China News Service, Beijing, June 22 (Reporter Zhang Ziyang) Today, the Ministry of Public Security announced ten typical cases of recently cracking down on cross-border gambling crimes.
Since the deployment of the special conference on the fight against cross-border gambling on February 28, the Ministry of Public Security has deployed public security agencies across the country to act swiftly to carry out in-depth efforts to combat cross-border gambling and severely crack down on cross-border gambling and related blackmail, fraud, money laundering, Abduction, trafficking, smuggling, finance, and other illegal and criminal activities have achieved remarkable results. Up to now, the Ministry of Public Security has supervised 79 cases and 257 cross-border gambling cases have been detected by public security agencies, and more than 11,500 criminal suspects have been arrested. More than 1530 persons have been transferred to prosecute; 368 gambling platforms and 148 technical teams have been destroyed. There were 187 payment platforms and underground banks, seized more than 220,000 bank cards, frozen more than 28,100 accounts, and identified more than 229 billion funds. A large number of gambling personnel were dealt with according to law, and a large number of gambling-related personnel were included in the entry-exit blacklist. At the same time, in response to the cross-border gambling and telecommunications network fraud criminal bank account black and gray industries, public security agencies around the country continued to carry out centralized crackdowns and rectification operations, destroyed more than 1,200 dens, seized more than 27,000 sets of accounts involved, and investigated and dealt with accountable banks in conjunction with relevant authorities And more than 200 staff in market supervision departments.
Among the typical cases announced this time, some overseas casinos attracted customers to gamble in China, such as the “1·19” cross-border gambling case detected by the Gansu public security organ, and the criminal suspects organized agents to solicit from overseas dens and within China. People in the country participate in gambling; some provide technical support for cross-border gambling crimes, such as the “4•21” online gambling case detected by Guangdong Zhuhai. The criminal suspects used software development as a guise to provide technical support for overseas casinos and online gambling groups in Southeast Asia ; Some are providing fund settlement services for cross-border gambling crimes. For example, Mudanjiang in Heilongjiang has detected the "933" case. The criminal suspects transfer and withdraw online gambling funds in the country, and hire people to send cash to overseas casinos; some organize outbound gambling, such as The case that Yang Moumou and other organization personnel detected by the Lincang public security organ in Yunnan smuggled out of the country for gambling, etc.
The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Public Security stated that cross-border gambling seriously endangers the legitimate rights and interests of the people, seriously endangers economic security, social stability and national image. Public security organs will always adhere to "zero tolerance", resolutely and severely crack down on cross-border gambling crimes and related crimes, cut off the "fund chain", "technology chain", "promotion chain", "personnel chain" of cross-border gambling, and Work closely with relevant departments to further promote various governance work, and at the same time strengthen law enforcement cooperation with relevant countries, resolutely reverse the high incidence of cross-border gambling crimes. The public security organ is telling people who organize and participate in cross-border gambling illegal criminal activities to stop illegal criminal activities immediately and voluntarily surrender. It is hoped that the broad masses of the people will recognize the deceptive nature and serious harm of cross-border gambling "ten gambling and ten scams" and "ten gambling and ten scams", consciously resist going abroad or participating in gambling online, and continue to raise awareness and ability to prevent. The public security organ welcomes the masses of people to actively report and expose related illegal and criminal acts, and will protect the personal information and safety of the informant in accordance with the law.
Attachment: Ten Typical Cases of the Ministry of Public Security Combating Cross-Border Gambling Crimes
1. Gansu Public Security Organs Detected the "1·19" Cross-Border Gambling Case
In January 2020, the work of the Net Security Corps of the Gansu Provincial Public Security Department discovered a clue that overseas casinos are recruiting domestic personnel to participate in gambling. The Ministry of Public Security attaches great importance to it as a supervision case for investigation. After investigation, from May 2019, the criminal suspect Gong and others, through the development of "Shuangshuangbao" mobile APP, renting servers and overseas hotels, organized agents to recruit domestic personnel to participate in gambling in overseas dens and in China through the Internet. More than 11,000 gambling personnel have been developed, and a cumulative value of 153 million yuan has been paid for gambling. On April 30, the public security organs of Gansu Province launched a network arrest operation, arresting 32 criminal suspects, 22 online criminal suspects, freezing 1,200 bank cards, 269 accounts of various types, seizing cars, computers, mobile phones, etc. A batch of items involved in the case.
