Hong Kong police recently exposed a major fraud case involving the virtual asset trading platform HOUNAX. There are currently 131 victims, with a total amount of nearly 120 million yuan involved. Among them, a 69-year-old retired woman was defrauded of 12 million yuan. Hong Kong police revealed that a victim was eager to invest in virtual currencies because of losses in the stock market. The platform involved claimed that the rate of return could reach 40%, which was unbelievably high. It also claimed that profits would be guaranteed and that there would be no risk. The police reminded investors that You should know more before investing.
The police said that the China Securities Regulatory Commission had put the platform on the list of unlicensed companies and suspicious websites at the beginning of this month and classified it as a suspicious virtual asset trading platform. The company falsely claimed that it cooperated with a financial institution, but this was not true. The police also stated that the company claimed to be a Singaporean company and did not rule out cooperating with overseas agencies in future investigations.