“Blockchain virtual digital currency allows you to make a lot of money lying down” “High-end new financial products, senior stock analysts, professional traders”…Hearing such a high-yield investment, are you moved? As everyone knows, at the same time as your heart is moving, maybe you are not far from the scam… Not long ago, the Procuratorate of Jiangsu Huaian Economic and Technological Development Zone prosecuted Wang and other 26 criminal suspects to the court for fraud.
The mysterious “master of stock analysis”
In August 2019, Gu Meiling was inexplicably pulled into the “Shulong Private Equity Fan Friends” stock market WeChat group. The group has been sending out various stock trading information, and there is a senior stock analyst who regularly pushes live broadcast links every day and teaches stock trading courses. Gu Meiling also trades in stocks herself and is very interested in the information about stocks in the group.
“Teacher Shu Long” explained the knowledge of stocks in the live broadcast room, and also warned everyone that the stock market is not good now, to invest carefully, and after gaining everyone’s trust, the concept of blockchain virtual currency that can make big money will be introduced in a timely manner. It is recommended that you download and install “Crystal” International” App.
From time to time, people in the group posted pictures of investment profits. Gu Meiling was a little moved and wanted to invest. A netizen named “Hongru” in the group took the initiative to add Gu Meiling to exchange investment information. Hongru told Gu Meiling that “Teacher Shu Long” is very good, and that following the teacher’s operation will soon be profitable.
After downloading and registering the App, Gu Meiling found that Crystal International is an international trading platform with similar interface operation and profit model to stocks, so she decisively deposited tens of thousands of yuan. There are five types of virtual currencies in the App platform. Gu Meiling made hundreds of dollars when she first purchased blockchain virtual currencies. Following “Teacher Shu Long”, Gu Meiling continued to invest funds into the platform, but it was a pity that almost all of it was lost after a short time.
“I have heard of blockchain, and it is mentioned in the TV news that the teacher has recommended listed stocks before, and some stocks have indeed risen. I feel that the teacher understands stocks well, so I am convinced that I will follow the teacher to invest in blockchain virtual currency.”
But just a few days later, Gu Meiling lost more than 400,000 yuan.
Attractive “high-paying recruitment”
“A basic salary of 4,000 yuan, a monthly income of tens of thousands, including food, housing and a commission, five days off and two days a week, eight hours a day, team building, travel, etc.
In July 2019, Xia Ming was very moved by the recruitment information, and then contacted the recruitment company. The other party told him that he was working in Cambodia and was mainly responsible for the small commodity trade operations between Cambodia and China. The company was responsible for visa application and air ticket reimbursement.
On July 26, Xia Ming bought a ticket to Hong Kong and then transferred to Cambodia. After getting off the plane, Xia Ming found that there were a dozen people travelling with him, and they were taken to a residential building in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The work site is on the seventh floor. There are three working groups, each with seven or eight people.
“After I arrived, I felt that my work was not formal. After listening to the work situation and tasks introduced by the team leader, I knew that these recommended stocks were deceptive, but I just stayed if I wanted to make money.” Most of Xia Ming and his party are “post-95s” , The education level is not high, and there is no stable income. Faced with a high commission of 3% to 5% of the customer’s transfer amount promised by the team leader, Xia Ming chose to stay.
The perfect “encirclement hunting routine”
“XX stocks are bull stocks today! Pay attention!” “Teacher Shu Long, that’s great, I made a little bit more on the stocks I bought with you” “Following Mr. Shu Long, I made a lot of money”… More than 20 people including Xia Ming officially Started to “work”.
Everyone recruited from China has been assigned three or four Cambodian mobile phone cards. The team leader and team members have been assigned the task of raising WeChat account. The so-called “maintenance account” is to keep the WeChat account active. Group members add friends to each other, forward messages, use WeChat account to play mini games, browse news, and avoid abnormal accounts displayed on WeChat accounts registered abroad.
