香港警方破获涉虚拟货币“金粒洗钱”诈骗案件，涉案约700万港元

Odaily Planet Daily News The Hong Kong police have disclosed the cracking of a cross-border telephone fraud case. The criminal syndicate impersonated mainland officials and specifically targeted mainland students studying in the UK and Australia. The scammers falsely claimed that the victims were involved in criminal cases such as money laundering, demanded that they "cooperate with the investigation," and instructed them to go to Hong Kong to purchase gold granules multiple times at jewelry stores as "guarantee money." Each transaction was kept below HKD 120,000 to circumvent the gold shop registration system. Subsequently, syndicate members collected and transferred the stolen goods. The obtained gold granules were then smelted into gold bars or exchanged for cash and virtual currencies. The police have so far received 7 related cases, involving approximately HKD 7 million, with the highest loss in a single case reaching HKD 1.6 million. (Hong Kong Wen Wei Po)