On the evening of April 9, 2024, in Tianshui, Gansu, a woman surnamed Zhang rushed to the Maiji Branch of the Municipal Public Security Bureau to report the case.
She said that she was robbed of 770,000 yuan in cash by two strangers on a remote road in the suburbs yesterday afternoon. After the robbery, she immediately took a photo of the suspect's vehicle with her mobile phone.
After listening to the story, the police felt that this robbery was very strange. When a large amount of cash was robbed, ordinary people would feel helpless and would call the police immediately. But Ms. Zhang acted very calmly, as if she was not the one being robbed. Moreover, she called the police a day later.
What makes the police even more suspicious is that, at a time when electronic payment is very popular, why did Ms. Zhang carry a large amount of cash when traveling? And according to Ms. Zhang's description, she was in the same car with the two suspects when the crime occurred. How could this be possible?
When questioned by the police, Ms. Zhang stammered, "This is money for my son to buy a house."
"These two strange men pretended to be real estate agents and took me to see the house."
“It wasn’t until I got in the car that I realized something was wrong.”
But Ms. Zhang's words made the police feel something was wrong. Even if a normal person was buying a house, it was impossible for him to go out with a huge amount of cash without seeing the house first, right? Besides, nowadays, large transactions are all done by credit card or transfer.
The police asked Ms. Zhang why she brought so much money before even looking at the house. Ms. Zhang's eyes wandered and she stammered and couldn't say anything. Under the constant questioning of the investigators, Ms. Zhang finally couldn't hold it anymore, and a shocking case was revealed...
The police were right in their guess. There was indeed something hidden behind this robbery. Ms. Zhang had encountered a "pig-killing scam." She was both a victim and a criminal.
It is said that you need to be cautious when dating online, as you cannot afford to fall into the sweet trap. This is reflected vividly in Ms. Zhang.
Many years ago, Ms. Zhang and her husband divorced because of emotional discord. For more than 20 years, she has been living alone. Life is monotonous and boring. Ms. Zhang's biggest hobby is to post videos and photos on social platforms. One day, a man took the initiative to greet her under her video and praised her for her beauty. The two chatted privately, and the man said that he was a military officer in a certain army and fell in love with her at first sight.
Ms. Zhang's heart was moved by these words. "I have been lonely for so many years, and there happened to be such a person who has such good conditions to pursue me. I felt like I had won the lottery, I was very lucky." Just like that, the two successfully added each other as friends.
As soon as they added each other as friends, the man sent his ID to Ms. Zhang, which made Ms. Zhang believe it. During this period, the man kept asking about her well-being and was very gentle and considerate.
Ms. Zhang said: "People who have been hurt are afraid of meeting those with bad habits. Now that such a person appears in front of me, I think this is my ideal type." So she agreed to the man's proposal.
After they started dating, her boyfriend told her that he would retire in a few months and they would live a good life together. These words made her full of beautiful visions for their future.
As the conversation deepened, the boyfriend mentioned that he had an old squad leader who was an investor. This old squad leader was very capable and made money on everything he invested in. The boyfriend showed that he wanted to follow him in investing. In order to live a happier life with her boyfriend, Ms. Zhang agreed to follow the old squad leader in investing in a Hong Kong gold company. Gradually, she invested more than 3 million yuan.
With the "professional management" of her boyfriend and the old squad leader, the amount in Ms. Zhang's account once soared to 13 million! This made Ms. Zhang smile. However, when she happily went to withdraw the money, the staff told her that she needed to pay more than 2 million yuan in taxes before she could withdraw the money.
This made Ms. Zhang dumbfounded. Didn't she already have more than 10 million? Why did she need to pay more than 2 million to withdraw the money? What should she do? The more than 3 million yuan she invested had already drained her out. Part of it was her own savings, and part was borrowed from relatives and friends. How could she have extra money? Because she couldn't raise the tax, Ms. Zhang once wanted to give up withdrawing the money.
But her boyfriend said, "You are going to give up more than 13 million just for more than 2 million? Isn't that a loss?"
Of course it was a loss. But Ms. Zhang couldn't find a better way. At this time, her boyfriend proposed a solution. He asked the old squad leader to borrow more than 700,000 yuan, deposited it into Ms. Zhang's account, and let her withdraw it and recharge it to the platform to exchange virtual currency.
Then withdraw the virtual currency, so that the tax can be paid smoothly. If you don't agree, you can't even withdraw the principal. In order to get back the principal you invested, Ms. Zhang had to agree.
The old squad leader arranged two staff members, one was Feng and the other was He. The two and Ms. Zhang withdrew cash and exchanged virtual currency. However, when Ms. Zhang withdrew the money and the three got on the car, Feng and He did not follow the old squad leader's request.
