Recently, the Guangzhou Baiyun police destroyed a so-called "private detective agency", arrested 5 members of the criminal gang, and seized a large number of illegal positioning and secret photography equipment, cutting off this illegal and criminal black chain that seriously infringed on citizens' personal information.
After investigation, the criminal gang registered a market research company called "Eagle ×", under the guise of providing "consulting services", but secretly engaged in stalking, secret photography and other illegal activities.
"The main business they receive is investigation of extramarital affairs. Popularly speaking, it is'catch the minor third'." The police of the task force said.
According to the investigation requirements of the entrusted client, after the price is negotiated, the company will arrange for investigators to use secret equipment to illegally obtain the personal information of the target object and integrate text, photos and videos into The report is delivered to the customer.
For objects that cannot be tracked, "just fake information and fool around." The fee is determined according to the difficulty and duration of the "task". The price basically starts at 20,000 yuan, and the highest single business is more than 200,000 yuan.
According to statistics, since its establishment 7 months ago, the company has illegally filmed multiple videos of citizens' personal activities and provided more than 20 text reports containing citizens' personal information to entrusted clients.
At the same time, they also profited by reselling citizens' personal information, which made a total of more than 500,000 yuan in illegal profits, which is very bad in nature.
The Guangzhou Baiyun Police reminded citizens that disputes should be resolved through reasonable and legal channels. Collecting personal information from others in violation of the legal rights of others or in other ways that violate the provisions of the law is an illegal act and a serious suspected crime.
The public should not trust the so-called "private detectives" on the Internet. The purchase of these services is not only suspected of illegal, but may also be deceived.
(Video source from Guangzhou police, He Junjie, Fang Weibin, and Deng Huifei)
Editor in charge: [Wang Kai]