Xinhua News Agency, Hefei, June 10 (Reporters Chen Nuo and Shui Jinchen) set up an online gambling platform to sell "room cards" to make huge profits and develop nearly 10,000 gambling personnel across the country. The reporter learned from the Chuzhou Public Security Bureau of Anhui Province that the local Laian police had cracked a very large online gambling case involving more than 20 prefectures and cities in 5 provinces across the country, involving 420 million yuan in gambling money.
In February this year, Chen Mou, a resident of Laian County, reported to the police that he had been chased after he lost money on a mobile phone software for playing mahjong. The police investigation found that this is a gambling software. The criminals use WeChat to recruit gambling personnel, and use the software to perform gambling, and then settle the gambling money and "room fee" in WeChat to operate online all the way.
As the investigation deepened, a very large online gambling group involving more than 20 prefectures and cities in 5 provinces of the country surfaced. Since May, the police have collected nets in Laian County, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province and other places. According to reports, the main members of the gang set up a company in Chengdu, using the video operation and maintenance studio as a cover, and developed more than 20 gambling games in just 8 months, recruiting nearly 200 agents nationwide to sell the game "room card" Profit.
At present, the 12 suspects involved in the case have been taken criminally by the police according to law, and the case is being further investigated.