On August 11, Ms. Zhang from Tianjin was defrauded of more than 260,000 yuan through online fraud, which was withdrawn by someone in Xingguo, Ganzhou. After receiving relevant clues, the Xingguo police quickly took action, arrested 8 suspects, destroyed a virtual currency money laundering "water room" den, and seized 200,000 yuan of funds involved in the case.
After investigation, it was found that on August 5, the suspect Li Mouyuan (from Xingguo County) received a call from a loan fraud money laundering gang, asking him if he needed a loan. Later, the fraud money laundering gang asked Li Mouyuan to provide a bank account for money laundering, on the grounds that Li Mouyuan's account flow was insufficient and they needed help to swipe the flow. At the same time, they asked Li Mouyuan to make an appointment with the bank to withdraw a large amount of cash. After the defrauded funds of Ms. Zhang from Tianjin were transferred to Li Mouyuan's account, he was immediately asked to withdraw the cash in Xingguo. In order to prevent bank staff from becoming suspicious and intercepting the large withdrawals, Li Mouyuan, based on the explanation of the fraud money laundering gang, claimed that the funds were used for decoration and to pay workers' wages.
At about 13:00 on August 11, Li Mouyuan, knowing that the funds were involved in cyber crimes, withdrew more than 260,000 yuan from Ms. Zhang in Tianjin from a bank in Xingguo. At the same time, the overseas fraud gang arranged for domestic money laundering gang members Zhu Mouzhe, Fan Mouhui, and Li Moufu to drive from Yuzhou, Henan to Xingguo County for the handover through the Bat Chat tool. When Li Mouyuan was withdrawing cash, the gang members were arranged to follow him into the bank to prevent any accidents from happening. They also monitored him from a distance at both ends of the bank to prevent Li Mouyuan from taking the money and running away.
After getting all the cash withdrawn by Li Mouyuan, the money laundering gang fled back to Yuzhou, Henan that night and handed over the funds involved in the case to Hou Moupeng, a suspect in the virtual currency money laundering "water room". Hou Moupeng then converted more than 260,000 yuan in cash obtained through fraud into virtual currency U offline according to the instructions of the suspects in the overseas fraud den, and transferred it to the designated virtual currency address, ultimately laundering the funds involved in the case.
On August 12, the suspect Li Mouyuan was arrested by the police on the spot when he was handling his account involved in the case at the bank. The police officers in charge of the case overcame many difficulties and, after a lot of work, successively arrested the suspects Zhu Mouzhe, Fan Mouhui, and Li Moufu. On the evening of August 20, a virtual currency money laundering "water room" den was destroyed, and four suspects including Hou Moupeng were arrested, and 200,000 yuan of funds involved in the case were seized.
It is worth noting that the judicial interpretation of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate has clearly listed "virtual asset" transactions as a way of money laundering. On the 19th, the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate jointly issued an interpretation on several issues concerning the application of law in handling criminal cases of money laundering, which clearly listed "virtual asset" transactions as one of the ways of money laundering.
According to the Supreme People's Court, with the widespread application of Internet technology, money laundering methods are constantly being updated and upgraded. Virtual currency, game currency, "running points platform", live broadcast rewards, etc. have become new money laundering carriers and methods, which have put forward new and higher requirements for combating money laundering crimes. In this regard, the judicial interpretation clarifies the seven specific circumstances of "covering up and concealing the source and nature of criminal proceeds and their proceeds by other means" in the Criminal Law, including the transfer and conversion of criminal proceeds and their proceeds through "virtual asset" transactions and financial asset exchanges.
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