Xiao Ming received a link in a WeChat group, "Do you want to make money?" Make money? Hesitating for a second is disrespectful to the dream of "getting rich overnight"! He immediately opened the link and carefully learned how to resell USDT (Tether) to make money. After being prepared, Xiao Ming took action immediately...
Xiao Ming first bought Tether at a normal price on Platform A, and then went to Platform B to sell it at a price significantly higher than the market price (market price: selling price = 7.3:8.0). After a buyer agreed to buy, he operated multiple online shopping accounts and placed orders for several Apple phones at multiple merchants, using the payment function to let the Tether buyer pay for the phone. After receiving the online-purchased phone, Xiao Ming sold it to an offline mobile phone store, and then used the proceeds from the sale of the phone to continue buying Tether, starting a new round of operations.
Almost at the same time, Xiaoling (pseudonym) reported to the police because of telecommunications fraud. After investigation by the public security organs, it was found that the funds Xiaoling was defrauded of seemed to be related to Xiaoming...
Case Analysis
I believe you, with your sharp eyes, have already noticed that this method of making money is unusual...
In fact, this is a "money laundering" transaction: On Tether Trading Platform B, Xiao Ming sold Tether at a price significantly higher than the market price, and the fraudster placed an order to buy it as a Tether buyer. Xiao Ming followed the "Operation Guide" to manipulate multiple real-name authentication accounts of himself and others, and purchased mobile phones online from different merchants, and used the payment function to let the fraudsters pay for the purchase of the mobile phones. In this way, the fraudulent funds were "safely" remitted to the merchant accounts of the online shopping platform, and the criminal proceeds in the hands of the fraudsters became Tether, thus achieving the purpose of "money laundering"; Xiao Ming sold Tether at a high price, and the purchased mobile phones were sold offline and also reaped a lot of benefits. In just one month, Xiao Ming resold more than 90 mobile phones in this way, helping the fraudsters transfer more than 800,000 yuan in funds. The money defrauded by Xiaoling and many other victims was transferred in this way.
Court Decision
The presiding judge believed that selling Tether at a price significantly higher than the market price, and having to purchase mobile phones online, have others pay for it, and sell the mobile phones to get the money back, was obviously not in line with the common sense of buying and selling, and the operation process was cumbersome and highly secretive. Based on Xiao Ming's age, cultural level and knowledge structure, it can be concluded that Xiao Ming subjectively "knew" that his behavior helped crimes such as telecommunications network fraud to transfer criminal proceeds, and still provided payment and settlement assistance to the tiger, constituting the crime of assisting information network criminal activities. In the end, Xiao Ming was sentenced to six months in prison with a one-year reprieve, and fined 6,000 yuan, and surrendered 15,000 yuan of illegal proceeds. After the case was sentenced, Xiao Ming regretted his decision, pleaded guilty, and wrote a letter of commitment to promise not to commit it again.
Unlike traditional "selling cards and running points" type of accomplice crime, in this case, criminals mixed real mobile phone transactions with virtual currency trading through virtual currency trading channels. The "money laundering" methods are more covert and more difficult to crack down on according to the law. The consequences of the crime are also more serious. However, there are always people who become accomplices of telecommunications network fraudsters under the temptation of "high returns".
There is no such thing as a free lunch. Be wary of links such as "earn millions easily at home without working", "make money while lying down", and "make a fortune every day". Otherwise, you will either be deceived or become an accomplice of criminals in transferring funds.
