Police in Zibo, Shandong have recently cracked a huge online gambling case.
After investigation, criminal gangs based in the Philippines have established and operated more than 170 gambling websites, with more than 10 million registered members, and the amount involved has reached more than 50 billion yuan.
In March 2022, the police from the Zhoucun Branch of the Zibo Public Security Bureau found clues in the investigation of a gambling case. Someone opened a casino using the Internet in the Philippines.
Further investigation by the police found that the main suspect was lurking in the Philippines, using a technology company as a cover to set up and operate a gambling website to attract mainland Chinese residents to participate in gambling crimes.
In China, there are still some criminal suspects of drainage and money laundering.
Wang Rubing, deputy head of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Zhoucun Branch of the Public Security Bureau of Zibo City: Their main profit is to rely on commission (commission), which means that it is basically the same as our daily gambling operation model, but it is transferred to the Internet. , more covertly.
Its pumping is very high, reaching 20 to 30 percent.
After several months of investigation work, the police of the special case team have fully grasped the organizational structure of the criminal gang, hiding places and criminal facts suspected of organizing online gambling.
On the eve of the Lantern Festival this year, the Zibo police dispatched 130 police officers to 29 cities in 15 provinces, including Fujian, Guangdong, and Hunan, to arrest and collect the suspects involved in the case.
The operation lasted 4 days and nights, and 34 suspects were arrested, and they were escorted back to Zibo for investigation according to law.
Up to now, 54 suspects have been arrested in this case, and the case is under further investigation.
(CCTV news client)