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Hong Kong police have arrested 94 suspects in connection with nearly 900 incidents of online shopping scams which collectively cost victims about HK$5.5 million (US$700,920). The force on Thursday also said the number of e-shopping fraud cases reported during the first four months of this year had increased by 36 per cent compared with the same period last year. Police said the arrests were part of a wider crackdown on such crimes, with the suspects, including 67 men and 27 women, aged 14 to 75, being detained on suspicion of deception, obtaining property by deception and money laundering. Those arrested...
