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Hong Kong Crime Ring Swindles Victims Out of $46M

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Feed Name: Dark Reading

Threat Score
70/100

Date Published: 2024-10-17

Date Updated: 2026-04-21

Author: Dark Reading Staff

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Hong Kong police arrested 27 people in a syndicate that used AI-generated and real-time deepfakes to pose as women in online dating scams, defrauding victims of roughly $46 million by promoting fake investment returns and operating crypto trading platforms; investigators seized devices, some cash and luxury watches, and identified deepfake service providers selling to criminals via Telegram, with potential ties to the Sun Yee On gang.

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