Nine people, mostly university students, have been arrested in Hong Kong over an employment scam that allegedly defrauded the government of HK$140,000 (US$17,890) in subsidies through an internship programme.
Police said they received a report from a local university in November that a man had allegedly used two companies to falsely recruit eight students for short-term internship positions in the innovation and technology sector via the institution’s job platform between 2023 and last year.
