Wufeng branch detective illegally logged into the 165 system to investigate the debt of his friend Qiao, and was prosecuted by the prosecutor
In 2023, an investigator surnamed Hu from the Wufeng Branch in Taichung illegally logged into the police system to inquire about the NT$6 million account of his friend's brother surnamed Wang and copied it and passed it on to Mr. Wang. The Taichung District Prosecutor's Office recently prosecuted Hu and Wang on charges of leaking secrets.
Quick Look
- An investigator surnamed Hu from the Wufeng Branch in Taichung illegally logged into the "165 Anti-Fraud System" in 2023 to check account information, and copied it and sent it to a friend surnamed Wang to help him deal with his debts.
- The whole case came to light when a man surnamed Liao was involved in threats to obtain money and his information was searched and seized.
- The Taichung District Prosecutor's Office prosecuted the two men for leaking secrets, forging documents and violating personal information laws.
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Why It Matters
The then Wufeng Branch Detective Assistant used his authority to log into the police system to check personal information in 2023 to help a friend deal with his debt.
At that time, an investigator surnamed Hu of the Wufeng Branch Investigation Team logged into the "165 Anti-Fraud System" in 2023, illegally helped a friend surnamed Wang to inquire about information and then copied it and passed it to Wang Nan. The Taichung District Prosecutor's Office prosecuted him for leaking secrets and other crimes. (Photo by reporter Chen Jianzhi)
In order to handle the NT$6 million account of the brother of a friend surnamed Wang in 2023, an investigator named Hu from the Wufeng Branch in Taichung actually logged into the "165 Anti-Fraud System" to check the relevant information and then copied it and passed it to Wang Nan. Wang Nan then passed it on to Liao Nan. Later, because of Liao Nan, The man was involved in a case of intimidation and extortion of money. The Taichung City Criminal Police Department went to his residence to search and seized the information. The whole case came to light. The Taichung City District Prosecutor's Office recently concluded the investigation and prosecuted Hu and Wang for leaking secrets, forging documents by civil servants, and violating personal information laws.
The Central Prosecutor's Office alleged that Hu (45 years old), an investigator of the Wufeng Branch's investigation team, served as an investigator of the Wufeng Branch Investigation Team from October 2016 to October 2024. In 2023, the brother of his friend Wang was accused by a man of having 6 million yuan of money missing, and the creditor entrusted him to do so. The man surnamed Liao pursued the money, but Wang Nan's brother claimed that the money was "dirty money" and involved a criminal case. He tried to reconcile with Liao Nan for 800,000 yuan but was rejected. On May 4, 2023, Wang Nan's brother was imprisoned for a violation of the banking law. Wang Nan took over the handling of the financial dispute.
In order to explain to Liao Nan that the money was involved in the criminal case, Wang Nan provided Hu Nan with the account involved in the case, and asked Hu Nan to use the query authority of the police system to query the account and related case information as a basis for explanation to Liao Nan.
The prosecutor alleged that Hu Nan himself and an unknowing colleague surnamed Lin operated the computer of the investigation team, logged into the "165 anti-fraud system" and "Smart Analysis Decision Support System (AI)" in May 2023, and falsely posted "Criminal Cases: Investigate and arrest fugitives" in the "Purpose" column, entered the account of this case to query relevant information, and copied it with a mobile phone before sending it to Wang Nan.
In June 2023, Wang Nan provided relevant information to an unknown person nicknamed "Little Aguo", and then provided it to Liao Nan to handle the 6 million yuan debt. Later, because Liao Nan was involved in a case of threatening to obtain money, the Taichung City Criminal Department searched Liao Nan's residence on March 4, 2025, and seized the remake information. The whole case was exposed.
During the prosecutor's interrogation, both Hu and Wang confessed to the crime, and there were police system inquiry records and conversations between the parties. Recently, Hu and Wang were prosecuted based on leaks of secrets, forgery of documents by civil servants, violation of personal information laws, etc.
Open Questions
- What disciplinary sanctions will the police officers involved face?
- What was the court's final decision?







