Hong Kong Cook Jailed for Selling Digital Account to Scammers
A 32-year-old man in Hong Kong was jailed for 11 months after selling his digital wallet. Scammers used the account to defraud donors who intended to help victims of a fire.
A Hong Kong man has been jailed for 11 months and fined HK$4,500 (US$574) for selling his digital wallet, which a crime syndicate then used to receive HK$25,500 defrauded from donors who believed the money would be used to help victims of the Tai Po fire. West Kowloon Court heard on Thursday that Cham Shu-shing, a 32-year-old cook, sold his Alipay account to an unknown group of scammers last year for HK$3,800, knowing it would be used for illegal purposes. A police investigation revealed the...