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Operation against illegal online auction activities

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Police today (May 28) arrested nine persons in an operation against illegal online auction activities.

The operation codenamed "Peace-maker" was mounted with a view to curbing the increase in the number of sale of concert tickets at an excessive price on some online auction websites.

Following a two-week investigation, officers attached to the Technology Crime Division of the Commercial Crime Bureau identified a number of online auctioneers suspected to have pushed up the price of the ticket of a concert tickets by posing as other account holders making false bids against genuine bidders.

Enquiries revealed that the original prices of the concert ticket ranging from $100 to $380 were unscrupulously pushed up to a level of $600 to $2,000.

The officers raided nine locations throughout the territory this morning, resulting in the arrest of three men and six women aged between 19 and 43 for offences including fraud, criminal damage and access to computer with criminal intent.

They are still being detained for further questioning.

A Police spokesman said full co-operation was rendered from the online auction website operators in tackling such fraudulent activities, and similar operations would be carried out in future.

Police Report No. 3

Issued by PPRB

End/1230 hours, Friday, May 28, 2004 (MM/CA)

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