Over HK$8 billion from scam victims laundered through Hong Kong bank accounts in 2020: police sources

The force's anti-fraud squad managed to intercept nearly HK$3.07 billion of the total involved, conned from local and international victims alike The volume of stop-payment requests from those swindled means more than 10,000 personal and business bank accounts were likely involved The force's anti-fraud squad managed to intercept nearly HK$3.07 billion of the total involved, conned from local and international victims alike. More than HK$8.33 billion (US$1.07 billion) conned from the victims of online, phone and investment scams was laundered through thousands of Hong Kong bank accounts last year, the Post has learned. The police force's anti-fraud squad intercepted nearly…