Blinded by the temptation to get rich, knowing that it is illegal but difficult to extricate himself
A major case of telecommunications fraud and Internet gambling revealed a crime with high education
Our reporter Liu Deng, Xiong Feng, Mao Xin, Fang Lie
Zhao, a college majoring in computer science, discovered industry loopholes while working in a lottery high-tech company. He resigned to establish an online gambling website and made tens of millions of illegal profits in just four or five years; a telecommunications fraud criminal gang in Guangzhou with 5 technicians Among the backbones, 3 have graduate degrees and 2 have graduated from prestigious universities...
Xinhua Daily Telegraph reporters interviewed in Hainan, Guangdong, Zhejiang and other places and learned that college students have appeared in major cases of telecommunications network fraud and cross-border online gambling recently detected by the police in many places.
University students from prestigious universities were found among the suspects
In recent cases of telecommunication network fraud and cross-border online gambling crimes detected by the public security organs, high-educated college students from well-known universities have played a key role in criminal organizations.
In February of this year, the Guangzhou police destroyed a telecommunications fraud criminal gang and arrested 9 criminal suspects.
The gang confessed that they had sold more than 70 million mobile phone numbers (WeChat ID) since 2016.
According to Pan Guoliang, deputy head of the Criminal Police Detachment of the Guangzhou Public Security Bureau, five of the gang’s technical backbone are internal employees of an operator’s Guangdong branch, three of whom are managers of the technical management department, all with postgraduate qualifications, and the other two technicians are Undergraduates, all graduated from prestigious universities, mostly specialized in computer and information technology.
Zhuo Mouzhi, a graduate student with a master's degree from Zhejiang University, was the main culprit in the case. He was mainly responsible for registering the company's empty account resources through technical means to register WeChat accounts in batches, and then reselling them to the "shanghai" group for profit.
"We are in charge of technology in the company, and we are very clear about the company's internal management loopholes. Everyone is very comfortable doing it. Most of these accounts go to the hands of telecommunications network fraud gangs, and we all know that they are illegal." Zhuo said.
The Cyber Police Branch of the Hangzhou Public Security Bureau recently uncovered a series of cases involving Hangzhou Zhuoyi and Shengqi helping information cybercriminals, and the opening of a casino by Hangzhou Crab Network Technology Co., Ltd.
The suspects in the three cases were numerous among college students.
The technicians of Hangzhou Zhuoyi Network Technology Co., Ltd., Sun Mounan and Ye Moukang, both graduated from universities and are responsible for the front-end development of gambling APP; Hangzhou Shengqi Network Technology Co., Ltd. is in charge of multi-level roles such as finance, technology, and promotion. All are college students; Xie Mourong, head of Hangzhou Crab Network Technology Co., Ltd., Chen Youmou, technical consultant, general manager, operation consultant, APP technology, operation, and product promotion are all college students.
Recently, the Hainan Police detected the country’s first cross-border online gambling case with a lottery lottery data interface as a breakthrough point, and eliminated the three “Boyiwang”, “Lottery Control” and “Kaicai.com” businesses in the national lottery online gambling market. Lottery lottery data operators account for up to 70% of criminal gangs.
Under the command of the Ministry of Public Security, more than 5,500 police forces from 24 provinces across the country formed 221 action teams to implement centralized arrests, arresting a total of 866 people involved, and destroying 63 online gambling technology gangs, 46 criminal gangs, and gambling funds. 7 settlement groups and 128 online gambling platforms were shut down.
Zhao's family is the main person in charge of the "lottery control" website captured by the police.
According to Zeng Chao, a police officer from the Public Security Corps of the Hainan Provincial Public Security Department, Zhao’s college majored in computer science and worked for a legal lottery high-tech company in Beijing. He resigned and founded "lottery control" because he found industry loopholes in his work. And profit from it.
At the end of last year, the Haikou City Public Security Bureau successfully detected a case involving the supervision of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, and seized nearly 100,000 trading WeChat accounts.
The key person in this case is Tian Mou, a college student who works in a well-known company in Hainan.
Tian has set up card dealer studios in both Haikou City and Xuzhou City. The police seized 28,000 Unicom mobile phone cards and a large number of electronic devices on the spot.
