In many commercial crimes such as Email Scam, Investment Fraud, Inheritance Fraud and Advance Fee Fraud, conmen make use of company and corporate bank accounts in committing the crimes. For example, fraudsters in Email Scam (Corporate Level) cases would set up a company and open bank accounts in Hong Kong and would instruct a victimised company to make payment into those bank accounts. 

Commercial Crime Bureau (CCB) initiated "Operation WITHUNTER" in January to strengthen co-operation with stakeholders, including accounting, banking, and securities sectors, in preventing and detecting commercial crimes and money laundering activities.

At the invitation of the Hong Kong Securities Professionals Association, CCB officers conducted a Commercial Crime Seminar for over 300 participants as speakers at Duke of Windsor Social Service Building, Wan Chai, on May 7. In their presentations, Chief Inspector Kung Hing-fun and Senior Inspector Lo Pui-yan, both from the Intelligence Division, and Inspector Wong Yue-to from the Technology Crime Division enhanced the audience's knowledge of commercial crimes, technology crimes and money laundering prevention, and stressed the importance of customer due diligence in the securities sector.

CCB will continue to work closely with the securities sector and organise more similar seminars to disseminate crime prevention messages to the professionals.