Odaily Planet Daily reported that the Hong Kong Police Force stated that it received 769 complaints about cryptocurrency "pig killing plates" between January and July this year, mainly in the form of organized criminal gangs in Southeast Asia using cryptocurrency to defraud people seeking romantic relationships. victims and conduct industrialized online fraud.
The victims' losses amounted to HK$407.8 million (approximately US$52 million), and the number of cases this year is likely to double that of 2021. There were previously 642 reports of similar cases in 2021, three times the number in 2020 (181). (DL News)