2 crypto promoters wanted by Hong Kong police issued Interpol ‘red notices’
Hong Kong Free Press
Two Hongkongers who promoted cryptocurrency investments and sold crypto mining machines are wanted under the International Criminal Police Organization’s (Interpol) “red notice.”
According to Interpol’s website, Wong Ching-kit, 30, is wanted on charges of fraud and theft, while Mok Tsun-ting, 26, is wanted over “dealing with property known or believed to represent proceeds of indictable offence.”
The duo are wanted by authorities of Hong Kong, according to Interpol. Local media outlets reported on Wednesday citing sources that the red notices were requested by the Hong Kong Police Force.
HKFP has reached out to the police for comment.
In March 2019, Wong and Mok were arrested by Hong Kong police over conspiracy to fraud, Oriental Daily reported. They were suspected of making false claims social media platforms and in investment seminars they had organised to sell virtual currency mining machines called Filecoin.
Police said at the time they had received reports of the alleged fraud from 18 people beginning in late 2018 and involving a sum of HK$ 2.6 million. Wong and Mok were later released on bail, Sing Tao reported.
According to local media reports, Wong is known as the “master of crypto” and Mok is his assistant.
Mok was arrested last September over Hong Kong’s largest cryptocurrency fraud case linked to crypto exchange platform JPEX, but was later released on bail.
As of April, more than 70 people had been arrested in connection with the JPEX scandal. Over 2,600 people had come forward as victims in the case involving losses of around HK$1.6 billion.
Red notice
According to Interpol, a red notice is an alert to law enforecement worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest a person pending extradition, surrender, or similar legal action.
“It is based on an arrest warrant or court order issued by the judicial authorities in the requesting country,” the Interpol website states. “Member countries apply their own laws in deciding whether to arrest a person.”
Apart from Wong and Mok, Interpol previously issued red notices to six people wanted by Hong Kong police.
Separately, national security police in Hong Kong last year issued arrest warrants for 13 overseas activists, placing HK$1 million bounties for information that may lead to their arrests. Interpol told HKFP last year that no requests for a Red Notice or Wanted Persons Diffusion had been received for the activists.
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