Recently, a bank in Longgang provided an important clue to the police through the district anti-fraud joint office: ATM machines at some branches have been empty of cash for many days in a row, which is an abnormal phenomenon.

There has been a strange phenomenon in the ATM cash machine for many days in a row.

The banknotes were loaded the day before, but they were empty the next day.

In today's increasingly rich payment methods,

who has such a huge demand for cash?

ATM machines frequently exhibit strange phenomena

Recently, a bank in Longgang provided an important clue to the police through the District Anti-Fraud Joint Office:

ATM machines in some branches were empty of cash for many consecutive days, and the phenomenon was abnormal. .

Through secret investigation, the police discovered that things are not simple!

Withdrawers usually show up late at night,

carrying multiple bank cards each time,

not only making phone calls while operating,

but also often entering wrong passwords.

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.

It was found that the gang was employed by an overseas fraud group,

acted as a "driver" for withdrawals and helped transfer stolen money.

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.

Withdrawal: After the stolen money arrives, go to the ATM machine to withdraw money.

Payment: Give it to the designated person at the designated time and place.

(▲Screenshot of group chat)

Sun said that he had been doing it for two months, and

withdrew an average of 300,000 to 500,000 yuan a day, and

had withdrawn more than 20 million yuan in total.

is profitable during this 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 a string."

Why the "Rider" Reappeared

"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 whole chain of fraud)

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,

the behavior of buying and selling bank cards has been severely cracked down on since the nationwide " Card Cutoff Action ",

resulting in 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,

’s path for transferring stolen money overseas has been largely cut off, and

’s “online money laundering” has become more difficult.

This also explains why the

"withdrawal rider" business has begun to be forced to operate again.

Do you think you are just withdrawing money?

is willing to act as a "withdrawal driver", and

is mostly people like Sun who want to make quick money.

They know very well that the money comes from improper sources,

but they are often brainwashed or deceive themselves:

"I just withdraw money, and I am not directly involved 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.

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 a fixed-term imprisonment of

not less than three years but not more than seven years .

Article 312 of "Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China "

[Crimes of concealing and concealing criminal proceeds or proceeds of crime]

knowingly harboring, transferring, acquiring, selling on behalf of criminal proceeds and the proceeds generated therefrom, or Whoever conceals or conceals the crime by other means shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or 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 of an overseas electronic fraud group.

withdrew up to 20 million.

is naturally a serious case.