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  "id": 928512,
  "title": "Hong Kong logs over 2,100 investment scams in first half of 2026, losses totalling HK$1.6 billion",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/hong-kong-logs-over-2-100-investment-scams-in-first-half-of-2026-928512",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-15T01:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hong Kong Free Press",
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    "url": "https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/15/hong-kong-logs-over-2100-investment-scams-in-first-half-of-2026-losses-totalling-hk1-6-billion/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Hong Kong has logged over 2,100 investment scam cases in the first half of 2026, with losses totalling HK$1.6 billion, the police have said. Police said on Friday that, while investment scams accounted for only one-tenth of the 20,613 deception cases recorded in the first half of the year, they made up nearly half of […]",
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