================================================================================================ CASE 077 | Unidentified Woman | January 18, 2021 | Hong Kong ================================================================================================ DATABASE RECORD id 77 date January 18, 2021 original_date January 18, 2021 year 2021 month 1 quarter 2021-Q1 victim Unidentified Woman location Kwun Tong, Hong Kong country Hong Kong scenario P2P Trade Gone Wrong description Gang snatches HK$3.5 million from trader at knifepoint kidnappings 0 violence_torture 0 drugs_alcohol 0 weapons 1 theft 1 life_taken 0 money_wanted HK$3.5 million coin_type Cash reports SCMP notes fake p2p trade after 3 successful transactions. Stolen cash and iphone has_processed_date 1 created_at 2025-11-13 05:44:45 AI SUMMARY [generated at bulk import, NOT verified against sources] **Victim:** Unidentified Woman **Attackers:** Gang/organized group **Attack Method:** P2P Trade Gone Wrong **Violence Used:** Knife **Crypto Stolen:** HK$3.5 million in Cash **Status:** Investigation ongoing LINKED SOURCES [url] https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3118249/gang-snatches-hk35-million-hong-kong-cryptocurrency NOTES ON THIS FILE * matched to sheet row 78: exact match on victim + year, unique on both sides ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ARTICLE 1 Source SCMP URL https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3118249/gang-snatches-hk35-million-hong-kong-cryptocurrency Origin reported_K&R sheet, row 78, column "Articles" Length 2,336 chars ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gang snatches HK$3.5 million from Hong Kong cryptocurrency trader at knifepoint after she transfers digital tokens to ‘buyer’ Woman was paid HK$3.5 million in cash after using her iPhone to complete an online transaction to sell USDT tokens, police source says Three men then rushed from a room, and grabbed the money and iPhone before locking her in office The robbers struck at the Ricky Centre in Kwun Tong. Photo: Google MapThe robbers struck at the Ricky Centre in Kwun Tong. Photo: Google Map The robbers struck at the Ricky Centre in Kwun Tong. Photo: Google Map Hong Kong police are hunting for a gang of thieves who lured a female cryptocurrency trader to an office for a deal and robbed her of HK$3.5 million (US$448,700) in cash at knifepoint on Monday afternoon. The robbery – the second such hold-up in two weeks – took place at the Ricky Centre on Chong Yip Street in Kwun Tong around 2.30pm, after the woman met a man posing as a buyer. She had recently sold the man digital money in three transactions, each involving HK$600,000 to HK$700,000, according to police. “Investigations showed she was paid HK$3.5 million in cash after using her iPhone to complete an online transaction and sell him USDT tokens,” a police source said, referring to a type of cryptocurrency. Hong Kong car racing crackdown uncovers gadgets for fast and furious 16 Jan 2021 “Soon after she was handed the money, three men carrying either a knife or a rod rushed out from a room and snatched the money and the iPhone from her at knifepoint.” He said the four fled after locking the victim in the office. The source said the gang could have carried out the earlier deals to win her trust and pave the way for the hold-up. The robbery came to light when the woman used her second phone to contact her husband, who then made an 999 emergency call to police. Officers found the woman safe and uninjured in the office. According to the force, the office was recently rented out on a short-term lease and only had several items of furniture. The source said the uncle of the woman, who drove her to the building and was waiting downstairs, saw four men run out and drive off in a delivery van before police arrived. Officers mounted a search, but no arrests were made. Detectives from the Kwun Tong criminal investigation unit are handling the case. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FETCHED ARTICLE 1 [RAW EXTRACT — NOT YET TRIMMED] !! This is the whole page as extracted. It still contains site furniture, !! and may contain teaser headlines for UNRELATED cases. Trim on read-through. !! Do not quote from it without checking the passage belongs to this case. Source scmp.com URL https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3118249/gang-snatches-hk35-million-hong-kong-cryptocurrency Field url Retrieved 2026-09-05T12:54:12+00:00 via raw HTTP retrieval, deterministic extraction (HTTP 200) Language unknown Kept paragraphs ALL 11 paragraphs, untrimmed Length 1,641 chars Integrity sha256 279a1011a2f74e2727eb2fa3d1b6357f02a3c1e2eb3a5b6f4b5b9b156843eede Trimmed NOT TRIMMED. Full page extract; trim on read-through. Caveat retrieved from a live page on the date above. Unlike text copied from the spreadsheet, there is no second copy to hash it against. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ORIGINAL (unknown, verbatim as retrieved) Gang snatches HK$3.5 million from Hong Kong cryptocurrency trader at knifepoint after she transfers digital tokens to ‘buyer’ | South China Morning Post Gang snatches HK$3.5 million from Hong Kong cryptocurrency trader at knifepoint after she transfers digital tokens to ‘buyer’ Woman was paid HK$3.5 million in cash after using her iPhone to complete an online transaction to sell USDT tokens, police source says Three men then rushed from a room, and grabbed the money and iPhone before locking her in office Published: 12:52am, 19 Jan 2021Updated: 3:37am, 19 Jan 2021 Hong Kong police are hunting for a gang of thieves who lured a female cryptocurrency trader to an office for a deal and robbed her of HK$3.5 million (US$448,700) in cash at knifepoint on Monday afternoon. The robbery – the second such hold-up in two weeks – took place at the Ricky Centre on Chong Yip Street in Kwun Tong around 2.30pm, after the woman met a man posing as a buyer. She had recently sold the man digital money in three transactions, each involving HK$600,000 to HK$700,000, according to police. “Investigations showed she was paid HK$3.5 million in cash after using her iPhone to complete an online transaction and sell him USDT tokens,” a police source said, referring to a type of cryptocurrency. “Soon after she was handed the money, three men carrying either a knife or a rod rushed out from a room and snatched the money and the iPhone from her at knifepoint.” He said the four fled after locking the victim in the office. The source said the gang could have carried out the earlier deals to win her trust and pave the way for the hold-up. ================================================================================================ generated from attacks-export-Gart-website.json + reported_K&R | case 077 ================================================================================================