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Three arrested for money laundering after raising $1.8 million in support of the Hong Kong protests in the name of HKTVmall staff
(16 Jul) Three HKTVmall former and current employees were arrested for allegedly raising $1.8 million online since last year, claiming that the funds were used to buy supplies to support the protests. The incident involves a telegram channel named “HKTVmall employee voluntary support scheme”.
Officers from the Hong Kong Narcotics Bureau and Financial Investigation discovered unusual cash transactions involving around $1.1 million in a man’s bank account last year. The 26-year-old man, Lau, was arrested in December last year on suspicion of "money laundering". Investigations revealed that the man was suspected of being involved in an online fundraising campaign, claiming that the money would be used to buy supplies for supporting illegal assemblies.
Police continued to trace the man’s source of funds and found that there were also unusual and large cash transactions involving a total of $1.8 million in the accounts of another man and woman, of which $500,000 was later deposited into Lau’s account. Police arrested a 23-year-old man, Cheung, and a 25-year-old woman, Tam, in Hung Hom and Sheung Shui yesterday (15 Jul) on suspicion of money laundering.
It is understood that the arrestees are current and former employees of HKTVmall. All of them have been released on bail pending investigation, and will have to report to the police in early August and mid-September. The Telegram channel in question, which stopped operating late last year, issued a message in January condemning a former administrator for using the channel's name to raise funds.
Source: MingPao
Translated by: HongKongEcho
#Hongkongprotest #HKTVmall #Funds #moneylaundering #PoliceState #fundraisingcampaign
Three arrested for money laundering after raising $1.8 million in support of the Hong Kong protests in the name of HKTVmall staff
(16 Jul) Three HKTVmall former and current employees were arrested for allegedly raising $1.8 million online since last year, claiming that the funds were used to buy supplies to support the protests. The incident involves a telegram channel named “HKTVmall employee voluntary support scheme”.
Officers from the Hong Kong Narcotics Bureau and Financial Investigation discovered unusual cash transactions involving around $1.1 million in a man’s bank account last year. The 26-year-old man, Lau, was arrested in December last year on suspicion of "money laundering". Investigations revealed that the man was suspected of being involved in an online fundraising campaign, claiming that the money would be used to buy supplies for supporting illegal assemblies.
Police continued to trace the man’s source of funds and found that there were also unusual and large cash transactions involving a total of $1.8 million in the accounts of another man and woman, of which $500,000 was later deposited into Lau’s account. Police arrested a 23-year-old man, Cheung, and a 25-year-old woman, Tam, in Hung Hom and Sheung Shui yesterday (15 Jul) on suspicion of money laundering.
It is understood that the arrestees are current and former employees of HKTVmall. All of them have been released on bail pending investigation, and will have to report to the police in early August and mid-September. The Telegram channel in question, which stopped operating late last year, issued a message in January condemning a former administrator for using the channel's name to raise funds.
Source: MingPao
Translated by: HongKongEcho
#Hongkongprotest #HKTVmall #Funds #moneylaundering #PoliceState #fundraisingcampaign
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以HKTVmall員工名義眾籌180萬支援示威 3人涉洗黑錢被捕 (21:47) - 20200716 - 港聞
3名HKTVmall的員工及前員工去年及今年先後被捕，涉嫌自去年起在網上眾籌約180萬元，聲稱用以購買物資，支援示威活動。據悉，事件涉及一個名為「HKTVmall員工自發助養計劃」的Telegram頻道。
#Arrest #Sedition
Singer activist Tommy Yuen arrested under National Security Law
Sources: Inmediahk, Luminant, RTHK; #Feb15
#TommyYuen #NSL #MoneyLaundering
Singer activist Tommy Yuen arrested under National Security Law
Sources: Inmediahk, Luminant, RTHK; #Feb15
#TommyYuen #NSL #MoneyLaundering
#Arrest #Sedition
Singer activist Tommy Yuen arrested under National Security Law
Tommy Yuen Man-on was arrested in the morning of February 15 by the Hong Kong national security on suspicion of sedition and money laundering.
