22 brought back over fraud
By Li Qian |
April 12, 2012, Thursday
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POLICE yesterday escorted 22 suspects detained over a telephone fraud based in Guangzhou, the capital of southern Guangdong Province, back to Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
Xinjiang police had held 37 people and seized 91 bank cards, 10 computers, 20,000 yuan (US$3,172) in cash and numerous SIM cards used for telephone scams in Guangzhou, Xinhua news agency reported.
It is a serious case of fraud involving a huge amount of money, involving more than 100 cases and leaving victims in 26 provinces or cities across the country, Xinhua said.
In the past two months, the fraud netted an estimated 900,000 yuan, the Legal Daily said.
The suspects are 16 men and six women, all around 30 years old, Xinhua reported, citing police.
The operation was said to be well-organized, operating like a real company. Founded in 2009, the fraud ring, allegedly headed by a woman surnamed Zhao, claimed to be able to help clients make profits by introducing them to stocks.
Clients were enticed to remit money to bank accounts as membership fees, then waited for the promised high returns, which never materialized, said police.
Officers located the operation in Guangzhou and began rounding up suspects on March 28, the Legal Daily reported.
The case is still under investigation.
Xinjiang police had held 37 people and seized 91 bank cards, 10 computers, 20,000 yuan (US$3,172) in cash and numerous SIM cards used for telephone scams in Guangzhou, Xinhua news agency reported.
It is a serious case of fraud involving a huge amount of money, involving more than 100 cases and leaving victims in 26 provinces or cities across the country, Xinhua said.
In the past two months, the fraud netted an estimated 900,000 yuan, the Legal Daily said.
The suspects are 16 men and six women, all around 30 years old, Xinhua reported, citing police.
The operation was said to be well-organized, operating like a real company. Founded in 2009, the fraud ring, allegedly headed by a woman surnamed Zhao, claimed to be able to help clients make profits by introducing them to stocks.
Clients were enticed to remit money to bank accounts as membership fees, then waited for the promised high returns, which never materialized, said police.
Officers located the operation in Guangzhou and began rounding up suspects on March 28, the Legal Daily reported.
The case is still under investigation.
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