Victim left a suicide note in the car where he choked to death on charcoal fumes, investigators say.
Judiciary Police
Police allege that the perpetrator gambled with thousands of dollars stolen from the woman he had just killed before fleeing across the border.
Scam follows an all-too familiar pattern: initial friendship via a chatroom, the promise of “big bucks”, and then the investment disappears into thin air.
Hackers from outside Macao launched the motiveless attack, and authorities are now strengthening their cyber defence to ward off future intrusions.
The 50-year-old mainland victim, who had suffered wounds to her head and neck, may have been involved in illegal currency dealings.
Illegal immigrants pay RMB 19,000 each to get into Macao as part of a widespread people-smuggling scheme foiled by swift police action.
Three suspected members of a local Vietnamese drug gang, two men and a woman, were arrested between Wednesday night and on Thursday for drug trafficking.
Scammers are using fake insurance websites in the latest ruse to dupe unwary netizens out of their money.