China News Service, Jincheng, March 2 (Reporter Li Tingyao) "I heard from my classmates that as long as you give the card, you can make money." "You can also get dividends if you pull others." It was learned from the Jincheng Public Security Bureau of Shanxi Province on the 2nd that the local police broke down a "running score" criminal gang that had been entrenched in the city for a long time, cracked 258 cases of telecommunications fraud involving all parts of the country, and arrested a total of 103 suspects. The amount involved is 11%. billions of dollars.

  The so-called "running score" is to use bank accounts or payment accounts to help criminals transfer funds and earn commissions from them, causing a large amount of fraudulent funds to flow abroad.

  Fission collection "two cards"

  In August 2021, the Jincheng Yangcheng police found a criminal gang that had been entrenched in Jincheng for a long time to sell telephone cards and bank cards (hereinafter referred to as "two cards"), and then set up a special class to carry out detection work.

  The police found that there were hundreds of people in Jincheng alone who participated in the collection and sale of "two cards", and most of the participants sold cards online and then collected cards offline, with a "pyramid" fission mode and split mode.

  "Many of this group of people are students and fresh graduates. Because they are not deep in the world and are eager to make money, they are easily attracted and lured by card-trafficking gangs. Some of them are looking for internship opportunities and social part-time jobs because of the rule of law. They are weak in concept and are used by criminals and gangs; some make friends carelessly and know unknown people, rent and sell 'two cards' under the temptation and abetting of so-called 'friends' and 'compatriots'; some lose their way in front of the temptation of interests , step by step into the quagmire of crimes and crimes, from card issuance and card sales to organizing card collection and card sales, becoming a 'card dealer' lurking in the campus." Wu Yingpeng, a police officer who handled the case, said.

  The end of petty profits is punishment

  "Before, I thought that earning money was not as difficult as I imagined. I didn't regret it until the moment I was arrested." The suspect, Chang Mou, confessed to the police that he had just entered the society to work. Once at a party, a friend asked him to He recommended a way to make money: "Bank card + ID photo + mobile phone card + U-shield = 1,000 yuan." Such an easy way to make money made Chang alert and asked his friend if it was risky. The friend explained that it was only in the card. Transfer money back and forth.

  The policeman who handled the case said: "Chang bought his beloved mobile phone immediately after making money. When he was showing it off in front of other students, some people asked him the secret of making money. In this way, Chang, who sold cards, also began to collect cards."

  It took 6 months to destroy the criminal gang

  "The suspect is using the bank card of a stranger to help the fraud group to launder money. For every 10,000 yuan he walks, he can get a commission ranging from 20 yuan to 80 yuan." The police handling the case said.

  After figuring out the organizational structure and personnel information of the criminal gang, according to the information obtained in the previous investigation, the police handling the case took 6 months in various counties and districts of Jincheng City, and successively arrested 103 suspects involved in the "two cards" and seized 600 bank cards. Yu Zhang, as well as mobile phone cards, USB shields, POS machines, mobile phones and other items involved in the case.

  Currently, the case is under further investigation.

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