Police have smashed a triad-controlled telephone fraud centre hidden in a Kwun Tong industrial building, arresting 20 people over at least 16 scams in which callers posed as finance firms [...]

A Hong Kong criminal group used AI and image editing tools to forge identity cards, enabling fraudulent online bank account openings for money laundering. The group submitted over 200 fake [...]

Hong Kong police have arrested 17 people in a crackdown on a cross-border phone scam syndicate that recruited Malaysian nationals to act as cash couriers to collect scam proceeds from [...]

A money exchange in Hong Kong’s Central district has been vandalised for the second time in a fortnight after red paint was thrown across its frontage in the early hours [...]

An asset management company owner has been sentenced to six years and nine months in prison at the District Court after an investigation by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) [...]

Banks in Guangdong launched a cross-border remittance service earlier this month, allowing Hong Kong seniors receiving portable cash assistance to have their allowance deposited directly into mainland bank accounts, clearing [...]

Two mainland Chinese men were arrested in Mong Kok on Wednesday (Jun 24) after allegedly using false documents in an attempt to open a bank account, police said. The incident [...]

23rd June 2026 – (Hong Kong) A Hong Kong judge has found the son of a former Wuhan anti‑corruption chief guilty on five counts tied to a HK$64.06 million laundering [...]

A mainland man and woman were arrested at a bank in Central on Tuesday morning after allegedly attempting to use forged documents for a mortgage application. Police were alerted at [...]

Two people were arrested on Monday after bank staff in Mong Kok reported a suspected counterfeit currency case involving 24 fake US$100 bills. The incident occurred at around 12.46pm when [...]

Hong Kong banks have continued to open accounts for mainland clients seamlessly, following the China Securities Regulatory Commission's crackdown on illegal cross-border securities on May 22, said Eddie Yue Wai-man, [...]

Lenders have also raised the threshold for mainland applicants seeking savings accounts Hong Kong banks are ramping up scrutiny of mainland Chinese clients opening savings and investment accounts, as part [...]