33 held in crackdown on credit card theft ring targeting Hongkongers in Shenzhen

Oct 24, 2026

Hong Kong and mainland Chinese police have arrested 33 people in a joint crackdown on a syndicate that allegedly stole credit cards from residents who had travelled north to Shenzhen, with losses exceeding HK$1.8 million (US$229,500). Superintendent Tsang Chun-kit of the Crime Kowloon East Regional Headquarters said on Saturday that “card carriers” then immediately crossed the border to buy mobile phones and resell them for cash, all before the victims could realise what had happened. “All the...

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