'Blessings' become a curse for gang which conned HK$1.2m from elderlySix scammers who tricked elderly citizens into handing over valuables by promising blessings to protect them, have been arrested, the police said. Watson Hau Lai-man, superintendent of Western District Crime Unit, said the suspects were picked up following a report about a scam in Aberdeen on August 31. Later, the same day, police also arrested a 55-year-old mainland man surnamed Liu in Kwun Tong. Sam Sin Kwok-man, district commander of the Western District Crime Unit, said the syndicate had recruited mainlanders and arranged accommodation and transport. Meanwhile, the 50-year-old local man surnamed Chan and a 43-year-old mainland man surnamed Wu were charged with one count of aiding or abetting a person to enter Hong Kong illegally.

Source: The Standard September 03, 2020 09:33 UTC