Cyber Crime Investigation in Hong Kong
Cyber Crime Investigation Services in Hong Kong
Digitpol Hong Kong provides cybercrime investigations, offering expert solutions for hacking incidents, data breaches, phishing attacks, online fraud, and digital intrusions. Our certified cyber forensic specialists recover and analyze digital evidence with precision, even in complex cross-border cases.
While the Hong Kong Police handle official criminal proceedings, Digitpol, a private company assists victims by delivering detailed forensic reports covering evidence, system logs, and timelines. For cases involving financial theft, we coordinate rapidly with banks and authorities to protect and recover stolen assets.
Email Fraud Investigation
Digitpol's Cyber and Fraud Team are certified fraud and forensic examiners and can deploy to assist with all cases related to email fraud, email spear phishing attacks, email scams and on-line related fraud. Phishing attacks, email fraud, scams, online fraud happens in most cases when cyber criminals find ways to hack into the email servers or accounts of small and medium companies, often targeting those with business in Asia countries.
Cyber criminals gain access to email accounts and search through email accounts looking for sensitive information such as outstanding, unpaid invoices or data relating to financial transactions and business between supplier, vendor and clients.
Hacking Investigation
We investigate and analyse unauthorised cyber access or hacking incidents such as when someone gains access to your cloud, server or physical device without your permission. Hackers may gain access to your computer or device through security weaknesses, malware or phishing. Once they have compromised your email, banking or social media accounts, they can change passwords preventing you from accessing your account.
Scammers often send out messages impersonating and directing people to fake websites, or asking them to send money. Modern attacks are very sophisticated the fake websites may seem to be genuine.
Transferred Stolen Funds to Hong Kong by Fraud?
Financial fraud is rampant and offshore jurisdictions are a key target for the transfer of stolen funds. Digitpol, a Cyber Crime Investigation Agency provides operational and forensic support to firms and persons that have fallen victim to financial crimes. When the stolen funds have been wired to bank accounts in Hong Kong, Digitpol’s office in Hong Kong steps in to assist. Digitpol provides assistance to victims by acting on their behalf locally in Hong Kong.
Digitpol's legal partner is an expert in the recovery of funds in Hong Kong and mainland China, jointly the combination of investigative support and legal services we offer International firms and victims rapid response expertise to assist with the investigation, possible seizure and recovery of stolen funds.
Stock or Investment Fraud
Digitpol conducts investigations into Stock Broker Fraud and Investment Fraud, such crimes are rising rapidly, scams such as stock fraud, issuing of shares, broker fraud and investment scams are all well organized and not easily to detect. Digitpol has seen an increase in Investment and stockbroker scams targeting Hong Kong.
Digitpol’s operational units deploy daily to assist with the checks on issued shares, validate share certificates, validate investment firms offering such sales and to report crimes to the Police and liaise with banks and legal authorities to recover funds. If you have wired funds to Hong Kong for Stock Shares and you later discover it is fraudulent, you need to report this as soon as possible to Police and to your bank. Follow the advise below.
If you are a victim of a cyber crime and you transferred funds to HK, Follow these steps.
You need to respond quickly. Email Fraud in its several formats such as online identity theft, financial fraud, stalking, bullying, hacking, e-mail fraud, email spoofing, invoice fraud, email scams, banking scam, CEO fraud. Cyber fraud can lead to major disruption and financial disasters.
- Immediately alert your bank the transaction is fraudulent. This is most urgent.
- Report the incident as soon as possible to your local police in the country you reside in. Obtain the Police report or case number
- Report the case to the Hong Kong Police. Obtain the Police report or case number.
- When required, engage Digitpol and its legal team to act for you in Hong Kong to examine the evidence, prepare a report, investigate the case, and liaise with the Authorities and the Banks.
- If your physically located in Hong Kong, go directly to a Police station, and bring all the evidence with you.
- Before you submit data to us, watch the step by step explainer on what to do if your a victim of Stock or Investment Fraud What To Do If Your a Victim of Email or Invoice Fraud
How We Can Help
If you have wired funds from abroad to Hong Kong and later discovered the transaction was fraudulent, we can assist you by compiling a forensic report and liaising with the receiving bank and the Hong Kong Police.
We provide both operational and forensic support to companies that have fallen victim to BEC fraud, email scams, invoice fraud, or other cyber-enabled financial crimes where stolen funds have been transferred to bank accounts in Hong Kong.
Digitpol acts on behalf of international firms locally in Hong Kong, offering a rapid response through our investigative expertise. In partnership with our legal experts and specialists in fund recovery in both Hong Kong and mainland China, we deliver a combined investigative and legal approach to support the seizure and recovery of stolen assets.
Please note: only the Hong Kong Police or the Hong Kong High Court have the legal authority to seize funds. Our role is to provide the necessary evidence, documentation, and liaison support to facilitate such actions effectively.