On Tuesday, Changhua County police successfully cracked a fraud group that used fake virtual currency investment methods to defraud 68 people of more than 100 million yuan. When the police were searching in Taichung, the main suspect of the fraud group, Lin, grabbed a handful of thousand-yuan bills and rushed to the roof to escape, picking up the fallen bills while running.
The Criminal Police Brigade of the Changhua County Police Department announced yesterday (10th) that they had cracked a criminal group that used "fake virtual currency investment" as a means of defrauding hundreds of millions of yuan. When the police were searching in Taichung City, the main suspect surnamed Lin fled to the roof and kept jumping and running on the hot iron roof. In the process, he dropped a lot of thousand-yuan bills. The police shouted "Don't jump anymore, it's very dangerous." In the end, 9 suspects of the fraud group, including Lin, were caught.
According to ETtoday and China Times, the police pointed out that the incident occurred because they received a report from a 44-year-old victim named Zhan. He was lured by netizens to join the Line investment group, pay cash in person to buy Tether (USDT), and then transfer the currency to the wallet address provided by the investment platform customer service. The fraud group members also deceived him that he had to invest 10% of the profit tax before he could withdraw the money. Only then did he realize that he had been defrauded. At that time, the loss had exceeded NT$3.4 million.
The main suspect of the fraud group fled across the roof with a lot of money
After nearly a year of investigation by the police, it was found that 68 victims had been defrauded of more than 100 million yuan by the group. The prosecutors and police finally targeted a rental house in Xitun District, Taichung City. Because there was a construction site there, they disguised themselves as construction workers and launched an attack when they saw the members of the fraud group returning to the rental house.
The main suspect of the fraud gang, surnamed Lin, when faced with the police siege, actually filled his hands and trouser pockets with thousand-dollar bills, and fled by jumping on the hot iron roof of the townhouse, trying to escape the pursuit. During the process, he did not forget to stop and pick up the thousand-dollar bills that kept falling. Finally, when he fled to the roof at the edge of the room and had no way to escape, he had no choice but to surrender.
The police arrested 9 suspects of the fraud group and seized the proceeds of crime, 2 Tesla and Mercedes-Benz cars, as well as land, cash, deposits and virtual currencies, totaling NT$30 million. The case has been transferred to the Changhua District Prosecutor's Office for investigation in accordance with the Anti-Fraud and Money Laundering Act. The court ruled to detain Lin and the two suspects surnamed Chen without contact.
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