Hong Kong Nabs Two in Record $446 Million Money Laundering Case

Oct. 26, 2022, 1:10 AM

Hong Kong Customs have arrested two men involved in the city’s largest money-laundering case ever.

The case involved selling precious metals worth about HK$3.5 billion ($446 million), according to a government statement on Wednesday. The men, 30- and 48-years old, dealt with the suspected crime proceeds through selling precious metals with unknown sources and using company bank accounts between 2020 and 2021, the agency said.

Authorities will hold a press conference at 11 a.m. local time.

Just last month, Hong Kong authorities arrested four suspected triad gang members in connection with laundering HK$411 million in crime proceeds over two years. …

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