Recently, the Shaxian branch of the Sanming Public Security Bureau dismantled 2 money laundering gangs involved in 'Card to U' in its jurisdiction, arresting 6 criminal suspects, and initially determining the amount involved to be 1.3 million yuan.
Since mid to late October 2024, the criminal investigation and anti-fraud department of the Shaxian branch of the Sanming Public Security Bureau received clues indicating that multiple criminal gangs suspected of illegally transferring fraud-related funds existed in Shaxian urban area. They promptly organized elite police forces and worked with the anti-fraud special team of the Sanming Public Security Bureau to conduct in-depth linkage and analysis of the clues, and through close cooperation among multiple departments, they quickly identified two criminal gangs led by Huang and Chen as having significant criminal suspicion.
Investigation revealed that since September 2024, the gang leaders Huang and Chen have recruited many people both online and offline, with a tight organizational structure and clear division of labor, undertaking 'score-running' operations on illegal platforms and organizing personnel to withdraw fraudulently deposited funds at ATMs. Further analysis by investigators also uncovered unusual aspects. The two gangs did not use traditional methods such as transferring or transporting cash to return the withdrawn illegal funds to their superiors, but instead adopted a method known as 'Card to U'.
After basically clarifying the criminal facts, from October 16 to 23, 2024, the criminal investigation department organized nearly 20 police forces into multiple groups to carry out a unified arrest operation in Shaxian urban area, successively arresting 6 criminal suspects including Huang and Chen, seizing and freezing 43,000 yuan in cash, confiscating more than 40 bank cards used for the crime, 10 mobile phones, and 2 vehicles.
During interrogation, criminal suspects Huang and Chen confessed to transferring illegal funds for others using the 'Card to U' method for profit, fully aware that others were engaged in telecom network fraud and other illegal activities. Currently, public security organs have initially determined the amount involved to be over 1.3 million yuan, and criminal suspects Huang, Chen, and others have been subjected to criminal coercive measures.
According to police officer Liao Shengyang, who is handling the case, 'Card to U' is a method that has emerged in recent years for criminal gangs to transfer illegal funds. 'Score-running' gangs connect with their superiors through chat software, receive bank cards sent by them, withdraw fraudulently deposited funds at ATMs of various business outlets in the jurisdiction, and purchase virtual currency U coin (USTD) from 'currency merchants' to transfer to designated digital wallet addresses, thereby allowing scammers to transfer and launder illegal proceeds.
