Former Hong Kong councillor jailed for laundering HK$590,000 in phone scam proceeds
Former Islands district councillor Wong Chun-yeung has been sentenced to 45 months in prison for his role in a string of phone scam cases in 2023, after pleading guilty to seven counts of money laundering, following an earlier report of his three-year and nine-month jail term for handling…
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Former Hong Kong councillor jailed for laundering HK$590,000 in phone scam proceeds
A former Hong Kong opposition district councillor has been jailed for three years and nine months for handling HK$590,000 (US$75,409) in telephone scam proceeds on behalf of a fraud syndicate, saying he wanted to earn quick cash to repay his gambling debts and cover his father’s medical expenses. Sheep Wong Chun-yeung, 31, had initially insisted that he was secretly gathering evidence against what he believed to be a triad-run debt collection ring when he received money from six elderly victi...
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Read full article →Former pro-democracy district councillor Wong Chun-yeung jailed for 45 months for role in phone scams
Former Islands district councillor Wong Chun-yeung has been sentenced to 45 months in prison for his role in a string of phone scam cases in 2023. Wong, 31 and unemployed, pleaded guilty to seven counts of money laundering at the District Court on Wednesday, Ming Pao reported. The defendant, also known as Sheep Wong, has […]
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