There are links such as Trojan horses and gambling hidden in the live broadcast software, which are directly linked to the background of the gambling game. It turns out that this "Sweet Live" software is an illegal app that diverts traffic to gambling websites——
The "sweet trap" hidden in the live room
"My son is in the graduating class of the third year of junior high school. Fortunately, with the help and reminder of the prosecutor, during the epidemic, the state of online classes is very stable, and I can use the Internet in a healthy way. We are relieved to resume classes today." May 9th is Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province. On the first day of the resumption of classes for the third-year students, the prosecutor of the Suzhou High-tech Zone Procuratorate received a call from Mr. Huang again. This time, he became much calmer, and he was completely different from the state he was in two months ago.
Thousands of fans! Live broadcast software is a mixed bag
At the end of February 2022, a new round of epidemic broke out in Suzhou, and the resumption of classes for students became impossible. Mr. Huang worried that his long-term use of the Internet at home would make his son "repeat the same mistakes", so he asked the prosecutor for help.
A year ago, 14-year-old Xiao Huang lost his spirits and his grades plummeted after secretly watching "Sweet Live".
"The teacher reported that his son was not attentive in class, always deserted, and his eyes were blank." The couple observed it secretly for a while, and finally found the "fascinated" hidden in the mobile phone.
The moment they turned on their son's phone, the couple were taken aback.
"There is an unfamiliar app on the phone, which is hidden in a folder. Click it to see it, and it is full of live pornography." What is even more unexpected is that the son who is in his teens has secretly recharged the app for nearly 400 yuan, Mr. Huang, who was angry and annoyed, immediately called the police.
During the investigation, the police found that after logging into the app, there were scantily clad women displayed on the interface. "Look carefully, each photo is a chat room when you click it, and it is abnormal at first glance." High-tech Zone of Suzhou Public Security Bureau Liu Yu of the branch network security team said.
On February 5, 2021, the High-tech Zone Bureau established a task force to carry out investigation.
"There is a corresponding female anchor in each room, and the live broadcast screen is unsightly. We tried to send gifts to the anchor, but found that the anchor did not respond in time. After repeating the operation in several live broadcast rooms, we found that there were generally cases of no response to the reward." The investigators concluded that this was a "fake live broadcast" software.
The "fake live broadcast" picture is "real money".
After in-depth investigation, the police found that there are also hidden links such as Trojan horses and gambling in the live broadcast software. There are seven or eight interfaces in the interface, which are directly linked to the background of gambling games. In the background of these gambling games, you can bet online, buy lottery tickets, and jump to On the corresponding gambling website, let the viewers engage in bullfighting, cheating and so on.
In fact, "Sweet Live" is an illegal app that uses pornographic videos as an introduction to attract traffic to gambling websites.
So how does this software make money?
The police investigation found that the software revenue mainly comes from two parts: one part is the collection of membership fees and video-on-demand fees. The monthly membership fee is 150 yuan, the quarterly card is 400 yuan, and the annual card is 800 yuan. views to watch obscene videos; the other part is the revenue generated by the drainage of gambling sites.
Since its launch at the end of 2020, this live broadcast software has been downloaded nearly 30,000 times in less than three months.
What promotion channels can bring nearly 30,000 downloads?
According to the clues provided by Xiao Huang, the police found that this software mainly sends link addresses or QR codes in the groups of major chat software, and attracts victims to download and install with naked photos and tempting language. Countless powders.
Who is "XP"? Deliberately, but the clue is finally revealed
Who built this pornographic software?
How does it operate?
How many people are still in it?
At the beginning of the case, the investigation of the case encountered difficulties, and the procuratorial organ intervened in the case in advance according to law to guide the investigation and collection of evidence.
The investigation finally made a breakthrough. The police accidentally discovered a customer service social software account in this app. Through research, analysis, and investigation of the account, they found the social group of the live broadcast software operation and maintenance team.
By analyzing the social group, the real identities and specific roles of some key members have gradually become clear.
