今日香港一家名为长藤的虚拟货币找换店被警方封锁，该店铺疑似涉嫌洗黑钱跑路。
据网友所述，该店此前在中国社交软件小红书上进行了大量的广告宣传，目的在于吸引大量大陆游客前来进行虚拟货币兑换。
香港虚拟货币找换店跑路的情况已经不是首次发生了，自从香港大力推动Web3.0生态发展的同时，虚拟货币衍生服务业便也随之发展，不过行业乱象始终存在。
在政府鼓励发展的同时，不少人会逾越法律红绳，冒着高风险趁机从中牟利。
香港虚拟货币找换店跑路已经是屡见不惯了，在今年五月，尖沙咀重庆大厦商场一名姓郑女子（26岁）报案，表示与同事等3人进入商场一店铺交易虚拟货币，在她转账价值150万元的泰达币（USDT）给商家后，对方并未向她付款，反而将她和同事反锁在店内并逃去。
在更早的三月份期间，一家名为大牛币的虚拟货币找换店被指为杀熟客，涉案金额高达上千万。
据报道，大牛币店内设有后门，当时进入店内的客户被锁在店内前半部分，而后门则早有准备。当时店内聚集了十几位熟客，每人平均持有100多万元人民币换取USDT。其中一位受害者是另一家找换店的老板，声称与大牛币店主已有数月合作且一直无问题，因此放松了警惕。
据称，老板在收取现金后声称要抽根烟，结果迅速逃逸，而玻璃门的存在使得追捕工作无法进行。
大牛币找换店案发情况
香港币圈新“韭菜”依旧存在，部分原因在于香港便利的购买虚拟货币的方式，即街边随处可见的虚拟货币找换店，或称OTC店铺。
这种店对于想尝试币圈的新人来说非常便利，用户只需要走进店铺通过现金或者转账即可快速购买虚拟货币，尤其是稳定币USDT，而不需要在网上与陌生人进行交易。
实际上，OTC是面向零售公众的虚拟币买卖市场，疫情期间香港这类找换店扩展非常疯狂。
这些OTC店也是JPEX这类香港币圈交易平台的获客渠道之一。曾经有些OTC店铺为了获客，一度以折扣买卖比特币为噱头来揽客。
香港警方强化反洗黑钱，侦破多起洗黑钱案件。据公开报道统计，在2023年侦破涉案金额超过1亿港元的洗黑钱案近10起，涉案金额超过130亿港元，其中多数通过虚拟货币进行。
虚拟货币具有相对匿名性、高流动性以及去中心化的特点，很容易成为洗钱工具。
违法份子会将赃款通过平台OTC交易或者私下交易等方式将赃款打到卖家的账户内，收到后再通过OTC交易、地下钱庄、私下交易等兑换为法币，有的违法份子还会使用混币器进行混币，这极大的增加了警方的破案难度。
今年油尖警区于6月11至18日进行代号世爵的反诈骗及反洗黑钱行动，以打击区内诈骗及洗黑钱案件，警方以《以欺骗手段获得财产》、《盗窃》及《洗黑钱》等罪拘捕34男5女，年龄介乎17至63岁。
被捕人士报称售货员、装修工人、货车司机以及无业。
大部份被捕人为傀儡户口持有人，受诈骗集团招募，以几千元金钱报酬利诱他们卖出户口，收取诈骗款项。 大部分被捕人士获准保释侯查。
此次行动警方一共侦破36宗骗案，当中包括8宗网上购物骗案、8宗网上求职骗案、6宗电话骗案、4宗网上投资骗案以及10宗其他类型诈骗案件。
受害人年龄介乎18岁至71岁，涉及骗款合共高达7,100万元。
在反洗钱相关的案件中，不少人在不知情的情况下协助犯罪洗钱而被逮捕，行业人士提醒，小心躺中枪，请保护好自己的身份证、银行卡等隐私信息，谨慎兑换法币和虚拟货币，建议在当地合规的虚拟资产交易所进行交易。
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