“She was told her identity was used in a serious criminal case in mainland China,” a police source said to the South China Morning Post. “She was then instructed to transfer her money to designated bank accounts to investigate whether the cash was the proceeds of crime.”
A wealthy 90-year-old Hong Kong woman was scammed out of $32 million by a group of men claiming to be Chinese mainland law enforcement. Last summer, the woman was contacted by the scammers posing as Chinese authorities. “She was told her identity was used in a serious criminal case in mainland China,” a police source said to the South China Morning Post.
