The Taipei District Prosecutor’s Office is rapidly investigating the case of a 100,000-yuan Sino-Fung silver bomb theft.

The case of the 100,000 yuan theft of Yongfeng Bank was transferred, and the Taipei District Prosecutor’s Office is rapidly investigating the case. (File photo)

[Reporter Wu Shengru/Report from Taipei] The 165 anti-fraud hotline of the National Police Service received a large number of reports from people on the 3rd, claiming that 100,000 yuan was transferred from their Wing Fung Bank accounts to a specific account by unknown means without warning. After receiving the report, the police immediately helped notify the receiving bank to deduct the money and intervened in the investigation. After collecting relevant evidence, the Criminal Police Department went to the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office today to report to the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office for command of the investigation. The Beijing Procuratorate also quickly divided the case, and the entire case was handed over to the prosecutors of the Procuratorate’s Anti-Black Money Task Force for crimes such as obstructing the use of computers.

According to statistics from the Criminal Bureau, as of 12 noon yesterday, a total of 68 reports had been received, and the victims were highly concentrated among men from Yunlin whose ID card numbers started with P1. The police also immediately contacted Sino-Fung Bank and asked it to assist in the investigation and provide relevant connection records and information.

At the same time, people who encounter related situations are also asked to go to the police station in their jurisdiction to complete the formal reporting procedures to facilitate subsequent investigation and protection of the rights and interests of the victims.

After collecting relevant evidence, the Criminal Bureau went to the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office this morning to report for command. The Taipei District Prosecutor's Office immediately completed the division of the case, and the entire case was handed over to prosecutors from the Procuratorate's Black Money Task Force for investigation of crimes such as obstructing computer use.

Wing Fung Bank emphasized that it has launched a comprehensive investigation and confirmed that not all the transferred amount went to the criminals, and the money was still stranded in the bank account. At about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, it announced that the bank would advance the money to the stolen depositors. The detailed system loopholes and reasons for the occurrence are still pending investigation by the bank and the police.