China News Service, Xiaogan, September 16 (Wang Ting Jun Zhao Road) The People’s Court of Anlu City, Hubei Province recently issued a first-instance verdict against a 17-member transnational telecom fraud criminal group including Dong Moucong. Dong Mou, a major member of the transnational criminal group Cong was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment and fined 400,000 yuan in the first instance. 16 co-trial personnel including Lu Mouyong and Zheng Moulin were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from 5 to 15 years, and sentenced to ranging from 20,000 to 300,000 yuan. fine.

The picture shows the police in Hubei Anlu arrested members of a transnational telecommunications fraud criminal group (data map) Photo courtesy of Hubei Anlu City Public Security Bureau

The People's Court of Anlu City, Hubei Province issued a first-instance judgment to a transnational telecommunications fraud criminal group composed of 17 people including Dong Moucong. Photo courtesy of the People's Court of Anlu City, Hubei Province

  At the beginning of 2019, the Anlu City Public Security Bureau found that someone illegally exited the country to engage in criminal activities of electronic fraud.

In March of that year, the Anlu police mobilized elite police to set up a special class of "304" electric fraud cases to expand the line of investigation.

The special class lasted for one and a half years, with two cross-border collections, more than 20 arrests in more than ten provinces and cities including Guangdong, Yunnan, Heilongjiang, etc., and a total of "boss-level", "master-level", "swift-swiping guys" and "card guys" were captured. 109 people who committed crimes such as "telephone operators", "riders" and crimes of infringing on citizens' information have achieved a full chain of crackdowns.

65 cross-border electronic fraud groups have been sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from 6 months to 15 years according to law. Photo courtesy of Hubei Anlu City People’s Court

  After trial by the court, up to now, the cross-border electronic fraud group has 65 people who have been sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from 6 months to 15 years.

Among them, 3 were sentenced to 15 years in prison, 9 were sentenced to more than 10 years but not more than 15 years in prison, and 20 were sentenced to more than 5 years but not more than 10 years in prison.

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