Crime | Man arrested for defrauding usurer

The Judiciary Police (PJ) announced yesterday that one man had been arrested following an illegal usury operation.

The detainee is a 37-year-old mainland resident, surnamed Lin, who comes from the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia.

On the night of November 28, Lin, while at a VIP room in a casino located at the Zona de Aterros do Porto Exterior (ZAPE), reached an agreement with an usurer to lend him money to gamble in the VIP room.

The agreement was that Lin would provide HKD350,000 and the usurer would contribute HKD600,000 for Lin to gamble. Whenever Lin would win money, 20 percent of the winnings would go to the usurer.

Around 1:30 a.m., on November 29, Lin stopped gambling and left the casino with a HKD500,000 casino chip. Upon his departure, he entered a car which was operated by his companion. The usurer followed Lin and entered the same car.

Inside the car, the usurer asked Lin to return the chip, but Lin refused. The usurer and Lin then went together to the Public Security Police Force Taipa headquarters to report the case and request assistance from the police. The case was forwarded to the PJ.

The usurer reported a loss of HKD300,000. PJ arrested the man for fraud and said that Lin did not cooperate during the investigation.

Regarding the usurer’s case, the PJ opened another file to investigate. The police are still investigating Lin’s driver, who was believed to be his accomplice.

Student lost RMB 8,000 to a concert ticket sales scam

A MAINLAND female resident who is studying at a university in Macau lost RMB8,194.28 after purchasing concert tickets online in October. The victim paid RMB360 for two tickets to a concert that was being held in Macau. After she paid for the tickets, the seller told her that she needed to activate a QR code in order to complete her purchase, but that for the activation, she would need to pay an additional amount. The victim made payments to the seller twice, totaling RMB 8,194.28. The suspect kept asking the victim for additional payments at which point, she realized that she might have been defrauded.