Telephone scammers took stolen money and falsely claimed it would be used for marriage. Bank staff reported the incident to the police after spotting it.

2024-10-23

The Luoyuan Police Station of the Central District Branch of the Jinan Public Security Bureau of Shandong Province recently arrested a man and a woman. It was revealed that they went to a local bank and falsely claimed that they wanted to withdraw a deposit of 240,000 yuan (approximately HK$260,000) for marriage. In fact, they obtained the money from other people through wire fraud. of stolen money.

Since the withdrawal was a large amount, when the bank staff asked the couple for details about their marriage, they found that they were hesitant and not native to Jinan or living in Jinan. Therefore, they became suspicious and secretly called the police. After receiving the report, the police discovered that the man who made the withdrawal had a similar money laundering record, and the money withdrawn this time came from a defrauded woman in Anhui Province.

According to the police, the victim Ms. Li received a call from a fraudster claiming to be from the Nanjing police last month, saying that she was involved in a money laundering case and needed to pay a fine. According to the other party's instructions, she transferred 1.04 million yuan (approximately HK$1.13 million) to 14 designated account. The stolen money withdrawn by the above-mentioned men and women was the largest amount, and Ms. Li rushed to the local area to retrieve it on Monday (21st).

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