Modern Express News (Correspondent Jianxuan, Reporter Gu Xiao) Recently, the Yangzhou police destroyed a criminal gang that specialized in using ticket transfers to commit fraud. In order to "launder" the stolen money, they actually reached an agreement with multiple anchors and used the stolen money to host the anchors. Swipe gifts and return them offline.
△ Some suspects were arrested and brought to justice
In April 2023, Yangzhou citizen Xiao Zhou failed to purchase tickets for a certain star’s concert on the official platform. She was eager to get tickets, so she turned to a social platform to look for ticket sources. She found that a netizen had posted information about the original price transfer of concert tickets, and immediately sent a private message to him. "He said that the tickets can be sold at a reasonable price, but the person who buys them must be a die-hard fan. I said yes, and then we followed each other."
Usually, tickets for popular concerts will be transferred at a higher price, but this person sold them at a "low price", Xiao Zhou was a little doubtful. However, the other party said that it could be traded through a formal platform, which reassured Xiao Zhou. "He said it could be traded through a certain platform, and he also sent me a QR code picture, saying it was already on the shelves."
Xiao Zhou immediately used the app to scan the QR code to pay, but could not jump to the payment page. The other party asked her to use Scan the Alipay code. After paying 800 yuan to a Shenzhen network technology company, Xiao Zhou discovered that the order did not exist on the formal trading platform. Under Xiao Zhou's repeated questioning, the other party directly showed off his cards, "He actually told me to remember it better next time, and then blocked me." After
defrauded money, he also made sarcastic remarks, and Xiao Zhou reported the case angrily. Guangling police attached great importance to it and organized forces to launch an investigation. Soon, a criminal gang that used ticket transfers to commit fraud surfaced. By investigating the direction of the funds, the police also discovered that the 800 yuan paid by Xiao Zhou was used by the suspect to "give gifts" to some anchors.
△Chat records between the scammer and the victim
Using the cashback payee’s information, the police quickly identified Li from Henan and captured him at home. Li quickly explained the crime process: In early 2023, after being introduced by netizens, he joined a QQ group with more than 20 people. These people have a clear division of labor, publish false second-hand ticket transfer information on the Internet, and commit fraud, forming a huge underground criminal network. In order to "launder" the stolen money from the fraud, these criminal suspects also reached an agreement with multiple anchors, and the criminal suspects gave gifts to the anchors' live broadcast rooms to increase their popularity. The anchor returned part of the funds to the criminal suspect in the form of offline cashback.
Based on the clues, the police followed the clues and rushed to Hainan, Gansu and other places, and arrested many suspects. After investigation, it was found that from March to August 2023, the gang successfully defrauded 20 victims. Some victims even fell into the trap more than once, and the amount involved exceeded 150,000 yuan.
Recently, five people, including Li, Wang, and Fu, were prosecuted by the Guangling District Procuratorate for fraud. After trial, the court sentenced the five people to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from 1 to 3 years in accordance with the law, and imposed corresponding fines. . The police are still further investigating the fugitives and anchors involved.
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