First published: 26th February 2013
Hong Kong's Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) has alerted the public about “China Eastern Pacific Insurance Shares Limited”, which is not an authorised insurance company. The company was operating a website, www.eastpc.com.hk where it claimed to be authorised under the Insurance Companies Ordinance. The case is being investigated by the Police. The website is currently unavailable, but anyone who has done business with the company or provided personal information should contact the Police on 2731 7278 or the OCI at 2867 2565.
The full list of authorised insurers in Hong Kong is available on the OCI website.
The eastpc.com.hk domain registration shows that the address of China Eastern Pacific Insurance Shares Limited is in Shanghai. The contact email address is also used for the domain wealthroll.com.hk, registered to "Zhongjin Financial the Global Fund Share Co., Ltd" that shares the same address in Shanghai. The website www.wealthroll.com.hk is currently operational, and the company appears to be providing online trading and other financial services. The site appears to be negligent about their customers' security: the login page is not protected by TLS, and it uses the customer's ID card or passport. Both eastpc.com.hk and wealthroll.com.hk were registered on 31-05-2012 for one year.