Deepfake dating, crypto ring dismantled
Eunice Lam
Thirty-one people have been arrested in connection to a dating scam in which perpetrators using deepfake technology lured people into investing in phony cryptocurrencies, pilfering over HK$34 million.
Police also nabbed the alleged mastermind of the syndicate. Some of those arrested, aged between 20 and 34, are said to be…