5 arrested in Hong Kong over bid to withdraw US$100 million with fake documents

Hong Kong police have arrested five people after they attempted to withdraw US$100 million from a bank in Central using fake documents.

At about 5pm on Monday, police received a report from a staff member of a bank at China Building on Queen’s Road Central, where a man and a woman attempted to withdraw the sum using suspicious documents.

The Post learned that the suspects, a 68-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman, both Filipino passport holders, had just arrived in Hong Kong earlier in the day.

With three forged bank documents, including a letter of credit, they approached the counter and requested the withdrawal.

Staff noticed inconsistencies in the paperwork and alerted police.

After an initial probe, officers found the documents to be forged and arrested the pair for using false instruments.