HK Court orders return of S$99,500 to Singaporean scam victim


The sum had been converted to HK$550,000 and transferred to a Citibank (Hong Kong) account. - Reuters

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A Hong Kong judge ordered the return of monies to a Singaporean phone fraud victim whose lost funds were traced to a Hong Kong bank account deposit.

Roberta Teh, 52, had fallen prey to a man who had phoned her in April 2021, claiming to be a staff member of her phone service provider.

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