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Hong Kong police arrested ten individuals, including two students from different universities who are alleged to be core members, for participating in fraudulent schemes that defrauded victims of HK$2.16 million through fake job ads, dating scams, and bogus concert ticket sales. The suspects range in age from 13 to 68 years old and face charges of conspiracy to defraud and money laundering; police superintendent Leung Chi-hang confirmed that the students were a couple involved centrally in these activities.

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Hong Kong police arrested 10 people, including two students, on suspicion of being involved in a fraud and money-laundering syndicate that targeted victims with fake job ads, dating scams, and bogus concert ticket sales. The suspects were aged between 13 and 68, and five males and five females were detained. According to Superintendent Leung Chi-hang from the regional anti-deception unit in New Territories South, these individuals are accused of conspiracy to defraud and money laundering, with victims losing more than HK$2.1 million (US$267,578). The two students, who are a couple studying at different tertiary institutions, were identified as core members of the syndicate.

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Hong Kong students arrested as alleged core members of HK$2.16m fraud syndicate Police arrest 10 suspects linked to fake job ads, dating scams and bogus concert ticket sales, with students making up most of the victims Two students are among the suspected core members of a fraud and money-laundering syndicate that have been arrested by Hong Kong police in connection with fake job advertisements, dating scams and bogus concert ticket sales.

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Hong Kong students arrested as alleged core members of HK$2.16m fraud syndicate Police arrest 10 suspects linked to fake job ads, dating scams and bogus concert ticket sales, with students making up most of the victims Two students are among the suspected core members of a fraud and money-laundering syndicate that have been arrested by Hong Kong police in connection with fake job advertisements, dating scams and bogus concert ticket sales. asserted

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Police said on Thursday that they had arrested 10 people in an earlier operation targeting the syndicate, which allegedly swindled victims out of more than HK$2.1 million (US$267,578). uncertain

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The suspects, five males and five females aged between 13 and 68, were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud and money laundering, according to Superintendent Leung Chi-hang of the regional anti-deception unit in New Territories South. uncertain

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Leung said two of the suspects, a man and a woman studying at different tertiary institutions, were a couple and suspected core members of the syndicate. asserted

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