i want to recognize sergeant jason hui and captain sergio chin who are here from the special victims unit. they are still investigating this case and are looking for more victims if they're out there, but i think they deserve a round of applause for putting together this case and continuing the investigation. [applause] >> a couple of safety tips for the residents. be cautious if you're approached by a stranger who asks you to follow them somewhere, wants to come home with you, ask you to withdraw money from an a.t.m., or engages in similar suspicious behavior. when in doubt, please contact the police. a lot of people ask the police department a lot of questions about what number they should call. this is definitely a 911 call to the police department because it is an active crime in progress and this person is trying to harm someone else, so please call 911. all of you, please help spread the word during this lunar new year about the existence of these potential scams, especially to our el dder community members who are often the targets of these scams. in closing, i'd like to urge

the first is we want to thank you, san francisco police department, for assigning sergeant jason hui to be my partner in the series of blessing scams. sergeant hui, who's somewhere behind me, has worked tirelessly on this case. he worked the entire night of this case, and he hasn't taken a day off during the three-week holiday. he is a great partner in this case. the other thing is i want to thank community for stepping forward with videos, and for taking the time to talk to us. over the years, the blessing scam, as we found out, is an international crime syndicate coming out of one city in main land china. we've had many -- help from many agencies across the globe. i don't have time to list the names, but i do have a chinese interpretation of agencies that helped us in this particular series of ten cases in the last couple of months. finally, i want to share something. i get very emotional when i think about this, a lot of folks, whether english or chinese speakers, they come to me because i have interviewed at least 60 victims of these blessing scam cases since 2012. and they ask m