In 2023, in accordance with the deployment requirements of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Public Security, the national public security economic investigation departments have always adhered to the principle of striking hard in accordance with the law, deployed and carried out special crackdowns and concentrated rectification in response to prominent economic crime activities that are common and frequent and have strong public reactions, organized and cracked a number of key cases, resolutely safeguarded the vital interests of the broad masses of the people, and vigorously defended the country's economic and financial security. On January 29, the Ministry of Public Security announced the top 10 typical cases of public security organs cracking down on economic crimes in 2023. The public security organs in Henan and Shanghai cracked the case of Xu and others counterfeiting currency. In July 2023, the Henan and Shanghai public security economic investigation departments jointly detected the case of Xu and others suspected of counterfeiting currency, destroyed 3 production dens, seized more than 200 million yuan of fake yuan on the spot, and seized 5 printing presses and a large number of counterfeiting equipment and raw materials. Through line tracking and full-chain crackdown, the public security organs arrested more than 120 suspects suspected of counterfeit money, completely destroying a huge counterfeit money criminal gang involving nine provinces and cities across the country. After investigation, the family-style criminal gang with Xu as the core purchased counterfeiting equipment and raw materials such as printing presses, forged RMB and distributed it to the whole country through multi-level "**". The successful cracking of this case has destroyed the source of counterfeit money printing with the largest amount of counterfeit money in circulation in the society in recent years, and at the same time marks that the top 10 counterfeit money printing dens with the highest number of counterfeit money in circulation in the society in recent years have all been destroyed. At present, the investigation of the case has been concluded and transferred for review and prosecution. The Guangdong public security organs cracked the case of Lin Mouchao and others illegally operating (underground money bank). In February 2023, the Guangzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau of Guangdong Province filed a case for investigation against Lin Mouchao and others on suspicion of illegal business operation in accordance with the law. After investigation, since 2021, the criminal gang led by Lin Mouchao has established a number of shell companies, built illegal cross-border transfer channels for funds, provided illegal fund settlement services for overseas gambling platforms, and registered and opened a number of stores mainly engaged in fuel card recharge business on the e-commerce platform, and implemented "running points" in the form of false sales of gas cards, from which the amount involved amounted to more than 3 billion yuan. In June 2023, the public security organs will focus on cracking down on the underground money bank criminal gang, and a total of more than 160 criminal suspects such as Lin Mouchao will be arrested. At present, the investigation of the case has been concluded and transferred for review and prosecution. Shandong public security organs cracked the case of illegal business operation (cash-out) of Li Mouping and others. In August 2023, the Public Security Bureau of Yiyuan County, Shandong Province, filed a case for investigation against Li Mou and others on suspicion of illegal business operation in accordance with the law. After investigation, the criminal gang headed by Li Mouping developed more than 160 illegal cash-out apps with automatic repayment functions without the approval of the competent national authorities, and carried out credit card cash-out and illegal payment and settlement crimes by building illegal payment and settlement**, development**, etc., and illegally made more than 100 million yuan. At present, the public security organs have destroyed 35 illegal payment and settlement channels, and the case is being further handled. Tianjin public security organs cracked the case of false invoicing by Su Mouzhao and others. In March 2023, the Tianjin Binhai New Area Public Security Bureau filed a case for investigation against Su Mouzhao and others on suspicion of false invoicing. After investigation, Su Mouzhao and others conspired with relevant pharmaceutical manufacturers to use 14 shell companies such as a marketing planning service in Tianjin, which they actually controlled, to falsely issue ordinary VAT invoices in the name of "consulting fees" and other names, and the pharmaceutical manufacturers then returned the arbitraged funds to the first businessman, and the amount involved was more than 300 million yuan. At present, the investigation of the case has been concluded and transferred for review and prosecution. Hunan public security organs cracked the Zhongzhan Group fund-raising fraud case. In August 2023, the Kaifu Branch of the Public Security Bureau of Changsha City, Hunan Province, filed a case for investigation against Beijing Zhongzhan Huaxin Group on suspicion of fundraising fraud. After investigation, Liu