10 people arrested, involving over 500 million people! Xi'an police crack a major money laundering case
Recently, the Xi'an High tech Police successfully cracked a major money laundering case. They killed a criminal gang with illegal payment and settlement business in the whole chain, arrested 10 suspect, and detained 6 POS machines and more than 50 bank cards.
Xi'an High tech Police Successfully Solved a Major Money Laundering Case
In early April 2023, the Economic Investigation Brigade of the High tech Branch and multiple banks in the jurisdiction conducted a "joint visit and solution" precise service activity to protect enterprises and businesses. They collected illegal and criminal clues reported by a certain bank, including Zhang Mourui, regarding abnormal transactions involving large withdrawals.
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Xi'an High tech Police Successfully Solved a Major Money Laundering Case
The investigation team conducted a preliminary investigation and found that Zhang Mourui and seven others involved in the case had no fixed jobs and were low-income individuals. They opened personal bank cards in multiple banks and continued to withdraw large amounts of money, with each person withdrawing more than 30 million yuan. The source of the large amount of funds could not be reasonably explained, and the transaction mode triggered the bank's anti money laundering warning. They were suspected of providing illegal payment settlement services and the amount was particularly huge.
On April 12th, the High tech Sub bureau launched an investigation into Zhang Mourui and others for suspected illegal business operations. The task force analyzed the funds in the involved accounts and found that the funds all came from the POS machines bound to the shell merchants registered by the suspects in a payment service company in Shanghai. After more than two months of careful investigation and analysis, a criminal gang with clear hierarchy of illegal payment and settlement emerged. The main target was targeted and the time was ripe for arrest. On June 20, the special case team dispatched 60 police officers to various places in the province to carry out centralized network operations against the criminal gang, successfully captured 10 suspect such as Zhang, Zhang, Rui, and a large number of items involved in the case, such as mobile phones, POS machines, bank cards, etc.
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Xi'an High tech Police Successfully Solved a Major Money Laundering Case
Xi'an High tech Police Successfully Solved a Major Money Laundering Case
After investigation, since January 2022, Zhang has colluded with Lu and Wei to provide illegal fund payment and settlement services for three underground casinos opened by the two of them in order to make huge profits. Zhang organized Zhang Rui, Li Lin, and others to use POS machines to collect stolen funds, fabricate transactions, and directly carry out cash out settlements, extracting a minimum commission of 3 ‰. The funds paid to the settlement gang for a total settlement of 503 million yuan, illegally profiting more than 2 million yuan.
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At present, 8 suspect, including Zhang Mourui, have been approved for arrest by the People's Procuratorate of Yanta District, Xi'an for money laundering. Lu and Wei have been arrested on charges of opening a casino, and the case is currently under further investigation.