Macau police arrest a man involved in cryptocurrency trading fraud, with involved amount reaching HK$5 million
Original headline澳门警方拘捕一名涉加密货币交易诈骗男子，涉案金额达 500 万港元
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Macau police arrested a local man on suspicion of “considerably large-scale fraud” after a HK$5 million (about US$640,000) USDT trade went wrong at a casino in the Cotai district. The victim, a mainland man who described himself as a businessman, deposited HK$5 million in cash into the suspect’s casino account for 640,000 USDT but received only 40,000 USDT before the seller left the scene, leaving 600,000 USDT undelivered. Investigators found the suspect converted the cash into casino chips shortly after receiving it and did not hold enough crypto to complete the trade. The case highlights settlement risk in over-the-counter stablecoin deals, where cash and tokens change hands in person with no escrow. Watch whether prosecutors pursue the case as a criminal fraud and whether Macau’s casino-linked crypto OTC market tightens settlement practices.
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