Four non-local workers apprehended for alleged fraud

The Public Security Police Force (PSP) has announced the apprehension of four non-resident workers on allegations of fraud.

The Judiciary Police (PJ) referred the case to the PSP.

A local eatery in the ZAPE district is suspected of fraudulently hiring people from mainland China, according to local media outlet Macao Daily News.

An employee of the eatery from mainland China, surnamed Wang and aged around 40 years old, has been accused of employment fraud. She works as an administrative officer at the eatery.

In mid-April this year, the PJ detected a woman conducting illegal currency exchange. It was discovered that the woman was registered as a worker with the eatery, but her clock-in and clock-out times were in conflict with the times that she was recorded crossing the border.

The case was referred to the PSP, which commenced irregular site inspections at the eatery and discovered “bizarre” clock-in and clock-out times related to three other registered non-resident workers, who were later summoned for investigation.

The police discovered that the eatery’s owner had taken RMB75,000 to RMB105,000 from each person to help arrange non-resident worker registrations, with fake employment spanning April to November last year. The false registrations were conducted so they could conduct illegal currency exchange in Macau.