On September 20, news from CoinWorld reported, according to Hong Kong media Dongwang, that the Hong Kong police received a report from a 75-year-old local man, stating that he had earlier received a call from someone claiming to be a virtual currency investment expert, persuading the victim to invest in the virtual currency ETH with high returns. The victim then followed the instructions and successively deposited a total of approximately 26.2 million Hong Kong dollars worth of virtual currency into 6 accounts 19 times between July 11 and September 9. The Hong Kong police stated that this case has been classified as obtaining property by deception and is being followed up by the Criminal Investigation Team No. 9 of the Wan Chai Police District, with no arrests made yet.