"Do you want to redeem and recharge USDT (full name Tether, hereinafter referred to as U-coin)?" "Yes."
On the morning of May 1st, at a square in Anning District, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, Ms. Liao followed the online instructions of her "officer boyfriend" and met her boyfriend's friends with two suitcases. She counted the cash on the spot and after a successful trial transaction of 10,000 yuan, she converted a total of 1 million yuan into U coins in three times and transferred them to the financial management platform.
My boyfriend, a military officer I have never met, shared my experience of investing with him with me
"There is an internal platform of the Hainan Energy International Trading Center, with an interest rate of 15%. I have a special status and cannot open an account. Please help me open an account first and transfer the money to my friend's account. I will pay you back when the money is done."
On April 29, Ms. Liao was in a strong relationship with her boyfriend, a military officer whom she met online. In response to his request, Ms. Liao readily agreed and transferred 150,000 yuan in "account opening fees" to her friend's account.
Faced with the temptation of high returns, Ms. Liao was tempted. After her boyfriend repeatedly showed her the account managed by his friend and made a lot of money, Ms. Liao finally couldn't hold back and made an appointment to withdraw 1 million yuan at 9 am on May 1.
"If you are sure you want to invest, my friend is in Lanzhou. You can give them the cash and they will transfer it into U-coins for you." Ms. Liao, who had just withdrawn money, ran straight to the square at the urging of her boyfriend, and the scene at the beginning appeared.
The financial management platform was profitable, and with her boyfriend's inside information to protect her, on May 3, Ms. Liao, having tasted the sweetness, added another 1 million yuan under her boyfriend's lobbying.
On May 4, Ms. Liao tried to transfer part of the funds for business turnover, but was unable to do so.
"The platform shows profit, but it cannot be transferred out." On the afternoon of May 5, after trying to transfer the money out many times without success, Ms. Liao went to the police station to report the case.
Due to the huge value of the case, the case was taken over by the Criminal Investigation Brigade of Anning Branch of Lanzhou Public Security Bureau, and an investigation was quickly launched.
2 million cash moved to many places, revealing the mystery of the fraud gang
"Unlike traditional telecom fraud cases, this case is not contactless," said Park Chunhu, deputy captain of the criminal investigation team of Anning Branch. After preliminary investigation, the case was identified as a new type of telecom network fraud. The fraud gang contacted potential victims through social platforms, dating websites and other channels to establish a trusting relationship. They used emotional induction, investment temptation and other means to induce victims to register on the designated virtual digital platform and use virtual currency to recharge.
At 23:00 on May 5, police officer Liu Jinlin discovered a car with the license plate "Sichuan G" that had been traded with Ms. Liao heading towards Sichuan.
Considering that the suspect may have laundered money in another place, the Criminal Investigation Brigade of Anning Branch dispatched Park Chunhu and three other police officers to drive to Sichuan overnight. At the same time, the police reported the case to higher authorities step by step, and the relevant police forces cooperated closely. The "officer's" friends Mao and Wu were identified and immediately tracked down online after being identified by Ms. Liao.
The investigation found that in the two offline U-coin exchange transactions, on May 1, Mao and Wu departed from different locations, took the earliest flight to meet at Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport, and then bought a suitcase to arrive at the meeting place with Ms. Liao, and immediately returned to Sichuan after the transaction. On May 3, the two drove to Lanzhou overnight and returned after the transaction. The lessee of the "Chuan A" license plate vehicle was Weng, and Park Chunhu and his team acted quickly and arrested Weng.
"When Weng was arrested, he was chatting with his online friend 'Xiao Yue' and conducting a transaction of 600,000 U coins." However, Weng knew nothing about the information of "Xiao Yue".
On May 6, the police officers in charge of the case received news that the criminal suspect Mao was arrested by the Xi'an Railway Police on his way to Yinchuan to exchange 350,000 U coins, and Wu was arrested in Leshan.
According to the confession, the two had not known each other before. From May 1 to 3, they received notifications from their superior Ma and went to Lanzhou together twice to withdraw 2 million yuan in cash. After receiving the cash, Ma redeemed the U coins from his superior Yang and recharged them to the virtual investment platform on his behalf.
Based on this, the mystery of the fraud gang consisting of Mao, Wu and others as backpackers and upstream criminal suspects such as Ma and Yang was unveiled.
The police of the task force followed the clues and carried out a cross-provincial operation to crack down on the entire chain
According to the progress of the case, the Lanzhou Public Security Bureau set up a special task force to investigate a number of similar fraud cases in Lanzhou, Tianjin, Xi'an and other places. By tracking the flow of virtual currency and combining investigative methods, they identified the suspects and carried out cross-provincial arrests.
In just two weeks, the police of the task force went to Chengdu, Chongqing, Shanxi, Puyang, Xi'an and other places to conduct in-depth investigation and arrest work. With reasonable division of labor and continuous operations, and with the cooperation of local police, they successfully arrested 15 criminal suspects related to upstream fraud gang members, backpackers and virtual currency trading platforms, solved 15 cases, and interrupted the operation chain of the criminal gang in one fell swoop.
"Backpackers are usually gang members or hired third parties. The meeting place agreed with the victim is usually a public place to reduce the victim's vigilance." It is reported that the fraud gang uses virtual currency platform transactions to launder the USDT coins received and convert them into other forms of funds or currencies. The process may involve multiple accounts and trading platforms to conceal the flow of funds and evade police tracking.
At present, the case is still under investigation.
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