On February 4, 2024, the Taiwanese Investment Zone Branch of the Public Security Bureau of Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province, announced that it had successfully detected a fraud involving more than 200 million yuan in the unfreezing of national assets, arrested 178 criminal suspects, and rescued tens of thousands of victims. This case is the largest national asset unfreezing fraud case cracked down by the Zhangzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau in recent years, and it is also a major case nationwide.
According to reports, the main criminal gang in this case, in the name of "prosperous China", used WeChat and other network platforms, under the guise of national policies, national assets unfreezing, state secrets, etc., fabricated false "national projects" to lure victims into investing, and carried out pyramid scheme-style training, encouraging victims to develop offline, forming a huge pyramid marketing network. The gang also took advantage of the victims' patriotic feelings, repeatedly emphasizing that the "Prosperous China" project was a secret mission of the state and should not be disclosed to anyone, otherwise they would be punished by the state, and even threatened that if the victims did not continue to invest, they would be listed as "thieves" and liquidated by the state.
The victims of this case are located in 29 provinces across the country, involving all walks of life, some are retirees, some are workers, some are farmers, some are students, some are businessmen, some are civil servants, some are soldiers, some are teachers, some are doctors, some are lawyers, some are journalists, some are artists, some are scientists, ......Some of them have invested several thousand yuan, some have invested tens of thousands of yuan, some have invested hundreds of thousands of yuan, some have invested several million yuan, and some have even invested tens of millions of yuan. Some of them were introduced by relatives and friends, some were recommended by colleagues, some were wooed by neighbors, some were hooked up with strangers, some were attracted by online advertisements, some were attracted by cash red envelopes**, some were moved by patriotic feelings, some were highly rewarded**, some were deceived by false evidence, and some were threatened and intimidated ......Some of them are one-time investment, some are installment investment, some are repeated investment, some are borrowed money investment, some are investment in selling houses, some are invested in selling cars, some are invested in selling **, some are invested in selling gold and silver, some are invested in selling jewelry, and some are invested in selling blood ......Some of them blindly believe, some doubt and dare not ask, some ask whether they believe or not, some believe and dare not say, some say that they are not believed, some are believed and are not ignored, some are ignored and are not persuaded, some are persuaded not to listen to persuasion, some are persuaded not to retreat, and some dare not retreat after listening to persuasion, and some dare not give ...... backSome of them fantasize about getting rich, some expect to fulfill, some are disappointed and desperate, some are angry and remorseful, some blame themselves for committing suicide, some report the case for help, some conceal and keep secrets, some evade and hide, some reflect on consciousness, and some cooperate with the investigation ......
The investigation of the case has gone through an arduous process. Due to the large number of victims involved in the case, they are widely distributed, and most of the victims are convinced of the authenticity of the "Prosperous China" project, and they are very resistant to the investigation of **, and some victims even do not hesitate to hide in the mountains and isolate themselves from the outside world in order to keep "state secrets". Cai Yibin, captain of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Taiwanese Investment Zone Bureau of the Zhangzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau, introduced that in order to break the psychological defense line of the victims, they adopted a variety of methods, such as door-to-door visits, communication, WeChat contact, meetings, etc., to patiently and meticulously explain anti-fraud knowledge to the victims, expose the "prosperous China" project, let the victims recognize the truth, and take the initiative to provide clues. At the same time, they also used network big data, bank card analysis, fund tracking and other means to gradually find out the organizational structure, modus operandi, and capital flow of the criminal gang in the case, and locked the identity and location of the main suspects.
In May 2023, under the guidance of the Ministry of Public Security, the Taiwanese Investment Zone Branch of the Zhangzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau launched the first cluster crackdown in conjunction with many places across the country, and successfully arrested 17 key members of the case, including Jia Moufeng, who is in charge of finance, and Zhang Mouxiu, who is responsible for organizing and developing members.