Shandong police dismantle a criminal group targeting minors for online fraud: confiscate 20k virtual currencies, over 200 victims affected

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ME News Report, May 17 (UTC+8), Shandong Linyi police recently dismantled a telecom fraud gang targeting minors, seizing approximately 140k yuan in illegal gains and 20k virtual currencies on site. Preliminary investigations show that the gang has carried out over 200 scams nationwide, involving a large amount of money. The police disclosed that the criminal gang used “free game skins and equipment” as bait, luring minors to use their parents’ phones and remotely control the victims’ devices through screen sharing to carry out transfer scams. The stolen funds were then laundered in batches through recharge of phone credits, electricity bills, and property fees. The upstream telecom fraud platform settled funds via virtual currency, with suspects taking about 20% of the scam amount as a share. It is reported that the gang leader once traveled to a scam zone in Myanmar and has strong anti-investigation experience. The case is still under further investigation. (Source: ChainCatcher)

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