China News Service, April 15th. According to Taiwan's "Central News Agency", a 34-year-old man surnamed Chen in Taipei City formed a "love skinning" fraud group. The "little brother" pretended to be a female netizen to approach the victim on the dating software, and then asked the woman to meet the victim. , defrauding money on the grounds of falsely claiming to buy love, debts, etc., resulting in 20 victims, the local police have followed the line to arrest them.
Xu Yongyi, captain of the seventh investigation of the Taipei Criminal Police Brigade, said on the 15th that he received a report a few days ago that a victim was involved in "love fraud". After investigation, a criminal group headed by a 34-year-old man surnamed Chen was suspected of serious suspicion, and a special team has been formed to investigate.
The police found that the man surnamed Chen instigated the male members of the fraud group to pretend to be female netizens, and downloaded the female photos as the headshots of the dating software, and randomly approached the victim. Afterwards, he actively chatted with the victim through text and recording through the communication software, deliberately creating an online dating situation.
The police said that during the chat with the victim, the fraud group would lie about buying love gifts such as flannel dolls, and send the victim a photo of the product, along with a personal application for a bank account, asking the victim to remit money, but the actual cost was transferred to the fraud group. account.
The police said that the fraud group also arranged for female members to date the victim, and defrauded them on the grounds of debt.
The group used the "skinning" method to defraud for about a year. A total of 20 people were deceived, and the illegal income was about NT$1 million.
After a long-term search for evidence, the police went to the residence of the man surnamed Chen and others to arrest 12 people and seized the mobile phones used for the crime, the victim's information and other items.
After the police inquiry, 12 people, including a man surnamed Chen, were transferred to the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office on suspicion of violating the organized crime prevention regulations and aggravating fraud.