Ministry of Public Security: Mainland and Hong Kong police jointly dismantle a cross-border underground banking ring, arresting 170 people
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Mainland and Hong Kong police jointly dismantled a cross-border underground banking group and arrested 170 people.
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Ministry of Public Security: Mainland and Hong Kong police jointly dismantle cross-border underground banking syndicate, arresting 170 more people
PANews October 1 reported, citing Xinhua News Agency, that this year,May the Ministry of Public Security directed and deployed public security authorities in Guangdong and other areas to conduct a centralized, unified operation with Hong Kong police, dismantling a cross-border underground banking criminal syndicate operating across Guangdong and Hong Kong and arresting a total of 170 additional criminal suspects, freezing funds involved in the case totaling 1500 more than thousand yuan CNY, and seizing various assets involved in the case worth approximately 170000000 Hong Kong dollars. The syndicate established shell companies in the mainland and Hong Kong, and built illegal channels for transferring funds through domestic and overseas offsetting transactions, false trade, cash and gold smuggling, virtual currency transactions, and other methods, providing cross-border fund transfer services for gambling- and fraud-related crimes.
The Ministry of Public Security directed public security authorities in Guangdong and other areas to coordinate with the Hong Kong Police Force in conducting a centralized and unified crackdown.
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The operation was carried out this year May, dismantling a cross-border underground banking criminal gang operating across Guangdong and Hong Kong.
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A total of more than criminal suspects were arrested 170, and funds involved totaling more than 1500 tens of thousands of yuan CNY。
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The police seized various assets related to the case worth approximately 170000000 Hong Kong dollars.
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The group established illegal funds transfer channels through shell companies, domestic and overseas offsetting transactions, sham trade, smuggling of cash and gold, and virtual currency transactions, among other methods.
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The group provided cross-border funds transfer services for gambling- and fraud-related crimes.
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Police said that an underground banking syndicate operating across Guangdong and Hong Kong was investigated and dealt with. The syndicate used shell companies and various methods of transferring funds, including virtual currency trading, to transfer funds for gambling- and fraud-related crimes.
Why it matters to readers
The report indicates that virtual currency transactions were listed as one of the means used by the group to establish an illicit channel for transferring funds, but it does not specify the currency, platform, or amount.
Underground banks are channels for illegally transferring funds; “freezing” means that the relevant funds have been placed under law-enforcement control and cannot currently be used.
Risks and unknowns
The report does not specify the type of virtual currency involved, the platform, the wallet address, or the amount.
The report does not specify how much of the frozen funds was related to cryptocurrency trading.
The evidence consists of media reports; the specific case developments and judicial outcome remain unclear.
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