Each group member is asked to establish 150 WeChat groups (called “base groups” internally). The group leader will pull various people into the group. Most of the accounts in the WeChat group are ordinary investments made by the members. A small number of users are real WeChat users (referred to internally as “customers”).
The group leader uses the “Shu Long teacher” and the group leader uses the “assistant number” to make up the identity of Shu Long’s senior stock analyst, and the team members praise “Shu Long”. If someone adds “Mr. Shu Long”’s WeChat account, these customers will be marked as high-quality customers, and the large team leader usually pulls high-quality customers into another group.
The team leader will especially remind the team members not to send repeated messages when they hype up the teacher number, so that no one can see the flaws. If someone sends duplicate messages to see if they can be withdrawn, if they cannot be withdrawn, they will be swiped on the screen with other messages; if the message should have been sent by the “teacher account”, the group members used the small account to send it, and it was seen as ” “Trouble”, this group will be disbanded.
After a day or two of hype, the “Shu Long Teacher” account will send a link to the live broadcast room in the group. At this time, customers will blindly trust “Mr. Shu Long”‘s professional ability in stocks. “Ms. Shu Long” began to introduce stock quotations in the live broadcast room, launched “blockchain” digital currency transactions, taught the use of “Crystal International” App, and tricked victims into registering and recharging.
Professional “leek harvesting team”
“Hit a shot and change a place” is the usual trick of the fraud gang. At the end of September 2019, the scam group moved to Mongolia as a whole, premeditating to use the same method to conduct “blockchain” fraud. However, the criminal group did not have an account in Mongolia for a few days, so it was easily captured by the Mongolian police on October 29, 2019. So far, a large transnational fraud case has surfaced.
The Ministry of Public Security ordered the case under the jurisdiction of the Jiangsu Provincial Public Security Department. The Jiangsu Provincial Public Security Department handed over 90 suspects to the Huai’an Public Security Bureau for investigation. During the investigation, it was discovered that this was an organized, disciplined, hierarchical, and division of labor. gang.
The Procuratorate of the Huai’an Development Zone found that from July to the end of September 2019, “Water King”, “Dongge” (at large) and others, after premeditating, established various false investment platforms and set up multiple agents, among which “Viagra” “As the agent of the “Crystal International” platform, rented venues in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, purchased WeChat signals, mobile phones, computers and other tools used in crimes, and paid basic salary and high commissions, unified travel, boarding and other methods, in the country Recruit a large number of personnel to Cambodia to use the background to manipulate the “Crystal International” platform to commit fraud.
Recruited by “Viagra”, Wang Ping and Qi Fan (at large) as the “Crystal International” platform code-named “Tiger Leap Group”, Sun Qing as the “Mingbei Group” and Hu Li as the “Qitian Group” “The leader of the large team is responsible for the daily management of the large team and the payment of salary commissions. They all set up the fraud dens in a building in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
After obtaining the background data of the “Crystal International” platform, during the operation of the platform in Cambodia, the “Tiger Leap Group” managed by the defendant Wang Ping defrauded 69 victims of US$1.24 million, which is equivalent to RMB 8.62 million; the defendant Sun Qing The managed “Mingbei Group” defrauded a total of US$310,000 from the victims, equivalent to RMB 2.17 million; the “Qitian Group” managed by the defendant Hu Li, defrauded 25 victims of US$110,000, equivalent to RMB 760,000.
It was not until the public security agency called Gu Meiling to assist in the investigation that she realized that she had been deceived. In addition to herself in the WeChat group, “Mr. Shu Long”, assistants and other investors were almost all liars.
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Prosecutor reminded
Blockchain is a new method of data management based on cryptography. The emergence of blockchain was indeed accompanied by phenomena such as Bitcoin and speculation. And “Crystal International” is not a real blockchain at all. The scam group manipulates the rise and fall in the background, and the rise and fall indexes are all man-made. Blockchain is only a technical means, and does not create value by itself. Investors should remain vigilant and not be fooled by exaggerated profit returns. They must keep in mind that high returns have high risks, and investment must be cautious.
