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港澳警方“峻立行動”搗破投資咖啡詐騙集團 共拘8人
本局自2026年7月29日起接獲多名本澳居民報稱遭遇投資詐騙。案情顯示，各事主於2025年底參加高士德區一咖啡店的免費品嚐活動期間，該店兩名涉案本澳女職員遊說各人以現金投資咖啡生態及智能科技項目，聲稱有關項目以極優惠日利率計算，累計年利率可高達222%，投資期滿後可轉換項目或提現。各事主繳交現金後，兩名涉案女子隨即協助將現金透過加密貨幣帳戶充值到相關手機應用程式內，以及選取不同周期的虛擬項目，其後更以獎金為餌要求各事主拉攏朋友加入投資計劃。直至2026年7月22日，各事主發現相關手機應用程式異常，部分交易記錄已被系統刪除，而涉案咖啡店亦突然結業，無法取回款項，遂報警求助。
本局經濟罪案調查處經深入分析，發現涉案咖啡店與香港一公司存在密切聯繫，隨即透過警務合作機制與香港警務處商業罪案調查科展開聯合調查，並自2026年8月1日起一連三日進行代號“峻立”的聯合打擊行動。行動中，本局人員先後緝獲兩名涉案女子，並在兩人住所及涉案咖啡店內分別搜出27,000澳門元現金、45,500港元現金、4部手機、涉案文件以及相關宣傳品。與此同時，香港警方亦在香港多區拘捕一男五女涉案人士，檢獲涉案文件及證物。
經查，兩名涉案女子受不知名上線指使，於2025年11月在本澳開設涉案連鎖咖啡店，其間雙方透過網絡平台聯絡，由上線郵寄貨品並以加密貨幣提供營運資金，而兩名涉案女子則按門店營運業績獲取報酬。其後上線失聯，相關手機應用程式及門店相繼停運。本局發現有關投資並不存在實際項目，目前查悉約有40名事主參與投資，其中九名事主合共約360萬澳門元的投資款項則已透過加密貨幣轉至上線指定的加密貨幣帳戶內。香港方面至今共接獲225宗相關舉報，涉款約9,400萬港元。
本局根據調查所得，以詐騙（相當巨額）罪及層壓式傳銷罪將兩名涉案女子移送檢察院偵辦，並繼續追查其餘涉案人及贓款下落。
Eight arrested in the crackdown of coffee investment fraud syndicate in “Operation STANDINGTALL” of the police of Hong Kong and Macao
A number of Macao residents reported to the Judiciary Police since 29th July 2026 that they had fallen victim to an investment scam, in which they had been convinced to invest, in cash, in a coffee ecosystem and smart technology project by two involved female employees of the coffee shop at Horta e Costa during a free tasting session of the shop in late 2025. The project, allegedly offering a preferential daily interest rate of an accumulative annual interest rate of up to 222%, could be swapped or cashable on the investment maturity date. The victims then paid them cash, which was immediately used to top up in a mobile app via a cryptocurrency account, with the assistance of the two involved women, for them to choose virtual projects of various cycles. The victims were further lured, with bonuses as a bait, to recruit their friends to join in the investment project. On 22nd July 2026, the victims found anomalies in the mobile app, and that some transaction records had been deleted by the system. They could not retrieve their money either, as the coffee shop had suddenly shut down, prompting them to report to the police.
In-depth investigation by the Economic Crimes Division of the Judiciary Police showed a close connection between the involved coffee shop and a company in Hong Kong. Joint investigation was thus promptly launched, via the policing cooperation mechanism, with the Commercial Crime Bureau of the Hong Kong Police Force, initiating a three-day joint combat operation codenamed “STANDINGTALL” from 1st August 2026. During the operation, the Judiciary Police successively apprehended the two involved women, seizing MOP 27,000 in cash, HKD 45,500 in cash, four mobile phones, involved documents and publicity materials at their residence and the involved coffee shop. Meanwhile, the Hong Kong police also arrested the involved individuals, one man and five women, at various districts in Hong Kong, seizing involved documents and evidence.
The two involved women were found to have been instructed by an unknown upper level member to open the involved chain coffee shop in Macao in November 2025. The two parties had communicated online during that period, with the upper level member mailing products and providing operation capital in cryptocurrencies, while the two involved women had earned a reward based on the operating performance of the shop. The upper level member then went missing, while the mobile app and shop ceased operation successively. The Judiciary Police found no actual project existed in the investment, which was found, to date, to be participated by about 40 victims, nine of whom had their investment capital of about MOP 3.6 million in total transferred to a cryptocurrency account designated by the upper level member in cryptocurrency. As for Hong Kong, 225 complaints had been received so far, totalling about HKD 94 million.
Based on investigative findings, the Judiciary Police transferred the two involved women to the Public Prosecutions Office for the charges of fraud (considerably huge amount) and pyramid marketing, while continuing to pursue the remaining involved persons and whereabouts of the fraud proceeds.