeram cerca de mil levantamentos nas máquinas ATM de Macau, desde Dezembro de 2021, levantaram cerca de 28,32 milhões de HKD, as contas bancárias dos dois receberam dinheiro de 12 casos de burla, no total 1,89 milhões de HKD. Os dois também admitiram ter utilizado os cartões bancários próprios e dos familiares para fazerem levantamentos e efectuarem transacções de moedas virtuais. Um dos residentes de Macau confessou que era responsável pelo transporte dos dois envolvidos de Hong Kong e por colaborar com eles na compra de moedas virtuais. O outro detido de Macau e o detido da China continental eram funcionários da loja de telecomunicações, há indícios que apontam para a participação no crime.
Os cinco homens detidos em Macau foram presentes ao Ministério Público por crime de associação criminosa e branqueamento de capitais. A PJ está à procura de outros envolvidos.