![]() Mr Kit added that the scammers had contacted the beneficiary, who is a businessman, and gave the excuse of buying surgical gloves from him to deposit $35,000 into his account. The remaining $2,000 had been frozen in the beneficiary's bank account and the police obtained a court order to return the money to Lyena. My colleague and I went down to his address immediately and were able to recover $33,000 in cash," Mr Kit said. ![]() "We got hold of the particulars of the beneficiary who had received $35,000 from Lyena's bank account. Mr Alan Kit, senior investigation officer at the Commercial Affairs Department, said the police immediately contacted the banks to freeze the accounts when Lyena filed the report. Related Story Interactive: How a love scammer’s 3-month ruse to swindle $165k got exposed
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