Detected unauthorized transactions using portable terminals of UnionPay International in Macau amounted to MOP1.22 billion ($153 million) in 2015.

Macau’s Judicial Police (PJ) opened 30 cases related to unauthorized UnionPay use, of which 24 were delivered to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP).

From these cases, which were mostly detected in hotels not in casinos, 76 suspects were handed to MP, including 13 Macau residents, 62 from Mainland China, and one from Taiwan. In addition, 71 point of sale machines were seized, reported Portuguese News Agency Lusa.

In 2014, the PJ opened 47 cases involving illegal transactions, with a total of MOP784 million. These illegal transactions cost UnionPay MOP2.29 million in lost fees in 2015, up from MOP1.56 million in 2014.