Hong Kong schoolboy detained in $50,000 internet scam February 22, 2012 - 15:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A 13-year-old schoolboy was among 15 people arrested in Hong Kong over a bogus internet auction site that allegedly conned buyers out of nearly $50,000 M&C reported that according to DPA, the group was accused of running the site offering items ranging from iPhones to luxury handbags and diamonds but failing to deliver the goods after buyers paid up. A police spokesman said the schoolboy allegedly offered an iPhone for the equivalent of $515 and used his parents' bank account to collect the payment. He was accused of using the money to buy clothes and a laptop computer. Two of the arrested suspects were under 18. The second was a 16-year-old girl accused of cheating online buyers out of more than $600 by offering two luxury handbags Children over the age of 10 can be held criminally responsible in Hong Kong and can face trial in an adult court from 16. The suspects allegedly cut off all communication with buyers after payments were made, the spokesman said. All the suspects were friends or related to each other, and the oldest was 45. At least 30 people fell victim to the bogus auction site with total losses equivalent to $47,700, police said.  Top stories Some of the social network’s new shareholders are now suing Zuckerberg after the share price tumbled in the first week. Felix Roque, the 55-year-old mayor of West New York, New Jersey, and his son, Joseph Roque, 22, were arrested by the FBI. Kim Dotcom demanded access to the data stored on his computers and hard drives that were confiscated during the raid. The game moved 3.5 million copies in the first 24 hours of release, which makes it now the fastest selling game in PC history.   |  Latest news Over 100 trespassers detained in Armenia in January-May  Russian border guards seized 50 firearms, bladed weapons and 300 thous. rubles worth contraband in January-May.Conference participants at Institute of CIS States back Artsakh’s stance The NKR was represented at the round table by Advisers to Foreign Minister Ruben Zargarian and Arsen Melik-Shakhnazarian.Shoushi liberation anniversary celebrated in France Armenian ambassador to France Vigen Chitechyan answered Armenian foreign and domestic policy related questions.Armenian ambassador to China participates in ESCAP meeting Armen Sargsyan participated in meeting of UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok. |
