Source: Shenzhen Longgang Public Security Bureau
There have been strange phenomena in ATM teller machines for many days in a row.
The banknotes were added the day before yesterday, but they were empty the next day.
Today, with increasingly abundant payment methods,
Who has such a huge demand for cash?
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ATM machines frequently exhibit strange phenomena
Recently, a bank in Longgang District, Shenzhen
provided an important clue to the police:
ATM cash machines in some branches,
has been withdrawn empty of cash for many days in a row, which is an abnormal phenomenon.
Through secret investigation, the police discovered that things are not simple!
The people who withdraw money usually show up late at night,
carry multiple bank cards with them each time,
not only make calls while operating,
but also often enter the wrong password.
Police analysis shows that
this is likely to be an organized "money laundering" gang.
From September 30 to October 1, the
task force closed the network and arrested 5 gang members.
seized 2.7 million yuan in stolen money and 90 bank cards.
was found to be employed by an overseas fraud group, and
acted as a withdrawal "driver" to help transfer stolen money.
02
Withdrew 20 million in two months
22-year-old Sun,
, was one of the captured "withdrawal riders".
According to his account,
's employer would hand him 10 to 20 bank cards each time.
would then issue instructions through a niche chat software,
euphemistically calling it "cash transportation" .
Sun usually sleeps during the day and works in the middle of the night.
The daily "work flow" is mainly divided into three steps:
Test card: Test whether the bank card received can be used normally.
Withdraw money: After the stolen money arrives, go to the ATM machine to withdraw money.
Payment: should be handed over to the designated person at the designated time and place.
(▲Gang group chat screenshot)
Sun said that he had been doing it for two months, with an average withdrawal of 300,000 to 500,000 per day, and a total of more than 20 million withdrawals from
.
is profitable during the period.
also provides its own three bank cards for payment collection.
Withdrawal commission plus rental bank card,
collected a total of nearly 20,000 yuan in benefit fees.
Faced with a huge sum of money, have you ever thought about pocketing it for yourself?
Sun admitted that he was indeed "heartbeat".
But when he thought about himself and his family's information,
was clearly grasped,
had no choice but to put away his greed and continue to be a "puppet on strings."
03
Why the "rider" reappeared in the world
"Withdrawal rider", as the name suggests,
specializes in helping to withdraw cash and conduct offline money laundering,
This was common in early electronic fraud cases.
(▼Illustration of the entire fraud chain)
However, with the chainization of criminal industry,
In recent years, electronic fraud groups have transferred stolen money overseas,
mainly through "online money laundering" methods such as virtual currencies.
Why has it recently returned to the old path of "offline money laundering"?
On the one hand, since the nationwide "Card Disconnection Action" , the buying and selling of bank cards has been severely cracked down,
leading to a sharp rise in the cost of electronic fraud crimes,
only by centrally "operating" bank cards can "make the best use of them."
On the other hand, under the joint rectification of multiple national departments,
the path for transferring stolen money overseas has been largely cut off, and
the difficulty of "online money laundering" has increased dramatically.
This also explains why the
"withdrawal rider" business has begun to be forced to operate again.
04
Do you think you are just withdrawing money?
are willing to act as "withdrawal riders". Most of
are people like Sun who want to make quick money.
They know very well that the money comes from evil sources,
but they are often brainwashed or deceive themselves:
"I just withdraw money and did not directly participate in the crime."
(▲Part of the bank cards seized)
But in fact, Taking this case as an example, most of the bank cards seized by
were verified to be related to electronic fraud cases. The money taken out by
is all proceeds of crime.
is just like renting and selling bank cards,
may be suspected of assisting information network criminal activities;
acts as a "driver" for withdrawing money, and
is suspected of covering up and concealing criminal proceeds.
If the circumstances are serious, he may be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of
not less than three years but not more than seven years.
"Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China" Article 312
[Crimes of concealing and concealing criminal proceeds and proceeds of crime]
knowingly harboring, transferring, acquiring, selling on behalf of criminal proceeds or the proceeds generated therefrom, or otherwise Whoever conceals or conceals the crime shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and may also be fined; if the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years, and shall also be fined.
acted as an accomplice to an overseas electronic fraud group.
withdrew as much as 20 million.
is naturally a serious case.
