Scam targeted Taiwanese abroad, police say

By Liu Ching-hou and Esme Yeh / Staff reporters Add TT as Preferred Source A Taiwan-based scam ring allegedly funneled more than NT$5 billion (US$156 million) a year to China while targeting Taiwanese and Chinese in the US, Japan and Canada, police said yesterday.Police revealed the case after more than a dozen people were arrested for allegedly transporting cash in a scheme targeting a Taiwanese woman surnamed Hsu (徐) living in California.Amid a surge in the stock market last year, the group targeted Hsu, who is in her 80s and has been living in California for nearly 30 years, although most of her family lives in Taiwan, police said in a statement. An infographic warns about scams. Photo courtesy of the Taipei City Police Department The group sent members to California, who operated in te