A man was arrested for allegedly scamming online concert ticket buyers out of MOP40,000 between October and November.
Some of the victims filed a complaint with police authorities after being ripped off by the online fraudster who claimed to be selling concert tickets.
Buyers were instructed to deposit payment into a local bank account but never received the tickets, public broadcaster TDM reported.
Authorities subsequently launched an investigation with the Judiciary Police (PJ) in the hunt for the suspect. “The victims followed the instructions of the suspect, depositing the funds into his Macau bank account to purchase the tickets. However, the victims were unable to receive the concert tickets after that. The victims suspected that they had been scammed. Hence, they filed a report with the police to ask for assistance,” said Chan Wun Man, a PJ spokesperson.
The suspect was arrested upon entry to Macau via the Border Gate and has confessed to the crime.
According to him, he had successfully defrauded 17 people and acquired a total of MOP40,000.
The PJ has charged the suspect with fraud and his case has been transferred to the Public Prosecution Office.
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