They told Ms. Zhang that this was not a loan from the old squad leader, but a sum of stolen money from online fraud. The so-called old squad leader was actually an online fraud platform, and they used Ms. Zhang to launder the stolen money. If they rushed into the platform, it would be like throwing meat buns at a dog, and there would be no return. It would be better for the three of them to split the money equally. But Ms. Zhang didn't believe it, let alone agree. If she split the money equally with these two people, she would definitely not be able to withdraw more than 13 million.
Seeing that Ms. Zhang refused to cooperate, the two sides argued, and He and Feng took the money and directly pushed Ms. Zhang out of the car. Ms. Zhang fell to the ground with bruises on her face.
Ms. Zhang immediately told the old squad leader about this. The old squad leader wanted to get the money back, so he asked Ms. Zhang to call the police for help. But he told her not to tell the truth. She just had to say that she was robbed and asked the police to give her a receipt as soon as possible, so as to force Feng and He to hand over 770,000 yuan in cash. So there was the scene mentioned above where Ms. Zhang called the police and said she was robbed.
It turns out that the robbery is real, the gangsters are real, and Ms. Zhang was defrauded online. Money laundering is even more real...
Through Ms. Zhang's description, the police understood why she was so calm when she was robbed of 770,000 yuan. The police determined that Ms. Zhang had encountered a pig-killing scam.
Ms. Zhang's boyfriend under military control was a fictitious character created by a fraud gang in order to defraud her of her money.
As for the 770,000 yuan of funds that Ms. Zhang mentioned, it was actually the money that another victim was defrauded of. In other words, Ms. Zhang not only encountered a pig-killing scam, but also became a money laundering tool for the fraud gang. This case involves a fraud group and a money laundering group.
According to police investigation, the fraud group was overseas, and it was very difficult to solve the case. They could only start from the money laundering group in China. With the efforts of police in many places, they finally caught He and Feng, who were cheating on each other on the Wuhan Railway.
During the investigation, the police discovered that Ms. Zhang was hiding something. This was not the first time she had helped the fraud gang withdraw money. There were abnormal transactions on many of her bank cards, and one of them was frozen due to multiple abnormal transfers.
At that time, the bank staff asked her to inquire about the situation. Ms. Zhang contacted the Guangzhou police, who gave her information that it was a fraud. In other words, Ms. Zhang did not help the fraudsters to withdraw money under the condition of being completely deceived, but knew that it was a fraud, but did not stop. She is also suspected of committing a crime.
Faced with the police's investigation, Ms. Zhang broke down and cried. She said that part of the 3 million yuan was hers, and most of it was borrowed. During this period, the creditor was constantly asking for repayment. Later, she realized that she might have been cheated, but she still held on to a glimmer of hope because she didn't dare to face the cruel reality. Only by believing that what the other party said was true, could she get back the 3 million yuan.
At present, the Maiji police have transferred Ms. Zhang, Feng, He and their superiors Chen and Zhu to the procuratorate for review and prosecution on suspicion of concealing and hiding the proceeds of crime. This tortuous story is full of emotion.
According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, women who make friends online usually want a sense of belonging and love, and want to get rid of loneliness. They are sensitive people who pay more attention to emotional values and often lack a sense of security to a certain extent. Ms. Zhang, who divorced early in her life, completely fits this type.
Lonely Ms. Zhang met a handsome, responsible, successful man online. He asked her about her well-being every day, talked about poetry and songs, and expressed his love for her. How could Ms. Zhang not love him? Excessive love and trust made her lose her guard.
But Ms. Zhang never thought about how the perfect tall, rich and handsome man on the Internet would fall in love with you? You have never met each other. He has the means to make money, but why did he not make a fortune himself? Why did it happen to you? There is no perfect person in the world. If there is, he must be a liar. It is understandable to want to make money, but you must also recognize whether you have the ability to match it.
Especially when transferring money, you must think carefully. You do nothing at home, but more than 3 million can increase to more than 13 million. How could such a good thing fall on you?
As the book "The Way of the Wolf" says: "Food that comes to your mouth without any effort is either poison or bait." For ordinary people, the moment you realize you have been cheated, you must choose to call the police. Only by calling the police can you minimize the loss.
But Ms. Zhang did not do so. From the moment she chose to seek the skin of a tiger, tragedy was doomed. Not only did she lose everything and owe a lot of foreign debts, but she also went from being a victim to a money launderer for the fraud gang.
As of now, she is suspected of concealing the proceeds of crime and aiding in money laundering through telecom fraud, and her sentencing is a foregone conclusion.
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