Chinanews.com, Wuhan, May 18 (Wu Yili, Li Zongwu, Liu Minyang) The Hubei Provincial Public Security Department held a press conference on the 18th to report that after more than a month of careful investigation, it successfully cracked the "4.11" large telecom network fraud case.

As of May 10, a total of 47 criminal suspects had been arrested, 33 were taken criminal compulsory measures, and 26 dens distributed in 16 provinces, cities and regions across the country were destroyed.

  On April 11, the Hubei police discovered during their work that the two apps "Bai R" and "De X" were suspected of fraud, and quickly handed over the clues to the Yichang City Public Security Bureau for verification.

  The Yichang police quickly carried out data analysis, case study and judgment, and found out the criminal chain of the case-since 2020, fraud criminal gangs hidden in northern Myanmar have hired professionals to design and develop mobile phone software for crimes, and successively published "Bai R" on the Internet. "De X" two investment and wealth management apps, using short-term investment in the stocks of the company to be listed to obtain high returns as bait, lure the masses to download registered members and build positions to invest funds, and then use the old members to develop new members to get rewards. Further attract members.

After the membership and platform funds reached a certain size, the North Myanmar fraud criminal group immediately shut down the server and carried out frauds against more than 50,000 people in multiple provinces and cities across the country. The funds involved in the case amounted to 249 million yuan (RMB, the same below).

  Within one week, involving 9 crimes involving APP production design, APP online shelf, SMS verification code, APP server and security, providing criminal WeChat account, draining fans, running money laundering, WeChat binding and unblocking, and payment on behalf of others. Thirteen black and gray criminal gangs were quickly clarified.

  Affected by factors such as the epidemic situation and cross-border law enforcement, the task force decided to take a foothold in the country and conduct all major criminal gangs in the domestic crime chain.

In late April, the task force organized hundreds of police forces into 16 investigation teams. With the support of police from many places across the country, they took concentrated action on 26 dens and attacked the whole chain.

  According to reports, as of May 10, the entire arrest operation had destroyed 26 dens and arrested 47 people involved in the case; stopped payment of more than 5 million yuan of funds involved and frozen funds of 5.25 million yuan.

177 bank cards, 385 phone cards, 369 mobile phones, 17 remote servers for evidence collection, and several other items involved were seized on the spot.

  At present, the case is under further investigation.

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