Hong Kong police have smashed a fraud syndicate and arrested six suspects who allegedly cheated at least 12 victims out of about HK$520,000 (US$66,667) in a series of phone scams since last November.

Suspects arrested during operation 'AttackPlan' made up of 768 men and 353 women linked to 952 cases of deception and tech-based ... linked to 36 scam cases reported in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong police have arrested 31 individuals for using deepfakes to scam unsuspecting victims. According to reports, the individuals belonged to a syndicate carrying out their crimes across ...

A student from mainland China in Hong Kong has been arrested on suspicion of wasting police resources over her role in her elaborately staged kidnapping that sought to trick her parents into ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on ... paid for by those who can afford it. Police in Hong Kong have arrested a 13-year-old girl for allegedly possessing ...

Although the number of scam cases last year increased at a slower pace at around 12 per cent, compared with more than 40 per cent in 2023, the amount involved reached a whopping HK$9.15 billion ...

Meanwhile, China Daily also reported earlier that a Hong Kong resident who had been detained in a Myanmar scam farm returned ... On Monday, police arrested a 32-year-old local woman, and charged ...