On August 26, the criminal investigation detachment of the Songjiang Branch of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau learned that someone was going to trade 1 million yuan of virtual currency in a restaurant in Songjiang District the next day. The detachment immediately started dissuasion work with the local Zhongshan Police Station. At about 9:30 the next day, they met the potential victim, Ms. Zhu, at the door of the restaurant and found two large bags of cash totaling 1 million yuan in the back seat of her car.
Ms. Zhu told the police that she met a man who claimed to be an "active military officer" on the Internet on August 20. As the "military officer" showed concern and care to Ms. Zhu every day, their feelings quickly heated up and they soon established a "romantic relationship."
During this time, the "boyfriend" revealed to Ms. Zhu that he had inside information and was making a lot of money. He was also investing and took the initiative to provide his account to Ms. Zhu to "test the waters" for investment. After seeing the "boyfriend's" account earning profits, coupled with his "military identity", Ms. Zhu believed in the "boyfriend" and believed that this was really a way to make a lot of money.
Under the persuasion of her "boyfriend", Ms. Zhu decided to increase her investment, downloaded the APP and opened an account according to the website recommended by her "boyfriend". After also getting good returns, Ms. Zhu borrowed 1 million yuan from a friend and withdrew the cash, preparing to conduct virtual currency investment transactions offline according to the other party's instructions.
He and Jiang approached Ms. Zhu's car and prepared to trade. After the police's persuasion, Ms. Zhu came to her senses and took the initiative to cooperate with the police to mediate with the other party and re-arranged the offline transaction. At about 19:00 that day, two men with large handbags came into the police's sight. When they saw the two men approaching Ms. Zhu's car and trying to trade, the police took timely action to stop the transaction and summoned the two men, He and Jiang, to the case on the spot.
He and Jiang were arrested by the police. After interrogation, it was found that He and Jiang were hired by their fellow villagers to do "offline withdrawal" work and provided daily wages and food, lodging and travel expenses. On August 27, after He received an "offline withdrawal" order in Songjiang District, he asked Ms. Zhu to add his WeChat first and conduct some virtual currency transactions. Then he asked Ms. Zhu to send the virtual currency payment address. After He's "upper" transferred a small amount of virtual currency to confirm the address was correct, he counted the cash and prepared to complete the full amount of virtual currency transfer.
At present, the suspect He has been detained by the police for allegedly concealing and hiding the proceeds of crime, and the case is under further investigation. #内容挖矿 Follow me! Get more information about the cryptocurrency world! #BTC #BNB #ETH
