China's Jiangxi police destroyed a virtual currency money laundering "water room" den, involving more than 200,000 yuan in funds

According to the Global Times, Ms. Zhang from Tianjin was defrauded of more than 260,000 yuan online this month, and the fraudulent money was withdrawn in Xingguo, Ganzhou. After receiving relevant clues, the Xingguo police quickly attacked, arrested 8 criminal suspects, destroyed 1 virtual currency money laundering "water room" den, and seized 200,000 yuan of funds involved in the case. After investigation, on August 5, the suspect Li Mouyuan (from Xingguo County) received a call from a loan fraud money laundering gang, asking him if he needed a loan. Later, the fraud money laundering gang asked Li Mouyuan to provide a bank account for money laundering on the grounds that Li Mouyuan's account flow was not enough and needed help to swipe the flow, and asked Li Mouyuan to make an appointment with the bank for large-scale cash withdrawals. After the defrauded funds of Ms. Zhang from Tianjin were transferred to Li Mouyuan's account, he was immediately asked to withdraw cash in Xingguo. In order to prevent bank staff from doubting and intercepting large-scale cash withdrawals, Li Mouyuan lied that the funds were used to pay workers' wages for decoration according to the explanation of the fraud money laundering gang. At about 13:00 on August 11, Li Mouyuan, knowing that the funds were involved in cyber crimes, withdrew more than 260,000 yuan from Ms. Zhang in Tianjin from a bank in Xingguo. At the same time, the overseas fraud gang arranged for domestic money laundering gang members Zhu Mouzhe, Fan Mouhui, and Li Moufu to drive from Yuzhou, Henan to Xingguo County for handover through the Bat Chat tool. When Li Mouyuan withdrew cash, the gang members were arranged to follow him into the bank to prevent accidents from happening, and they also monitored him from a distance at both ends of the bank to prevent Li Mouyuan from taking the funds and running away. After getting all the cash withdrawn by Li Mouyuan, the money laundering gang fled back to Yuzhou, Henan that night and handed the funds involved to Hou Moupeng, a suspect in the virtual currency money laundering "water room". Hou Moupeng then exchanged the more than 260,000 yuan in cash obtained from the fraud into virtual currency U offline according to the instructions of the suspects in the overseas fraud den, and transferred it to the designated virtual currency designated address, ultimately achieving the money laundering of the funds involved. On August 12, the suspect Li Mouyuan was arrested by the police on the spot when he was handling his account involved in the case at the bank. The police officers in charge of the case overcame many difficulties and, after a lot of work, successively arrested the suspects Zhu Mouzhe, Fan Mouhui, and Li Moufu. On the evening of August 20, a virtual currency money laundering "water room" den was destroyed, and four suspects including Hou Moupeng were arrested, and 200,000 yuan of funds involved in the case were seized.