The police have apprehended two men in connection with alleged money laundering through local automatic teller machines (ATMs) since February. The sum of money involved in the transactions reached HKD103 million.
During their crackdown last Wednesday in the northern district of Fai Chi Kei, the authorities discovered a man standing suspiciously in front of an ATM machine, withdrawing money using multiple cards. Upon being intercepted for enquiries, the man was found in procession of 34 Union Pay cards issued by the mainland banks and HKD 408,000 in cash.
The 24-year-
old local surnamed Wong confessed that since February, a whopping sum of up to 103.3 million had been transferred to a local VIP junket operator’s account. Four other perpetrators were also disclosed to have been committing similar crimes at other ATM machines across the city.
Apart from Wong, around one hour later inspectors also found another man surnamed Ng, aged 37, withdrawing money at the same machine also using different debit cards. He was carrying a total of HKD 84,000 in cash and 41 cards. The man, said to be from the Guangdong province, failed to adequately explain where the cards came from.
According to the police, both were unemployed.
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