2. Shandong Zaozhuang detected the case of "2·03" providing capital services for overseas casinos
In February 2020, the Shandong Zaozhuang public security organ received the case and found that someone had provided financial services for overseas gambling websites. After investigation, since 2019, Liu and other 8 people have successively built multiple payment platforms such as Duoduo and Qianbao to help collection and settlement of gambling websites at home and abroad, with a daily collection flow of more than 1 million yuan. After an in-depth research and analysis, the task force has figured out the QR model of the collection of QR codes to help the information network criminal activities of the black and gray industry, and has identified the criminal chain from the code merchant to the payment platform to the gambling platform. 106 suspects including payment platform boss, shareholder, technology, customer service, etc. On May 18, the Zaozhuang police carried out a net-collecting operation, arresting all the 106 people mentioned above, detaining 9 vehicles involved in the case and a large number of crime-making tools such as bank cards, mobile phones, computers, etc. The amount involved exceeded 1 billion yuan.
3. Guangdong Zhuhai detected “4•21” to provide technical support for cross-border gambling
In early April 2020, the work of the Public Security Bureau of Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province found that a technology company in Zhuhai was involved in online gambling criminal activities, and immediately formed a special task force to investigate. After an in-depth investigation, the criminal gang led by Liu Mou was basically identified, under the guise of software research and development, and actually provided technical support for overseas casinos and online gambling gangs in Southeast Asia and other countries, using the Internet to recruit criminals to participate in gambling. On April 22, the task force deployed a network collection operation, arrested more than 80 people including the main suspect Liu Mou, and seized a batch of items including 8 servers, 106 computers, mobile phones, and account books. After investigation, the criminal gang led by Liu provided computer technical services for 45 casinos and gambling platforms, and received more than 12 million yuan in maintenance costs.
4. Guangxi Baise cooperates with the Vietnamese police to detect a cross-border online gambling case
In January 2020, the Public Security Bureau of Baise City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region received a report from the masses that someone used the "Fairly Faced Entertainment App" to organize gambling personnel to conduct online gambling activities, and immediately set up a task force to investigate. After investigation, since April 2019, the criminal suspect Huang and others have used the network for online gambling, hired operators to remotely operate the gambling platform in a certain place in Vietnam, and organized gambling personnel through WeChat, Alipay recharge and bank card transfers. Participating in gambling, the funds involved in the case were as high as 350 million yuan. On April 26, 2020, the Guangxi police launched a unified arrest operation and launched an international police coordination mechanism to arrest more than 100 suspects of illegal crimes. Among them, the Vietnamese police assisted in the arrest and transfer of 8 people.
5. Guangdong, Shenzhen, detected Xia Mou and other cases of using a game program to open a casino
In February 2020, the Shenzhen Municipal Public Security Bureau of Guangdong Province found a clue that a website was suspected of opening a casino. The Shenzhen Public Security Bureau filed an investigation and successfully smashed a criminal gang led by Xia who opened a casino for illegal profits. After investigation, since March 2019, the gang has used the self-developed "online game" program to open a casino, and attracted a large number of gamblers to participate in game recharge gambling through Yaya, Douyu and other first-line live broadcast platforms. In April 2020, the task force launched a unified network collection operation, arrested 19 criminal suspects, smashed 3 domestic agency studios, and seized 2.34 million yuan in cash. In the second round of network collection operations launched in May, 7 criminal suspects were provided who provided technology and settlement services for gambling networks.
