Nanjing Liuhe police cracked a "Bitcoin" fraud case and arrested 10 people involved

Since the advent of Bitcoin, various scams have emerged one after another. Some criminals have seized on people's desire to get rich quickly and their lack of basic knowledge of Bitcoin, and used the concept of virtual currency to create various scams. Recently, Nanjing Liuhe Public Security Bureau cracked a scam case that used Bitcoin recharge investment and account maintenance as an excuse. The funds involved amounted to 420,000 yuan, and 10 suspects were arrested.
Invest 30,000 yuan and make 13 times the money in 24 hours?
In July 2020, the victim Yang learned from a friend, Sister Ding, that he could make money by speculating in "digital currency", and Yang was tempted. Following Sister Ding's instructions, he downloaded an APP and added a "data director". The "data director" asked him to register a Poloniex APP account and contact the online customer service after downloading it. For the first time, Yang invested 30,000 yuan and earned 398,320 yuan in 24 hours. The 13-fold income made Yang taste the "sweetness", and then he fell into the trap set by the other party step by step.
I made over a million but couldn't withdraw cash.
The customer service told him that he could become an agent by investing 300,000 yuan. Yang, who was blinded by the high profits, invested 170,000 yuan successively. Under the guidance of the so-called "data director", he carried out buying and selling operations. In the end, the assets on the APP showed 22.10624 million yuan. Yang told the customer service that he didn't want to play anymore and asked to withdraw money, but after waiting for 24 hours, the funds did not arrive. When he found that the assets on the platform were frozen, Yang asked his friend Sister Ding, who asked him to ask the "data director". The so-called data director asked him to find the customer service. The customer service said that Yang's information did not match, and he needed to pay 10% of the funds in the account, that is, 221,062 yuan, as risk money, submit it to the system for review, and modify the wrong personal information. After the modification, the risk money system will automatically enter the assets, and it can be withdrawn to the bank account.
Yang, who was eager to withdraw cash, believed this nonsense and transferred 2.21062 million yuan to the bank account provided by the customer service. After the transfer, the customer service told Yang that he had not noted the risk fee and had to pay the risk fee again. At this time, Yang suddenly came to his senses and called the police.
Police arrested 10 people and recovered more than 100,000 yuan in stolen money
At the end of July, the Criminal Police Brigade of Liuhe Police received a clue that the gang that defrauded Yang was likely to be active in Dongying City, Shandong Province. The police immediately organized a special task force to conduct an investigation. In August, five suspects were arrested in Dongying City, and in September, two suspects were arrested in Jieyang City, Guangdong Province. In October, 72,000 yuan of stolen money was recovered and returned to the victim. Through continued work, the police locked in several more suspects. On November 7 and 8, the police gave up their holidays and went to Dongying and Rizhao, Shandong Province to successively arrest three suspects and recover another 30,000 yuan of stolen money. At present, Zhang and four others have been approved for arrest on suspicion of fraud, Wang and four others have been released on bail pending trial, and two have been criminally detained according to law. At present, the police are actively carrying out the work of returning stolen goods and recovering losses. As of now, 72,000 yuan has been reimbursed to the victim, and the case is being further handled.
Police analysis: Currently, Internet finance is developing rapidly, and various investment and financial management platforms and websites are emerging in an endless stream. There are many false platforms, unlicensed operations, or trap-type and fraudulent financial management platforms for the purpose of illegal fund-raising. Their most important features are "pseudo-state-owned assets, pseudo-custody, high returns, zero risk, supervision, mortgage, and member units". Scammers often contact victims through QQ, online advertisements, etc., and arrange special personnel to dazzle the victims with investment temptations. Once the victims invest money, the platform website will use internal procedures to operate and rob Peter to pay Paul to defraud the victims of their funds until they lose all their money.
Police reminder: There is no such thing as a free lunch! Once you encounter a similar investment and financial management platform, don’t be greedy or impulsive, and think calmly; remember that anyone who promises high interest returns is a scammer, and don’t communicate with strangers who try to lure you into investment and financial management during online chats, let alone disclose personal privacy information. (Legal Vision)