According to news from the Cyber Security Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security on March 21, the Public Security Bureau of Sishui County, Jining, Shandong Province, recently successfully eliminated an information network criminal gang that illegally used information to defraud registered members of their money in the name of developing a "portrait engine" website.
This website has a total of more than 100,000 registered member accounts, 140 agent accounts, and 1,140 promotion accounts. 8 suspects were arrested, a mobile phone, computer, bank card and other items used in the crime were confiscated, and the items involved in the case were seized and frozen The capital is more than 600,000 yuan.
"With just one photo, you can search the entire Internet for candid videos of yourself?
what? Then I have to give it a try. What if someone secretly takes a video of me?"
Rapid investigation and careful judgment
Some time ago, Surabaya, Jining City, Shandong Province Mr. Xian Yu discovered a "portrait engine" website while browsing the website. The website claimed that with just one photo of himself, he could search the entire Internet for videos of himself being secretly photographed.
He was curious and paid the fee. Then Mr. Yu found that the pictures and videos he searched had nothing to do with him. He realized that he had been cheated and went to the Sishui County Public Security Bureau to call the police.
After receiving the report, the Sishui County Public Security Bureau immediately launched investigation and evidence collection, and set up a task force to investigate the case. The investigation by the
task force found that an Internet user with the account name "Mei Chaofeng" promoted the "Portrait Engine" website on a foreign communication software. Based on this clue, the police quickly determined the true identity of "Mei Chaofeng" as Zhang Moumou through analysis and judgment, and rushed to the suspect Zhang Moumou's home to capture him.
bravely investigated and eliminated the gang
After investigation, Zhang Moumou was a promoter of "Portrait Search Engine". The website was established by netizens who "went up the mountain to fight tigers" and they only knew each other on the Internet.
After investigation, the real identity of the netizen who "went up the mountain to fight tigers" was Zheng Moumou. Zheng Moumou asked Zhang Moumou to be an agent promoter and receive a commission based on the amount of promotion.
Zheng Moumou also developed the criminal suspects Shang Mou, Chen Mou and Zheng Moulan as downline promoters. They used a foreign communication software to register an agent number on the backend website to generate an agent link to promote the "Portrait Engine" website.
The police worked vigorously to investigate and formed multiple arrest teams and went to all parts of the country to capture all the suspects Zheng Moumou, Shang Mou, Chen Mou and Zheng Moulan.
As a result, all members of the criminal gang behind the "Portrait Engine" website that illegally used information to develop and build websites, develop offline promoters for promotion, and trick netizens into registering as website members and paying registration fees were all arrested.
This website makes money by charging fees for registered members. There are more than 100,000 registered members all over the country. After interrogation, Zheng Moumou and other criminal suspects confessed to their illegal crimes.
followed the clues and dug deeper
What was unexpected was that when the police handling the illegal use of information network crime, they dug deep into the gang criminal clues and followed the clues, and uncovered another pornographic conspiracy organized by the suspect Zheng Moulan. Obscene video case.
After investigation, there were a total of 109 videos and 87 pictures in the two communication groups created by the criminal suspect Zheng Moulan. After identification,
found 81 obscene videos and 7 obscene pictures. A total of more than 200,000 yuan was charged to group members to join the group.
At present, the above-mentioned persons involved have been subject to criminal compulsory measures by the police in accordance with the law, and the case is under further processing.
The police remind
that netizens should not trust online advertisements and pop-up messages, do not easily click on website links sent by strangers, and consciously stay away from low-level interests such as online obscenity and pornography, put an end to curiosity, and prevent falling into the serial fraud trap of scammers.
Once you discover that you have been involved in online fraud, please report it to the public security organs immediately and explain the situation, so as to jointly maintain a good network environment.
Xiaoxiang Morning News Comprehensive Network Security Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security