6. Yunnan Lincang detected the gambling case of smuggling out of Yang Moumou and other organizations
In April 2020, the work of the Public Security Bureau of Lincang City, Yunnan Province, found that the suspect Yang Moumou was suspected of organizing Chinese citizens to sneak in and out of the border to engage in gambling activities, that is, to initiate an investigation. After investigation, Yang Moumou arranged for Xia Moumou to organize more than 10 Chinese citizens to illegally travel to the border between China and Myanmar to engage in overseas gambling activities, and contact and pay the smuggling fee through WeChat. The task force successively arrested the criminal suspect Yang Moumou and 10 members of his organization's smuggling gang and coordinated with the Myanmar police to capture and transfer the criminal suspect Xia Moumou and the suspected smuggling from overseas dens to our side.
7. Guangdong Maoming detected a cross-border online gambling case using a "chess and card platform"
Recently, the work of the Public Security Bureau of Maoming City, Guangdong Province found that someone opened an online casino and set up the platform outside the country, that is, investigating the case. After investigation, the criminal suspect Wang Moumou and others used the "Chess and Card Platform" set up overseas to promote and develop members through online social tools such as QQ and WeChat, and attracted gambling personnel to purchase points to pay for gambling through payment methods such as Alipay and WeChat. The amount of gambling involved is as high as 2.6 billion yuan. In May 2020, the Guangdong police implemented a simultaneous network capture operation, arrested more than 50 suspects, smashed 7 online gambling dens, seized a batch of criminal computers, mobile phones, bank cards, and frozen more than 2,200 gambling-related fund accounts.
8. Heilongjiang Mudanjiang cracked the "933" cross-border gambling technology operation and maintenance and capital settlement case
Recently, the work of the Mudanjiang Public Security Bureau of Heilongjiang Province found that someone provided technical operation and maintenance and fund settlement services for overseas gambling websites, that is, to initiate investigation. After investigation, the criminal suspect Han and others rented "cloud services" to provide operation and maintenance services for a live video gambling website in Myanmar; the criminal suspect Huang and others used POS machines and four sets of bank cards to transfer online gambling funds , Withdraw cash, and hire people to send cash to overseas physical casinos. In April 2020, the Heilongjiang police carried out an operation to arrest and collect nets, arrested 62 criminal suspects, seized funds of 11.2 million yuan on site, shut down 25 chess-related gambling mobile applications, and shut down 54 gambling-related domain names.
9. Shandong Zibo detected a gambling case against an overseas website
At the beginning of 2020, the Shandong Zibo police found that a sports website with a server located outside the country had vigorously developed members and organized gambling in the country, and there was a serious crime suspect of opening a casino. After investigation, the website has collected a large number of people who are engaged in anchors, sports event reviews, and have a certain number of fans, and then contacted these people through various channels. Xu has been tempted by large sums of money to recruit more than 4,000 agents in China. Involved in more than 20 provinces and cities, and through the release of advertising links to promote websites, the development of hundreds of thousands of gambling personnel, the amount of betting up to more than 30 billion yuan. A few days ago, the police in Zibo launched an operation and arrested 16 suspects as gambling suspects acting as agents of the website.
10. Shanghai Jinshan detected a case of organizing others to participate in cross-border online gambling
Recently, the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau Jinshan Branch received reports from the masses that some people were distributing online gambling accounts for others to gamble. The public security organ immediately launched an investigation and started from a gambler. The investigation found that a woman with the surname Xu who provided the gambling website was most likely hiding a criminal gang. After investigation, online gambling gangs led by "Xu Min" and others have organized overseas gambling websites, mobile APPs, etc. to organize others to gambling through online gambling, baccarat, etc., and divided them from it, with a total of more than 10 million funds involved in the case. yuan. On April 15, 2020, the Jinshan branch carried out a concentrated arrest operation, arresting 19 suspects, detaining more than 20 mobile phones and more than 10 computers on the spot. At present, 13 criminal suspects have been subjected to criminal coercive measures on suspicion of opening a casino, and 7 others have been administratively punished for gambling violations. (Finish)