The video of international students being tied up and beaten accidentally disintegrated a transnational fraud syndicate, and the main suspect Liao Nan was sentenced to 16 years in prison

A video of an international student being "tied up and beaten" unexpectedly disintegrated a transnational fraud syndicate. During the investigation of Liao Nan's fraud case, the Changhua District Prosecutor's Office received information that the father of an international student surnamed Chinese was defrauded of 4 kilograms of gold. After comparison, it was found that the main suspect behind the scenes was Liao Nan himself. He contacted overseas members through Gui Nan and Xu Nu and arranged for riders to go to China to withdraw money. At the same time, he also directed the defrauding of telephone rooms and prepared money laundering water rooms and other illegal incidents. The court sentenced Liao Nan to 16 years in prison for 21 crimes he committed.

The verdict pointed out that the fraud group first pretended to be a member of the Baoshan Public Security Bureau in Shanghai, China, and called a student with a Chinese surname studying in Singapore, falsely claiming that his account was involved in a money laundering case and requesting cooperation in the investigation. Watson believed it to be true and followed the instructions to go to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, where he handed over his mobile phone and filmed himself being tied up and beaten. The scammer then used his WeChat account to contact the father, pretending that his son had been kidnapped and demanding gold before releasing him.

Worried about his son's safety, Hua's father handed over 3 kilograms and 1 kilogram of gold (total value approximately 16,673,020 yuan) near Hangzhou, China, in October last year. Liao Nan contacted Gui Nan and Xu Nu and recruited them to go to China to collect the gold. After the gold was obtained, it was transferred to other members according to the instructions of the fraudulent group. The court found that Liao Nan received about 30,000 yuan in remuneration.

Another judgment on Gui Nan, Xu Nu and the driver further revealed the division of labor: Gui Nan was responsible for connecting overseas members and arranging for the driver to go to China to withdraw money; the overseas members later settled with Gui Nan in virtual currency, and Gui Nan transferred it to Xu Nu in cash and distributed the rewards. The court found that Liao Nan obtained about 30,000 yuan in this gold fraud case.

Liao Nan's involvement is not limited to this fake kidnapping. The verdict found that he recruited other people to join the fraud group, and jointly managed the "Tiancheng Telephone Room" in Taichung with Lin, and recruited telephone operators to defraud four Chinese people out of 7.16 million yuan.

Liao Nan denied commanding the telephone room, but the court found that he participated in the management and formulation of work rules based on the testimony of accomplices and communication records. The court considered that he had served time for fraud and money laundering cases and committed the crime again after being released from prison without reconciling with the victim. He was sentenced to prison terms ranging from 7 months to 7 years for each of the 21 crimes. The total sentence for each crime was 38 years and April. The combined sentence should be 16 years. In addition, his cell phone and criminal proceeds of 30,000 yuan were confiscated. Guinan was sentenced to 6 years for jointly commanding a criminal organization, and Xu was involved in commanding organizations, gold fraud and other fraud cases, and should be sentenced to 7 years.