In a press briefing, the police said the 41-year-old singer was arrested over content he published on social media since last September that incites hatred towards the government, the police and judges.
The Senior superintendent of the force’s national security unit, also accused the singer of smearing the government’s Covid policies, and singing a song that contains a banned protest slogan during an online concert.
Yuen, a former member of boyband E-kids, has been an activist supporting the pro-democracy camp over the past few years and at the height of the 2019 social unrest.
He had actively participated in the city's political events, including the Human Rights Day Rally on December 8, 2019, where he led the protest march.
Sources: Inmediahk, Luminant, RTHK; #Feb15
https://bit.ly/3sNZqZQ
#TommyYuen #NSL #MoneyLaundering
Singer activist Tommy Yuen arrested under National Security Law
Tommy Yuen Man-on was arrested in the morning of February 15 by the Hong Kong national security on suspicion of sedition and money laundering.
In a press briefing, the police said the 41-year-old singer was arrested over content he published on social media since last September that incites hatred towards the government, the police and judges.
The Senior superintendent of the force’s national security unit, also accused the singer of smearing the government’s Covid policies, and singing a song that contains a banned protest slogan during an online concert.
Yuen, a former member of boyband E-kids, has been an activist supporting the pro-democracy camp over the past few years and at the height of the 2019 social unrest.
He had actively participated in the city's political events, including the Human Rights Day Rally on December 8, 2019, where he led the protest march.
Sources: Inmediahk, Luminant, RTHK; #Feb15
https://bit.ly/3sNZqZQ
#TommyYuen #NSL #MoneyLaundering
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消息：藝人阮民安涉違《國安法》被捕 | 獨媒報導 | 獨立媒體
（獨媒報導）消息指，藝人阮民安（Tommy）涉嫌違反《港區國安法》，今早遭警方拘捕，涉及煽動意圖行為及洗黑錢。 警方較早前發出採訪通知，稱拘捕兩人同涉嫌作出煽動意圖行為及「處理已知道或相信為代表從可公訴罪行的得益的財產」，稍後將見記者交代。 阮民安為前E-kids成員，自2019年反送中運動以來積極表態，曾多次在社交媒體發文，高調支持黃店和有案件在
#Giggs Pleads Guilty to 4 Crimes including Incitement and Money Laundering, Being Confiscated $4.87 million, without Charging his Helper
A broadcast host Wan Yiu-Sing, aged 52, also known as Giggs, pleaded guilty to a Conspiracy to commit an act with intent to incite and three money laundering crimes at the #DistrictCourt on #Oct01. These involved mentioning that the former Chief Executive Carrie Lam was taught a lesson by "putting her family to death". The court also dealt with the confiscation order of his 4.87 million dollars.
The remaining six charges, including two money laundering with his female helper, Alice Lee Po-Lai, will be documented and will not be charged after the confiscation process.
The case extends until #Oct07 in order to handle his sentencing and the relevant order.
Source: The Chaser News #Sept02
https://www.patreon.com/posts/71417862
#D100 #WanYiuSing #LeePoLai #ConfiscationOrder #MoneyLaundering #Incitement #CourtNews #NSL
A broadcast host Wan Yiu-Sing, aged 52, also known as Giggs, pleaded guilty to a Conspiracy to commit an act with intent to incite and three money laundering crimes at the #DistrictCourt on #Oct01. These involved mentioning that the former Chief Executive Carrie Lam was taught a lesson by "putting her family to death". The court also dealt with the confiscation order of his 4.87 million dollars.
The remaining six charges, including two money laundering with his female helper, Alice Lee Po-Lai, will be documented and will not be charged after the confiscation process.
The case extends until #Oct07 in order to handle his sentencing and the relevant order.
Source: The Chaser News #Sept02
https://www.patreon.com/posts/71417862
#D100 #WanYiuSing #LeePoLai #ConfiscationOrder #MoneyLaundering #Incitement #CourtNews #NSL