Hong Kong police arrest 15-year-old girl linked to phone scams involving HK$1.75 million in losses
A 15-year-old girl has been arrested by police on suspicion of involvement in seven “guess who I am” style phone scams, which swindled HK$1.75 million out of victims, mostly elderly people living alone. Police said on Tuesday that they arrested the girl in Nga Tau Kok after a bank staffer alerted the force that an 81-year-old man sought to withdraw money, saying that a call told him his family member had been arrested and he was required to pay the bail. The girl was believed to have been recruited by fraudsters via social media platform Instagram and was only told to receive the money, police...