Large Online Part-Time Job Fraud Gang Busted in Taizhou, Zhejiang

TapTechNews August 16th news, according to CCTV News reports, the police in Taizhou, Zhejiang recently smashed a huge online part-time job fraud gang, arresting 162 criminal suspects. The fraud gang developed more than 200 fraudulent Apps in two years and accumulated more than 80,000 victims, with a case value of 20 million yuan ($2.86 million). The related topic currently ranks sixth on Weibo's hot search list with a reading volume of 28.079 million.

According to TapTechNews' reference report, the victim, Ms. He, tried to 'find a part-time job' online. Later, she joined a brushing order group and downloaded an App called 'Mobile Phone Assistant' according to the requirements of the upper-level. The upper-level claimed that after she paid the membership fee, the membership fee could be refunded by advertising, but after Ms. He completed the task as required, not only did the other party not refund the money, but also asked for a second payment of $28 ($199). When Ms. He contacted the other party for a refund, she found that she had been blacklisted and then called the police for help.

The criminal investigation team of the Jiaojiang Branch of the Taizhou Municipal Public Security Bureau said that what Ms. He was involved in was a typical part-time job fraud case of brushing orders. After the police investigation, they locked the main criminal gang located in Henan Province and the technical personnel in Guangxi, and carried out multiple arrests from 2022 to 2024, and finally arrested 162 criminal suspects, with a case value of more than $2.86 million.

The main criminal, Liu, confessed that they carried out online fraud relying on various software. In more than two years, they developed more than 200 Apps in total, and some people couldn't resist the temptation and joined the ranks of the fraudsters after being deceived.

At present, the relevant personnel involved in the case have been transferred to the procuratorial organ for prosecution in accordance with the law, and the main criminal, Liu, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for fraud. This case is still being continuously handled.