Liu Lien, the former chairman and lawyer of Taiwan's Mingban Company, who was very active in the cryptocurrency industry, was suspected of setting up Ximan Technology Company to assist three illegal gambling websites in money laundering. Investigation revealed that the transaction amount was underreported last year as high as 39.4 billion yuan. , and earned up to 470 million yuan in handling fees. On the 25th, the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office prosecuted Liu Li'en and 17 group members for organized crime, gambling, money laundering and other crimes, and also sentenced Liu Li'en to 9 years in prison. (Preliminary summary: The Beijing Prosecutor's Office indicted Ke Wenzhe for 168 pages! The truth about the 1,500 Bitcoins was exposed: it was all fake money) (Background supplement: A slap in the face and a famous talker stole the cold wallet! Ke Wenzhe's "1,500" non-Bitcoins, the Beijing Prosecutor's Office seized Jinghua City Land Ruling Revealed) According to ETtoday, Liberty Times and other reports, Liu Lien is the lawyer in charge of Tianyuan Law Firm and the former chairman of Taiwan Mingban Company. In the past 10 years, he has often appeared in various blockchain and cryptocurrency projects. While attending seminars and seminars on new technological innovations, the Hong Kong Pago Digital company he ran was once investigated by the police for allegedly illegally selling tens of thousands of phone numbers to fraud groups, but was not prosecuted because there was no evidence. Liu Lien was suspected of setting up Ximan Technology Company to assist three illegal gambling websites in money laundering. Investigation revealed that last year, he underreported more than 39.4 billion yuan in transaction amounts and earned up to 470 million yuan in handling fees. The Taipei District Prosecutor's Office indicted Liu Li'en and a total of 17 group members on the 25th for organized crime, gambling, money laundering and other crimes. Liu Li'en was also sentenced to nine years in prison. The Taipei District Court held a transfer court last night and pointed out that Liu Lien and co-defendants Li Chunwei and Xu Jiahao all had reasons for being detained, and the accomplice Lin Dingjiu had not yet arrived in the case, but Liu and the other three people were not detained. They ordered Liu to pay NT$4 million each. Post bail, Li 1.5 million yuan, and Xu 500,000 yuan, all of which are restricted from leaving the country, going overseas, and living. Liu Lien said that he knew that Ximan Company was indeed involved in collecting money from gaming groups and admitted to gambling crimes. However, he had not hired an accountant to make false accounts in the more than 20 years since he started his business, and he had been developing based on the Internet business model in the 10 years since he founded Ximan. direction, therefore denying any violation of commercial accounting laws or organized crime regulations as alleged by prosecutors. He was prosecuted for laundering 470 million yuan for a gaming group. According to the prosecutor's indictment, Liu Lien was indicted in 2019 on suspicion of helping a fraud gang launder money. However, during the court trial, he started a new business and established Heman Technology Company under the guise of buying and selling electronic gift certificates. , which actually operates a third-party payment platform. The investigation found that between January 1 last year and June 24 this year, Ximan Company laundered money for illegal gaming websites and groups such as "FA8 Entertainment City", "DLY", and "TU" and earned 470 million yuan from it. Ximan Company deliberately omitted to report more than 4.27 million transactions that year, involving an income of 19.78 billion yuan and an expense of 19.69 billion yuan. The prosecutors criticized Liu Li'en for using fraud techniques to evade detection, evading important matters during the investigation, trying to confuse right and wrong, hindering the investigation of the prosecutor's office, and deleting key evidence such as conversation records between Ximan Company and merchants. He had a bad attitude after committing the crime and recommended that the court be petitioned. 9 years in prison from weight. In addition, Liu Lien deliberately omitted to report a transaction fee of approximately 4.27 million yuan that year, and used Heman Company's false financial report for 2023 to file a tax return with the Ministry of Finance and the National Taxation Bureau, which violated the (Tax Collection Law). This part is under investigation in a separate case. They were roommates in the Shen Qingjing Detention Center. In addition, it is worth noting that when Liu Lien was previously detained, his roommate was Shen Qingjing, the defendant in the Jinghua City scandal case and the chairman of the Weiking Group. The two of them often chatted together because they were locked in the same room. Shen Qingjing was suspected to have been there many times. Liu Lien was asked for his opinion on the case. Later, he asked his lawyer to apply for bail on several occasions due to his serious condition. However, the court rejected the request. After it was revealed that the two were in the same room, Liu Lien was immediately moved to another room. Related reports Taiwan’s Supervisory Yuan: The Ministry of the Interior discussed that virtual currencies should not be used as political donations. In August, it sent personnel to inspect Ke Wenzhe’s election income and expenditure. Huida released AI detection cash flow technology: Can it speed up the tracking of illegal activities in the chain and the investigation of Ke Wenzhe’s case? ? Ke Wenzhe’s cold wallet was found! The investigation is troubled by "It cannot be opened without a password." Experts: It can be frozen without a mnemonic. "The former chairman of Taiwan Mingban was involved in a gaming fraud of 40 billion. The famous lawyer Liu Li'en was sentenced to 9 years in prison for laundering 470 million in commissions." The article was first published in BlockTempo, the most influential blockchain news media.