It was through research on Tian's two studios that the task force was able to follow the vines to conduct in-depth investigations on the upstream and downstream of Tian's black and gray industrial chain.
The temptation to get rich is unstoppable, and college students are unable to extricate themselves from falling into it
The reporter found that some college students who are deeply involved in telecommunications network fraud and cross-border online gambling crimes are often blinded by the temptation to get rich, knowing that they are illegal and difficult to extricate themselves.
As far as Zhuo Mouzhi is concerned, he joined the Guangdong branch of a certain operator after graduating from graduate school. Before his arrest, he was the manager of the technical department and was well paid.
In 2015, with the encouragement of his colleague Chen Mouhang, Zhuo Mouzhi actively participated in illegal and criminal activities.
"In the past five years, it has made nearly 100 million yuan in profit, and the lead Chen Hang has allocated more than 20 million yuan, and the other four of us have each received more than 10 million yuan." Zhuo Mozhi said.
For Zhao, who founded the "lottery control" website, he has illegally profited tens of millions of yuan from it in just four or five years, bought two Porsches, bought villas in Sanya and Weihai, and bought a lot in his hometown. Pavement.
"This is money that I can't make in my entire working life." Zhao said, "It was enough to start earning more than 100,000 yuan, and I was ready to stop. Later, as the number of users increased, the influence became greater and the wealth It's within easy reach, and it grows exponentially. It's hard to resist this temptation.
Even for Tian, who “part-time” engaged in telecommunications fraud, has earned hundreds of thousands since 2015.
Hangzhou Crab and Crab Network Technology Co., Ltd. was jointly funded and established by the suspects Xie Mourong, Chen, Ji and Shen. The company recruited employees to operate "BengBeng" in the office locations of Cangqian Street, Xihu District, Yuhang District, Hangzhou City. Net" and promote the game business.
From March 2020 to the incident, the four shareholders decided to add three guessing numbers gambling games to the company's "Bengbeng.com", which attracted players to recharge for guessing numbers and provided exchange services. The gambling flow exceeded 100 million. Yuan, more than 1 million yuan in illegal profits.
Shows a tendency to associate with overseas fraudsters
Such a large temptation of wealth will inevitably affect the outlook on career choices and money of some college students.
The grassroots police believe that overall, in the chain of telecommunications fraud and cross-border online gambling crimes, the perpetrators are mainly young people with low academic qualifications, and the proportion of talents with high academic qualifications is not high.
The high-educated persons involved in the case are mainly professionals who have mastered network technology, and have shown a tendency to associate with overseas fraud and gambling criminals.
Li Zhaoneng, a police officer from the Criminal Police Headquarters of the Hainan Provincial Public Security Department, said that current telecommunications fraud and cross-border gambling are all related to the Internet. This requires criminal gangs to have certain technical capabilities. If criminal gangs do not have technical talents, they will purchase services, please Technology companies help create fraud and gambling applets, web pages, etc.
"When it comes to technology companies, there are the most young people with a high degree of education. Many of them know that criminal gangs are engaged in illegal activities and still provide technical assistance for money." Li Zhaoneng said.
According to data from the Ministry of Public Security, as the domestic crackdown on telecommunications network fraud has increased, a large number of domestic fraud dens have begun to accelerate their transfer abroad, mainly in Southeast Asian countries such as the Philippines, Cambodia, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Myanmar, especially in northern Myanmar. , The number of crimes accounted for 68.5% of all overseas cases.
"In order to illegally seize the property of the domestic people, these criminal groups continue to upgrade their technical means, hire top international security companies to provide security protection, and often use dark web, virtual currency and other means to evade investigation and attack. Many high-educated college students in China for money and It’s a connection.” said Gao Junyi, a policeman from the International Cooperation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security.
The grassroots police report that cracking down on telecommunications network fraud and cross-border online gambling crimes highly relies on big data and professional means. The emergence of highly educated crimes has increased the difficulty of combating, and criminal investigation departments are facing great challenges in terms of personnel strength, professional quality, and resources. .
The grass-roots police said that criminals with high academic qualifications are the key link in the next step in the fight against governance and education and publicity. It is recommended that education departments include three-view education and rule of law education in the training of colleges and universities and professional talents; industry departments must long-term management of highly educated and skilled personnel , Firmly manage the cage, strengthen self-examination and self-correction efforts.