Mouan and Liu Mouhua concealed the fact that the Zhongzhan Group and its affiliates under their actual control had no entity operating income for a long time, fabricated the background of "central enterprises" and "state-owned enterprises", and successively launched "paper **" pre-sales, online loans, private placements, jewelry customized pre-sales, investment in tea oil, rubidium ore and other businesses, promising high interest to deceive the public into investing, and the amount involved was huge, and it was suspected of fund-raising fraud. At present, the case is being further handled. The Henan public security organs cracked the case of organizing and leading pyramid marketing activities of the "Meitemei" company. In May 2023, the Henan public security organs filed a case for investigation against Fan Mouhua and others on suspicion of organizing and leading pyramid marketing activities. After investigation, Fan Mouhua and others rented overseas servers for a long time to build "Meitemei"** and later changed its name to Zhongxin Contract**) with the gimmick of "making money first and then consuming, subversive innovation and integration", through collective training, investment conferences, online sales and other ways to carry out public publicity, in the name of selling a certain brand of hawthorn wine, with the level and number of development personnel as the basis for rebates, the implementation of pyramid scheme criminal activities, a total of 2More than 20,000 people, and the amount involved is more than 4.5 billion yuan. At present, the investigation of the case has been concluded and transferred for review and prosecution. Jiangsu public security organs cracked a case of contract fraud in catering management. In November 2021, the Jiangning Branch of the Nanjing Municipal Public Security Bureau of Jiangsu Province filed a case for investigation on suspicion of contract fraud against the catering management of a certain sector in Nanjing. After investigation, Zhang Mouping and others induced investors to sign franchise contracts and pay franchise fees through false publicity and exaggerated prospects in the name of providing investment promotion services for a certain milk tea brand, and then evaded franchisees' refund demands through various means, resulting in a loss of more than 1,300 yuan for nearly 100 franchisees. At present, the investigation of the case has been concluded and transferred for review and prosecution. The public security organs recovered nearly 10 million yuan in economic losses. The Shanghai public security organs cracked a case of embezzlement, and the criminal suspect Luo was extradited back to China. In February 2020, the Jing'an Branch of the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau filed a case for investigation against Luo on suspicion of embezzlement. After investigation, Luo took advantage of his position as a financial executive of a company to transfer millions of yuan of funds from the company's account to his personal account without authorization. After the incident, Luo absconded to Morocco. In May of the same year, the Jing'an District People's Procuratorate approved Luo's arrest; In July, Interpol issued a red notice against him. In April 2023, Morocco** arrested Luo, and the Chinese public security organs submitted an extradition request to Morocco in accordance with the bilateral extradition treaty; At the end of October of the same year, a Moroccan court ruled to extradite Luo to China. In November 2023, the Ministry of Public Security's "Fox Hunt" working group escorted Luo back to Shanghai from Morocco. This case is the first successful case after the entry into force of the China-Morocco extradition treaty. At present, the case has been transferred for review and prosecution. Jiangsu public security organs cracked the case of Yan and others manipulating the ** market. In January 2022, the Public Security Bureau of Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province, filed a case for investigation against Yan and others on suspicion of manipulating the ** market. After investigation, Yan and a certain capital allocation intermediary used "mezzanine", "on-site financing" and "bid-bypassing" to allocate funds, and used more than 120 ** accounts under actual control to use capital advantages, shareholding and position advantages to carry out continuous trading and reverse trading, manipulate a certain target, and illegally make 1More than 700 million yuan. At present, the investigation of the case has been concluded and transferred for review and prosecution. The Beijing public security organs cracked the case of Weng Mou and others illegally operating ***. In July 2023, the Changping Branch of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau filed a case for investigation against Weng and others on suspicion of illegal business operations. After investigation, Weng and others set up an information consulting company in Beijing to carry out stock recommendation business through the sales team without investment consulting qualifications, and promoted member services with free recommendation as a gimmick, and the amount involved amounted to more than 6,800 yuan. At present, the investigation of the case has been concluded and transferred for review and prosecution.
*丨China Police Network.