The fake HT fraud case involving 100 million yuan was solved

The original title: "Ferrari? Villa? Wenzhou Police Destroy Blockchain-related" Intelligent Contract "technology Criminal Gang"

原文作者：  公安部网安局

Recently, the Ouhai police in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province cracked the country's first case of using block chain "intelligent contract" crime, destroying two crime sites, arresting 10 suspects, seizing McLennan, Ferrari and other luxury cars and real estate, involving as much as 100 million yuan. & have spent & have spent

On April 8, 2020, the Ouhai District Branch of wenzhou Public Security Bureau received a report from li. According to li, he joined a Telegram communication group called huo coin Global move-brick arbitrage HT Chinese community, where group manager posted some tutorials on move-brick arbitrage. Many group members share their experiences in the group and say they have profited from following the tutorial. & have spent & have spent

"To put it simply, I transfer my ETH (" ether") to the account designated by the other party, and the other party will return 1:60 amount of HT (" huo coin "). After the exchange, the HT appreciation part is my money, with a profit of about 8%, "Li told the police. & have spent & have spent

However, when he transferred 10 ETH worth $12,000 to an account provided by group manager, 600 untradable fake HT were returned. At this point, Mr. Li realized he had been cheated and called the police.

After receiving the report, Ouhai public security bureau network security brigade quickly launched investigation. However, the police soon found that the traditional means of investigation were at a loss to deal with this new type of crime.

Ouhai network safety brigade quickly change train of thought, find another way, this group of managers have been using their own HT issued "intelligent contract" illegal obtain the ETH of the victim, the case clues began to surface...

The rest of the online staff, many of them computer robots, respond only to pre-edited messages such as "Tutorials are effective and profitable". In the end, only a few administrator accounts were actually online, and their mission was to publish tutorials to trick victims.

Such configuration seems to constitute a complete intra-group crime structure. Every day, dozens to hundreds of people join the group and are treated as "lambs to be slaughtered". Then, through the "trust" within the group, the criminal makes the victim believe that the ETH is true, transfers the ETH to the account provided by "group manager" and returns the false HT without any value, thus making illegal profits.

After more than a month of day and night investigation, the time is ripe for arrest. In June 2020, the Ouhai police dispatched network security, criminal investigation, police station and other competent forces to conduct unified net collection with the cooperation of fuzhou Police in Fujian Province. Successfully in a luxury villa and a commercial housing in Cangshan District, Fuzhou city, 10 criminal suspects were captured, the scene seizure of dozens of mobile phones, computers, the scene seizure of ETH, BTC, USDT and other virtual currency tens of thousands, seized McLennan, Ferrari and other luxury cars and real estate, the value of more than 13 million yuan.

Arrested, Chen and others confessed to the crime. Originally, Chen mou, yu Mou, Xu Mou 3 people are university classmate, just graduated enters a society before long. With the interest of the computer side and certain understanding of virtual currency, the three move a perverse brain.

They recruited seven employees for "business training" on computers and blockchain knowledge, and assigned them details of registering blockchain wallet addresses, selling stolen goods, chatting with victims and daily management. Subsequently, they rented a hundred overseas servers, the crime of the link to the full automation of the program control. Such a tight structure, coupled with intelligent automated programming, made the gang feel safe until the police came to visit.

After investigation, Chen and others used the block chain "intelligent contract" technology to commit a crime spree. After illegally acquiring a large number of victims' ETH, they cashing out and squandered money. They go in and out of bars and nightclubs every night, live in high-end villas and presidential suites in high-end hotels all year round, and even rent large office buildings blatantly as the crime scene.

Since 2019, the gang has used the fake HT "smart contract" to illegally obtain tens of thousands of virtual currency from the victim's ETH. The police have obtained more than 1,300 deceived information nationwide, involving a value of up to 100 million yuan.

At present, the gang members have been arrested with the approval of the procuratorial organs, and the case is being further handled.

The original link: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/0MKpLFkMVDEcWEt1d0iG1A

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