"Gong Xi Fa Cai" is the boss behind the scenes, but has been operating overseas and commanding remotely.
"XP" is responsible for the company's operation, App listing and distribution, Zeng is responsible for personnel attendance and salary payment, Zhang is responsible for finding film sources, downloading and uploading videos to the server, Lai is the server operation and maintenance personnel, and Duan is responsible for software front-end design and technology. Support and Gambling Link Maintenance.
With the deepening of the investigation, the identities of other persons involved have been identified, and only "XP" is just a code name.
This person has super anti-investigation capabilities, and he uses technical means to cover up his network traces.
After nearly half a month of online squatting and judgment, the police finally discovered the clues of "XP", and then locked the suspect Lu.
Lu Mou, a native of Shenzhen, was originally a game designer. At the end of 2020, through a friend's introduction, he met a person nicknamed "Gong Xi Fa Cai", and Lu Mou called him "Brother Cai".
In the conversation, "Brother Cai" expressed his appreciation for Lu's ability and technology, and was willing to invest in the establishment of a company in China, which would be managed by Lu.
For the way of business and content, the two also hit it off.
Knowing that it was a crime, Lu was still tempted when he thought of the generous salary.
Regarding how to evade domestic regulatory crackdowns, "Brother Cai" also "informed his ears" and "offered suggestions" to Lu.
After clarifying the purpose and means of operation, Lu began to recruit troops. Lai and Duan, who were engaged in game development, joined the team one after another under the temptation of high salaries.
All at once! All suspects arrested
According to the provisions of my country's "Administrative Measures for Internet Information Services", the state implements a licensing system for commercial Internet information services, and a filing system for non-commercial Internet information services.
Those who have not obtained a license or have not gone through the filing procedures shall not engage in Internet information services.
If a mobile application store engages in Internet information service activities within the territory of my country, it shall go through corresponding licensing or filing procedures.
The "Sweet Live" software is not a normal app, and Lu knew this well, and knew that the software could not be directly downloaded by customers in the app mall, so he contacted Du Moulin.
Du Moulin's team (handled separately) distributes it on major network platforms by sending links, QR codes, etc.
It is understood that there are many minors who download and watch obscene videos, and they quietly spread and push each other to download in the QQ group.
In order to evade the attack, the criminal group remits every funds generated by software members' recharge, rewards, gambling, etc. directly to overseas accounts through a third-party platform.
After the funds were successfully "laundered", the long-term overseas boss "Cai Ge" transferred the company's operation and maintenance expenses to the domestic gang finance department through illegal means, and distributed them to members in cash.
When the salary is paid, "Cai Ge" will send a special horse to send the cash to the company, and then Zeng will distribute it to the employees uniformly. There is no meeting, contact or remittance between the boss and the employee.
Even Lu has only met "Brother Cai", and all communication relies on an overseas chat tool.
Until the incident, Lu did not know the true identity of the "Brother Cai" who pulled him into the water.
Through the analysis of Lu Mou's social software, the police captured Du Moulin's team in Sanya, Hainan, who was in the process of "group building", and all the backbones of the two major criminal groups were arrested.
When the software was seized, the background information showed that the amount of money involved in this illegal app exceeded several million yuan. After identification, the software spread more than 600 obscene videos.
In the end, five criminal suspects including Lu, Zeng, Lai and Duan were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of more than three years and fined respectively for the crime of disseminating obscene materials for profit.
Regarding the conviction and sentencing of this case, the procuratorial organ believes that the members of the criminal gang knew that they were spreading obscene materials through the Internet for profit, but they still divided their work and cooperated, and involved in the dissemination of more than 600 obscene materials, reaching the situation of "especially serious" in the judicial interpretation.
Considering that all the criminal suspects are accomplices, there are circumstances of confession, and some criminal suspects have the circumstances of admitting guilt and accepting punishment, the procuratorial organs put forward sentencing suggestions for mitigation of punishment for each criminal suspect, which were finally adopted by the court.