{"id":777035261,"date":"2025-11-28T08:17:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T11:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777035261"},"modified":"2026-04-21T16:34:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:34:37","slug":"13-arrested-over-alleged-illegal-conduct-inside-macau-casinos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/13-arrested-over-alleged-illegal-conduct-inside-macau-casinos","title":{"rendered":"13 arrested over alleged illegal conduct at Macau casinos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The group allegedly extorted \u201ccross-hand\u201d scam artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- Police have arrested 13 people for allegedly extorting \u201ccross-hand\u201d casino scammers. According to Macao Daily, the group threatened to expose ten scammers’ illegal conduct to casinos or to the other gamblers they had targeted unless they paid hush money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The suspects, seven men and six women between 52 and 82, have been transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office on charges of criminal association and extortion. Six are Macau residents, while six are Hong Kong residents and one woman is from mainland China.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The alleged scammers have been referred to prosecutors in a separate case. According to police, they paid a combined HK$800,000 (US$102.847) out of fear that their activity would be revealed. Officers seized HK$7,300 and casino chips along with 13 mobile phones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> South Korean arrests for illegal online gambling surpass 5,000 in 12 months<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The group allegedly extorted \u201ccross-hand\u201d scam artists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777035264,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Macau authorities have arrested 13 individuals for allegedly extorting \"cross-hand\" casino scammers, threatening to expose their illicit activities to gaming operators or other patrons. This incident, involving residents from Macau, Hong Kong, and mainland China, underscores persistent challenges in maintaining gaming integrity and enforcing regulatory compliance within the jurisdiction. Both the alleged extortionists and the underlying scammers are facing prosecution.","focusai_entities":"Public Prosecutions Office","focusai_location":"Macau, Hong Kong, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.75), investor_analyst (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Operator Risk Mitigation","query":"What specific enhancements to surveillance, internal controls, and security protocols are Macau-based gaming operators implementing to counter sophisticated \"cross-hand\" scamming and associated extortion schemes?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Efficacy","query":"How does this incident inform the ongoing assessment of Macau's regulatory framework and law enforcement capabilities in deterring and prosecuting organized crime within the gaming sector?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,439],"tags":[12436,228,257,25008],"class_list":["post-777035261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-legal-news","tag-casinos","tag-illegal","tag-macau","tag-scam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777035261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777035261"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777035261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777035276,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777035261\/revisions\/777035276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777035264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777035261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777035261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777035261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}