The Judiciary Police arrested a mainlander for fraud involving HK$3.04 million (3.13 million patacas), PJ spokesman Cheong Un Hong said during a special press conference yesterday.
Cheong identified the suspect as a 44-year-old female surnamed Tong who told police that she is unemployed.
According to Cheong, the Judiciary Police received a report from the local victim that he was defrauded by Tong through an investment scam involving HK$3.04 million.
Cheong said that in 2023, while working for the casino, the victim became acquainted with Tong after providing the limousine service for her on multiple occasions. In October 2024, the suspect approached the victim, claiming to have access to a high-return investment channel. Tong persuaded the victim to invest in a casino-related business, promising a monthly return of HK$5,000 for every HK$100,000 invested, without informing the victim of the specific details of the projects, Cheong said.
Believing the claims to be true, Cheong said that the victim handed over HK$1.26 million to Tong in October 2024. Later, when no returns were received, the victim enquired about the investment, Cheong said.
According to Cheong, Tong then claimed that the business funds had been lost and that she was facing financial difficulties, persuading the victim to lend an additional HK$1 million for emergency purposes. She promised to include this amount as part of the investment principal, Cheong said.
Subsequently, Tong continued to request additional funds from the victim under various pretexts, according to Cheong, adding that by April last year, the victim had transferred a total of HK$3.04 million.
Cheong said that Tong only paid the victim HK$50,000 in cash as purported “returns” – from the victim’s fund in August last year and made no further payments afterwards. Despite the victim repeatedly demanding the return of the principal, the suspect failed to comply.
In late November 2025, the victim filed a complaint with the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) through a lawyer, according to Cheong, adding that PJ officers arrested Tong at a casino in Cotai.
Cheong said that the investigation revealed that Tong did not have access to any of the investment channels she had claimed to have, and that all the reasons provided by her were fabricated, adding that she had gambled away most of the fraudulently obtained funds in multiple casinos in Macau. PJ officers seized a mobile, HK$243,000 and 2,000 yuan in cash from the Tong.
Tong has been transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) for further investigation, facing a fraud charge.
Judiciary Police (PJ) officers escort the hooded fraud suspect from the PJ headquarters to a PJ vehicle yesterday. – Photo: Armindo Neves
