Taipei prosecutors have indicted an alleged con artist on charges of running scams by impersonating celebrities, including the secretary of Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing, to successfully steal over NT$100 (US$3.36) million, CNA reports. Huang, 28, has been detained and held incommunicado since April after the Taipei District Court approved a prosecutors' request to take Huang into custody. According to the indictment, Huang is accused of impersonating Li's secretary in February in an attempt to scam 25,000 masks from Taiwanese mask manufacturer CSD amid the coronavirus pandemic. In that role, Huang successfully defrauded a woman surnamed Liu of over NT$100 million, the indictment said. Another role assumed by Huang was as the secretary of Taiwanese banker Sung Hsueh-jen.

Source: The Standard August 25, 2020 13:38 UTC