Hong Kong Customs successfully cracked a criminal group suspected of money laundering and arrested three local persons suspected of being involved in the case. It is reported that the group is suspected of using virtual currency trading platforms and company accounts opened by multiple local banks to handle more than 1.8 billion yuan of funds from unknown sources. Customs officers tracked down the three local persons based on intelligence and launched a financial investigation. The investigation found that the three people conducted more than 1,000 suspicious transactions between June 2021 and July 2022 by opening multiple local companies and multiple bank accounts, including funds transferred from virtual currency trading platforms, involving an amount of more than 1.8 billion yuan.
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