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Singapore, Hong Kong police cripple syndicate that cheated 400 victims of almost $5 million
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In Hong Kong, officers rounded up 22 people, and in Singapore, the authorities arrested at least 27 people.
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SINGAPORE - They had cheated over 400 victims in Hong Kong and Singapore of nearly $4.9 million in job scams, but law enforcement agencies in both cities managed to close in on them.
Between June 16 and 25 last year, in a joint operation codenamed Operation Plentyspring, the Singapore and Hong Kong police forces raided a number of premises.
