Xi'an police break down the illegal operation of overseas foreign exchange futures platform gangs and arrest 20 suspects

  China News Service, Xi’an, October 13 (Reporter Zhang Yichen) The reporter learned from the High-tech Branch of Xi’an Public Security Bureau on the 13th that, with the cooperation of relevant departments, after 48 hours of continuous work and careful investigation, the branch successfully eliminated an illegal foreign exchange operation. The futures platform gang arrested 20 criminal suspects, detained 6 criminals, and seized a large number of criminal mobile phones and computers on the spot.

  According to reports, on September 21, the High-tech Branch of the Xi'an Public Security Bureau received an order from the Anti-Fraud Center: A victim in Jiangsu met a person who claimed to be a futures speculator on WeChat and downloaded a trading platform on his mobile phone through the other party’s introduction. There was a loss of more than 30,000 yuan on the platform, and a report was made after the fraud was discovered.

After research and judgment, this suspected fraud den is located in Xi'an High-tech Zone.

After receiving the order, the High-tech Branch of the Xi'an Public Security Bureau immediately deployed elite police from the Criminal Police Brigade and Net Security Brigade to conduct investigations.

The picture shows the Xi'an police destroying the illegal operation of overseas foreign exchange futures platform gangs.

Photo courtesy of High-tech Branch of Xi'an Public Security Bureau

  After investigation and analysis, it was found that the broadband installed addresses corresponding to the IP addresses of multiple WeChat accounts involved were all located in the High-tech Zone.

Investigators rushed to a writing desk for investigation and found that there was no house number on the entire floor and could not accurately correspond to the location of the company involved.

The investigators searched the ten companies in the building one by one, and finally locked one company. The door of the company was locked and there was no sign during work, which was very suspicious.

In order to find out the situation of the company involved in the case as soon as possible, the investigators entered the suspect company for investigation on the grounds of job application and found that the company was Xi'an XX Enterprise Management Co., Ltd. Its main business was to provide online services for an overseas foreign exchange futures platform called MT4 Promotion.

Through further investigations, the key suspects such as the key members of the company involved, the company's organizational structure and operating mode were found out, and key suspects such as the company's legal person Li and the marketing director Zhu were locked.

  In order to bring the criminal gang to justice as soon as possible, the High-tech Branch of the Xi'an Public Security Bureau formulated an arrest plan, dispatched more than 60 police officers, and gathered at the company involved and the residence of the key suspect.

The company and key suspects involved in the case were launched to close the network, and 20 suspects were arrested in one fell swoop.

The picture shows the Xi'an police destroying the illegal operation of overseas foreign exchange futures platform gangs.

Photo courtesy of High-tech Branch of Xi'an Public Security Bureau

  After preliminary evidence fixation and interrogation, the company involved in the case acted as an agent for an overseas PRC foreign exchange platform. After the company purchased customer resources online, the salesperson added the customer WeChat to induce customers to register, recharge, and trade through the platform, and through procedures for earning high amounts Fees gradually cannibalize customers' investment funds and have illegally earned more than 2 million yuan.

  At present, the six main suspects in the case have been criminally detained by the police in accordance with the law, and the case is under further investigation. (Finish)