Police say the three are suspected of uploading RAT results that did not belong to them.
Hong Kong police have arrested three more people for submitting fake positive Covid-19 tests to the authorities, while the city’s health minister has pledged to verify all such results unless the city sees a significant rise in daily infections.
Two men and a woman, aged 24 to 38, were arrested in Chai Wan and Sai Kung on Thursday. Among them was a 38-year-old paramedic, who was also arrested for fraud, and his girlfriend.
Chief Inspector Cheng Chak-yan, of the police force’s cybersecurity and technology crime bureau, on Friday said the three were suspected of uploading the results of a rapid antigen test (RAT) that did not belong to them in March and April to obtain isolation orders issued by the government.
Two men and a woman, aged 24 to 38, were arrested in Chai Wan and Sai Kung on Thursday. Among them was a 38-year-old paramedic, who was also arrested for fraud, and his girlfriend.
Chief Inspector Cheng Chak-yan, of the police force’s cybersecurity and technology crime bureau, on Friday said the three were suspected of uploading the results of a rapid antigen test (RAT) that did not belong to them in March and April to obtain isolation orders issued by the government.