China News Service, Nanning, May 19 (Huang Yirui, Tan Guomin, Tang Shuyan) The Xingning Branch of the Nanning Municipal Public Security Bureau, Guangxi, announced on the 19th that the bureau had successfully destroyed an illegal network gambling, telecommunications fraud, etc. through a combined operation of multiple police types. The criminal gang’s money laundering "run points" dens, criminal detention of 10 people, seized a number of criminal tools such as computers, mobile phones, bank cards, and the amount involved amounted to more than 80 million yuan.
On the same day, Cheng Nuo, deputy head of the Economic Investigation Brigade of the Xingning Branch of the Nanning Public Security Bureau of Guangxi, introduced that “running points” is to help criminals transfer funds through bank accounts or third-party payment accounts on the Internet, and earn commissions from them, causing a lot of gambling. , Fraud-related funds are transferred layer by layer.
There are also some "run points" platform "code merchants" by selling and borrowing other people's "Alipay" and "WeChat" QR codes to collect money, collect and pay for illegal platforms such as overseas casinos, and pool funds to achieve decentralized transfer. Purpose, to escape the attack of the public security organs.
"Running points" not only affects personal credit and reveals personal privacy information, but also becomes an "accomplice" to illegal crimes such as gambling, fraud, and pornography.
Criminal tools such as computers, mobile phones, bank cards, etc. seized by the police.
Photo by Chen Yanyou
On April 20, 2021, the Economic Investigation Brigade of the Xingning Branch of the Nanning Public Security Bureau sorted out clues to a case transferred by a superior and found that someone in a rental house in a community on Xiuxiang Avenue in the local area was suspected of using the online payment platform to conduct illegal activities for others for a long time. Payment and settlement, involving funds may be related to online gambling, telecom fraud, etc.
After investigation, the police found that there was indeed a group of close contacts in the community, renting in different buildings, staying at home on weekdays, and all meals were delivered through takeout, which seemed suspicious.
In order to further grasp the illegal and criminal evidence of the gang members, the police organized community police, with the assistance of public security activists, to carry out a carpet-like survey of the community.
On April 30, when the police of the task force basically grasped the trajectory of the gang's activities and prepared to carry out the network retraction operation, the gang changed its former "snail dwelling" status, called the moving company, and moved out of the community in batches.
After investigating the new foothold of the gang, on May 14, the police dispatched four arrest teams to simultaneously launch the net retraction, and arrested the suspects of “running points” money laundering on the spot in a rented house in a local community on Zhenxing Road. Seven people were arrested in the communities of Kangming Road, Mingxiu Road and Chuangye Road one after another.
During the operation, the police seized a total of 6 computers, 39 mobile phones, and 94 bank cards that the suspect used to "run points" money laundering.
At the scene of the arrest, the police found that more than 10 financial platform clients and apps were installed in the computers and mobile phones of the gang members. The bank cards and third-party payment accounts under the names of the members showed high transaction frequency and scattered funds transfer. Outgoing and receiving support equal characteristics, and abnormal transaction conditions are highly similar to illegal money laundering crimes.
After interrogation, the suspects Huang Mouen (male, 26 years old, from Chongzuo City, Guangxi) and Liang Mouchang (male, 30 years old, from Wuzhou City, Guangxi) confessed. The two people contacted a suspect online for the purpose of making money. The "run points" platform of online gambling obtains "orders" at a rate of 7 per thousand profit for each account turnover.
In order to improve efficiency, the two also recruited a number of "staff", after "training", let them use their own bank cards and third-party payment accounts to conduct "run points" money laundering activities.
Most of the applicants are young people with no fixed occupations. Because the work is easy and the money comes quickly, they still participate in it even when they know that this is an illegal or criminal activity.
From October 2020 until now, the group has illegally paid and settled funds of more than 80 million yuan.
In addition, in order to expand the transaction volume, Huang Mouen and Liang Mouchang purchased a large number of online payment platform accounts and bank accounts from others to commit crimes.
The two will also change the crime dens from time to time to avoid attacks by the public security organs.
At present, the group has been criminally detained by the public security organs on suspicion of illegal business operations, and the case is under further investigation and trial.
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