Read the full judgment text of HCA 2032/2020 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 7 September 2021.
1. The plaintiff, a US citizen and resident, has been tricked by apparent fraud to part with a total sum of US$2,550,000 from her bank account in the USA (“the Defrauded Sum”). The Defrauded Sum was swiftly dispersed and transferred to numerous bank accounts of two tiers of recipients. The 4 th defendant is amongst the second tier of tens of recipients of the money in Hong Kong. More than 16% of the Defrauded Sum, or a sum of HK$3,179,200 (“the Sum”), now stands in his bank account in Hong Kong.
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