According to BlockBeats, on September 12, Cankaoxiaoxi reported that the Changhua police announced on the 10th that they had cracked a fraud group headed by a man named Lin, who used virtual currency to commit fraud. After investigation, 68 people were defrauded of about NT$100 million (NT$1 is about RMB 0.22). The police said that after questioning, Lin and nine others were sent to the prosecution for fraud and other crimes, and two of them were detained and denied access by the prosecutor.
Zhang Anjin, deputy captain of the Criminal Police Brigade of the Changhua County Police Department, said in a joint interview with the media that in September 2023, a man surnamed Zhan went to the police station to report that he was deceived by netizens to join an investment group on a social platform and had to pay cash in person to buy virtual currency, and then transfer the virtual currency to the wallet address provided by the customer service staff of the investment platform. When Zhan was ready to withdraw cash, he was told that he had to invest another 10% of his profit as "tax" before he could withdraw cash. The man was defrauded of NT$3.4 million before he realized he had been deceived and reported to the police.
The police pointed out that when the police officers went to the fraud group's rental house in Taichung City to arrest Lin, Lin went to the roof to destroy evidence and hide cash. Later, he saw that there was no way to escape and had to surrender.
The police said that after investigation, 68 people were confirmed to be victims, and the proceeds of crime seized included 2 imported cars, land, cash, deposits and virtual currencies. The 9 members of the fraud group were transferred to the Changhua District Prosecutor's Office for investigation, and the prosecutor's office applied to the court for detention and no-contact with Lin and the other 2 people, which was approved.
