Police said complaints have been received from 1,641 investors reporting HKD 1.2 billion in losses, making it the single largest fraud case in Hong Kong’s history.
September 20, 2023The Taiwan government has reportedly been seeking assistance from companies including Google and Meta to help combat online fraud.
April 2, 2023The police said they received multiple reports between August and November 2022 alleging false representations by that Hodlnaut and/or its directors.
November 30, 2022Online investment fraud accounted for HKD 540 million of all online scams, which is largely attributed to an increase in crypto-related scams.
October 11, 2022The programme was introduced as a way to collect unpaid fines in a contactless way. The amount seized reportedly exceeded all collections made in the last three years.
August 25, 2022Personal information on 1 billion Chinese citizens was reportedly stolen from a Shanghai police database located on an Alibaba server.
July 19, 2022The joint operation involved a loan granted by a listed company to a related party and payments purportedly made to suppliers that instead went to related parties.
July 6, 2022The plan was announced in response to the death of a small business owner who committed suicide after he was scammed out of more than KRW 160 million.
June 30, 2022Email fraud accounted for HKD 333 million of losses to companies and individuals in the first four months of this year.
June 22, 2022CEO Jang Ha-won faces charges of fraud and violation of the Capitals Market Act for selling funds which caused $194mn in losses to investors.
June 13, 2022