“Big shot” Hu Xiaowei arrested in Japan

June 22 News, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department arrested a man suspected of making false records on original electromagnetic notarization documents and using forged electronic notarization documents (i.e., using fake electronic notarization documents) on charges of violation. He is said to be an executive of the Cambodian Prince Group. It is reported that he used multiple names, including the Chinese name "Hu Xiaowei," to carry out activities.

According to investigations, the suspect Hu Xiaowei (44 years old), born in China and holding Cypriot nationality, along with two others, was arrested from June 14 to 17. They are suspected of submitting a false resident relocation report to the ward office of Chuo Ward, Tokyo, on April 20, 2026, without actually moving there. According to confessions, the suspect claimed this was "to obtain permanent residency, and the matter was entrusted to an agent." A Chinese man (31 years old, also arrested for the same crime) who was entrusted with handling the procedures is suspected of having gone to the ward office window.

▲Old photo of Hu Xiaowei (reference image)

The Prince Group is subject to economic sanctions by U.S. and U.K. authorities. The group's executives may have Japan as one of their bases, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is carefully investigating their activities within Japan.

According to registration records, suspect Hu established a company in Adachi Ward in 2023, engaged in trade and other businesses, and moved to Chiyoda Ward in April 2024. At the time of company registration, the registered address was in London, later moving to Minato Ward, Tokyo, and Suita City, Osaka Prefecture.

On June 22, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun hosted a routine press conference.

A reporter asked: Today, Japanese media reported that Tokyo police arrested a man named "Hu Shi" (phonetic), who is suspected of having links to the Prince Group. The Prince Group is accused of operating multiple telecommunications fraud parks. Has China received any official notification regarding this arrest? Is China currently working on repatriating the involved personnel?

In response, Guo Jiakun stated that cracking down on online gambling and telecom fraud crimes is a shared responsibility of the international community. We hope neighboring countries and China will strengthen law enforcement cooperation together to safeguard people's lives and property and maintain regional order of exchanges and cooperation.

According to previous reports by Red Star News, Hu Xiaowei, also known as Hu Yanming, Hu Shi (phonetic), and Chen Xiaoer. According to authoritative sources, Hu Xiaoer, who is under U.S. sanctions, Hu Yanming, who was issued restrictions by the Hong Kong Department of Justice, and Hu Xiaowei, the mastermind behind the "Knight Attack Group" involved in illegal computer system intrusions in Chongqing in 2010, are the same person.

It is reported that the "Knight Attack Group" illegal intrusion case was listed as a key supervised case by the Cybersecurity Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security in 2010. In December of the same year, most of the suspects involved in the case, except Hu Xiaowei, were captured by Chongqing cyber police. Red Star News reporters found that the core members of the "Knight Attack Group" at that time testified that Hu Xiaowei was one of the only two leaders in the group, and Chen Zhi was one of the group members, who was not on the list of 19 core suspects at that time.

According to a report reprinted by China National Radio in 2012 from "Securities Market Weekly," Hu Xiaowei was a master's graduate in computer science from a 985 university, with excellent computer knowledge and skills, known as a "genius player" and "super hacker." The network hacker organization he formed at that time profited 100 million yuan within 10 months by attacking private server farms and gaining advertising agency rights.

Source: Red Star News, Elephant News