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July 29, 2021
A cryptocurrency trader was robbed of more than HK$3 million (S$523,000) in cash at knifepoint when he went to meet a bitcoin seller in Hong Kong on Wednesday (July 28) afternoon.
The 39-year-old trader from South Korea arrived at Astoria Building on Ashley Road in Tsim Sha Tsui for the exchange at about 6.20pm. He was approached by four men, one of whom attacked him with the knife.
The criminals snatched a bag he was carrying with about HK$3.29 million inside and fled. The trader asked a friend to call police and officers searched the area but failed to locate the suspects.
While the force did not identify the victim, she is understood to be the mother of Hong Kong fashion model Rosemary Vandenbroucke. The con artists told the woman she was suspected of involvement in money laundering, and that they needed to transfer money out of her accounts for investigative purposes. SCMP
The mother of a Hong Kong fashion model has become the latest high-profile victim of a phone scam after being conned out of more than HK$20mil (RM10.61mil), the
Post has learned.
The case came to light when the 70-year-old victim – who lives in an upscale development in West Kowloon – reported the fraud to police on April 16. The force did not name the victim, but she is understood to be the mother of the model, actress and singer Rosemary Vandenbroucke.
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