China News Service Taiyuan, February 25th (Li Tingyao) The public security bureau of Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province announced on the evening of the 24th that a man had defrauded more than 8.4 million yuan in order to obtain gambling funds in the name of providing mask supplies. He has now been detained by the police according to law.

On the afternoon of February 20, Taiyuan Police received a notification from the Lanshan Branch of the Public Security Bureau of Linyi City, Shandong Province: Wang Moumou, a victim in the area, was defrauded of 560,000 by a man for supplying masks.

At 22 o'clock on the same day, the Taiyuan Police also received an investigation report from the Anti-Fraud Center of the Changsha Public Security Bureau of Hunan Province: The victim was defrauded by a man online for 2.9 million yuan on the grounds that he could provide one million disposable medical masks at one time. After research and analysis, it was found that the suspects lived in a district of the Taiyuan Comprehensive Reform Demonstration Zone and needed the Taiyuan Police to assist in the investigation.

After analyzing and judging the police, the identity of the suspect Guo Moumou and the registered address of the address were determined. At 2 o'clock on February 21, he rushed to the registered address of Guo Moumou to find out that the house of Guo Moumou's registered address was sold. The current holder does not live here either.

The police immediately re-examined all clues. After working overnight, they found that the criminal suspect Guo Moumou was at another address in the community. With the cooperation of the community property, the actual place of residence of Guo Moumou was confirmed. At about 19:00 on February 22, the police arrested the suspect Guo Moumou.

After investigation, the suspect Guo Moumou (male, Han, 31 years old, from Wutai County, Shanxi Province) has been obsessed with online gambling since 2018. In 2019, he sold his home in his home due to repayment of gambling debts, and lived in distress. . In early February 2020, after the new crown pneumonia epidemic occurred, in order to obtain gambling funds, we joined multiple WeChat groups of epidemic prevention materials, and implemented fraud in the name of providing mask supplies.

In order to deceive trust, Mr. Guo used the online pictures to create his own supply and the false impression of successful payment. He even used a video to show his ID to strengthen the scam. The detained persons involved 8 victims in Shandong, Hunan, Henan, Xinjiang and other places, involving a total amount of over 8.4 million yuan.

On February 23, the criminal suspect Guo Moumou was criminally detained by the police on suspicion of fraud. (Finish)