With just a few clicks, you can open an account, transfer money in and out, and purchase virtual currency to get commissions. But be careful, as you may be suspected of committing a crime.

Recently, the Jiaozhou City Public Security Bureau is about to review and prosecute a case involving the use of virtual currency to assist in information network crimes. Nine suspects of related crimes have been arrested and the funds involved in the case amount to more than 8 million yuan.

Online fugitive leads to a case within a case

In February 2024, the Madian Police Station of the Jiaozhou Municipal Public Security Bureau discovered that an online fugitive named Xue, who was suspected of telecommunications fraud, appeared near Jiaozhou. The police immediately took action and arrested Xue at his residence on February 24.

After Xue was arrested, the police discovered during the investigation of Xue that the cooperative relationship between Xue and a man was very suspicious. From the chat records between Xue and the other party, they found that Xue had helped the other party open a public account, and the other party agreed to pay corresponding remuneration. The account names were basically related to "study abroad". Due to the complexity of the case, the police immediately reported to the superior department to set up a special task force to investigate.

"After analyzing the transfer records containing the name 'study abroad', the task force speculated that the suspect mainly used the business license to open a corporate account and then purchased 'U coins' to launder illegal funds." said Ding Zizhen, a police officer from Madian Police Station.

In order to cut off the criminal chain, the police took immediate action, found out the identity of the other party was Kuang, and arrested him near an airport before February 26. After work, Kuang truthfully confessed the process of his collusion with Sun, Sui and others to commit crimes. The three did not meet often, and basically communicated in the form of online chatting during the process of committing crimes.

Collect first and buy later to complete the black transaction

According to Kuang's confession, in September 2023, Kuang's good friend Sun contacted him and said that there was a job that could make money quickly and asked him if he was interested. However, after hearing Sun say that this so-called "job that makes money quickly" actually required him to open a public account himself to handle the transactions, and that all the funds were illegally obtained, Kuang was shaken, but he finally agreed under the temptation of benefits.

Not long after engaging in the activities of helping others, Kuang asked his good friends Xue and Sui to join him. "Because a large number of corporate accounts were needed, I asked my friends to help me with this. They bought business licenses issued with other people's identity documents, and I gave them corresponding rewards," said Kuang.

Kuang and Sun registered a public account to collect money. Sun was responsible for contacting the upline to deposit the money into the account. Kuang transferred the money to Sui to buy "U coins". After the last few people took a cut, they returned the illegal funds to the upline in the form of "U coins". They used this set of procedures to start the road of helping the letter crime in November 2023.

Thunder strikes to cut off the chain of crime

Based on the clues, Jiaozhou police quickly found the whereabouts of Sun and Sui, and arrested them in February. They confessed to their crimes. Four months later, police arrested six people including Kuang who were suspected of buying and selling national certificates.

"The flow of money is very complicated. We just buy 'U coins' according to the wishes of the upstream suppliers and then return them." Sun said, "According to the agreed commission, I take 6%, Kuang takes 5%, and we also agreed to give Sui a commission..."

After investigation, it was found that by the time they were arrested, the three had used illegal activities to settle a total of more than 8 million yuan. At present, Kuang and three others have been criminally detained according to law, and Kuang and six others have been released on bail pending trial according to law. The case is under further investigation.

The Jiaozhou Public Security Bureau will continue to maintain a high-pressure situation, using the summer public security crackdown and rectification campaign as a starting point to intensify the investigation of criminal activities that help to deceive people and protect people's wallets. Jiaozhou Public Security also reminds people not to lend their ID cards, bank cards, etc. with their identity information to others to prevent them from being used for illegal activities. #内容挖矿 #BTC Follow me! Get more information about the cryptocurrency circle!