2 men have been arrested in Hong Kong for stealing $125K.
The two men were allegedly running a fake virtual currency exchange shop.
The shop was only a month and a half old.
Hong Kong Police arrested two men in connection with a theft at a digital currency exchange shop in the Sham Shui Po district. The Sham Shui Po Police District Crime Unit apprehended the two men for stealing NT$4 million ($125,000) from the shop on Monday afternoon.
Senior Inspector Leung Wai-hin of the Sham Shui Po Police District Crime Unit said that a 43-year-old man brought around $125,000 in cash to a crypto exchange shop on Cheung Sha Wan Road in Sham Shui Po on Monday afternoon. The man gave the cash to a woman at the counter.
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Senior Inspector Leung Wai-hin of the Sham Shui Po Police District Crime Unit confirmed that a 43-year-old man brought around $125,000 in cash to a crypto exchange shop in a shopping mall on Cheung Sha Wan Road in Sham Shui Po on Monday afternoon. The man then proceeded to hand over the cash to a woman on the counter.
The woman went into a room in the store, making the victim…
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