HONG KONG, Oct 31 (SCMP): A group of postsecondary students have been arrested in connection with phone scams in which four Hongkongers were conned out of HK$8 million (US$1.03 million) between April and September this year.
The four students – all females and aged between 19 and 21 – were accused of working for con artists who posed as law enforcement officers from mainland China, according to Chief Inspector Mok Tsz-wai of Kowloon East regional crime unit.
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