BEIJING, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Police in Beijing and Macao have detained 39 suspects in an underground lending case involving more than 30 billion yuan (4.4 billion U.S. dollars).
Beijing police said a criminal gang led by a suspect surnamed Xu registered POS machines on the mainland and illegally brought them to casinos in Macao for gamblers to cash out using their credit cards.
After a thorough investigation, Beijing police sent over 100 officers for a raid in Beijing, Hebei, Hubei, Guangdong and Macao. In addition to the suspects, a large amount of renminbi and Hong Kong dollars, four vehicles, 32 illegally-converted POS machines, and a large number of computers and bank cards were confiscated.
Police said further investigation is underway with the assistance from foreign exchange departments to ascertain the criminal facts and maintain financial order.
