According to a report by Xiamen Evening News on January 3, a man stole virtual currency from others and realized more than 1.6 million yuan because he incurred losses while helping a friend invest in futures. Recently, the Huli District Procuratorate in Xiamen, China, examined and prosecuted this theft case. In September 2021, the defendant Chen met the victim Hong through a friend's introduction. At that time, Hong had a strong interest in virtual currency investment, and Chen had some knowledge in this area, so Hong entrusted Chen to assist with virtual currency investments and provided his account and login password. In June 2022, Chen suffered losses while helping a friend invest in futures, leading to debts. Chen then came up with the idea of stealing the virtual currency from Hong's account. At the end of September 2022, Chen fabricated a story about the account being disconnected to deceive Hong into providing various verification codes. Subsequently, he successfully changed the account's login password and replaced the bound email with his own. By this point, Hong's account was under Chen's control. Afterward, Chen repeatedly used the excuse of the account being disconnected to trick Hong into providing real-time verification codes, continuously transferring the virtual currency from Hong's account to his own. He then quickly sold these virtual currencies for a profit of more than 1.6 million yuan, using all of it to pay off personal debts. In May 2024, Chen voluntarily went to the police station to confess and truthfully admitted his crimes. The Huli District Procuratorate filed charges against Chen for theft. According to Article 264 of the Criminal Law, theft of public or private property that is particularly large in amount or has other particularly serious circumstances is punishable by more than ten years of fixed-term imprisonment or life imprisonment, and fines or confiscation of property may also be imposed.