香港警方破获利用 Deepfakes 进行 4600 万美元加密货币投资诈骗的团伙

香港一家办事处遭到突击搜查，共有 27 名年龄在 21 岁至 34 岁之间的人因涉嫌串谋诈骗而被拘留。

Hong Kong police have shut down a group running a HK$360 million ($46.35 million) cryptocurrency investment scam out of an office in the Hung Hom area of the city.

香港警方查获了一个在香港红磡地区的办公室进行价值 3.6 亿港元（4635 万美元）的加密货币投资诈骗的团伙。

A total of 27 people between the ages of 21 and 34 were taken into custody suspected of conspiracy to defraud and possession of weapons last week, according to a police conference on October 14. Several were graduates in digital media from local universities, while others are believed to have links to local triad groups.

10 月 14 日的警方会议显示，上周共有 27 名年龄在 21 岁至 34 岁之间的人因涉嫌串谋诈骗和持有武器而被拘留。其中几人是当地大学数字媒体专业的毕业生，其他人是当地大学的数字媒体毕业生。据信与当地三合会组织有联系。

In 2023, reported losses from crypto investment frauds hit $3.96 billion globally, up 53% from $2.57 billion in 2022, according to the Internet Crime Complaint Center. The actual figure is likely to be much higher. In Hong Kong alone, scam and fraud cases accounted for 43.9% of all crime reported in the city in the first half of this year.

根据互联网犯罪投诉中心的数据，2023 年，全球报告的加密投资欺诈损失达 39.6 亿美元，比 2022 年的 25.7 亿美元增长了 53%。实际数字可能要高得多。仅在香港，诈骗和欺诈案件就占该市今年上半年报告的所有犯罪案件的 43.9%。

While such scam centers have been documented in other regions of Southeast Asia, India, Dubai and, more recently, Sri Lanka, the find was rare for Hong Kong.

虽然东南亚其他地区、印度、迪拜以及最近的斯里兰卡都有此类诈骗中心的记录，但这种情况在香港却很少见。

“It is rare to find a cross-border fraud center that is quite large, well-organized, has a careful division of labor, and operates physically in Hong Kong,” said Yiu Wing-kin, superintendent of the New Territories South Crime Headquarters.

新界南罪案总部总监姚永健表示：“在香港很难找到规模庞大、组织严密、分工细致、实体运作的跨境诈骗中心。” 。

But while not common, it’s not the only case of scam operations making inroads in the city. At the end of August, police arrested six Malaysians and five local residents involved in a HK$61 million ($7.8 million) phone scam racket. The group had four centers of operation in Hong Kong.

虽然这种情况并不常见，但这并不是该市唯一的诈骗案。 8 月底，警方逮捕了涉及价值 6100 万港元（780 万美元）的电话诈骗案的 6 名马来西亚人和 5 名当地居民。该集团在香港设有四个运营中心。

Among the items seized in this latest operation were training manuals detailing how scams were conducted. Resembling a typical pig butchering scam, the group contacted victims on social media and tried to strike up a romantic relationship with them. They then persuaded the victims to invest in a fake cryptocurrency platform.

在这次最新行动中查获的物品包括详细说明诈骗过程的培训手册。类似于典型的杀猪骗局，该团伙通过社交媒体联系受害者，并试图与他们建立恋爱关系。然后他们说服受害者投资一个虚假的加密货币平台。

Police said that the group collaborated with overseas scam operations and computer experts to design the fake cryptocurrency investment platforms.

警方表示，该团伙与海外诈骗团伙和计算机专家合作，设计了虚假的加密货币投资平台。