A Changhua woman was defrauded of 1.65 million by a fake police officer. The police ambushed the driver and sentenced her to prison

A woman surnamed Yan in Changhua received a call from someone claiming to be "Police Officer Wang", pretending that she was involved in a fraud case and had to return the proceeds of crime. Yan believed the truth and handed over more than 1.65 million yuan worth of cash and gold jewelry. In order to avoid detection, the fraud syndicate designed a "no face-to-face" breakpoint. The female driver surnamed Wu hid the stolen goods in the motorcycle's glove box, and then the water collector surnamed Chen went to the train station to pick up the keys and lead the car. The two did not meet during the whole process, but the police had already predicted and ambushed the scene to arrest the person. The Changhua District Court heard that Wu and Chen were each sentenced to 3 years in October and 3 years in August for aggravated fraud and other crimes.

The verdict stated that Wu and Chen joined the fraud group in July this year and served as interviewers and water collectors respectively. On July 22, members of the fraud group pretended to be "Police Officer Wang" and called Yan Nu, falsely claiming that she was involved in fraud and receiving stolen money, and demanded that the proceeds of crime be returned. The next day, Wu again pretended to be the assistant director of the "Taichung District Prosecutor's Office" surnamed Chen, and went to a temple in Yunlin to retrieve a white cardboard box containing cash, gold and other property, with a total value of 1.652493 yuan.

In order to cut off the contact between the riders, the fraud group deliberately arranged "no-face delivery". Two days before the incident, Wu arranged for Wu to park a motorcycle opposite Xiu Chuan Hospital in Changhua, and then took the key to a locker at Taichung Railway Station. Wu took a taxi to Xiu Chuan Hospital, hid in the toilet, opened the carton, took out the cash and gold and stuffed it into the motorcycle's locker before leaving. Chen Nan followed the instructions and went to Taichung Railway Station to take out the key, and then rushed back to Changhua to unlock the car and pick up the car in an attempt to transfer the stolen goods upstream.

The gang thought their plan was flawless, but the Changhua police had already mastered the information and set up an ambush around Xiu Chuan Hospital in advance. They swarmed Chen Nan as he was about to leave in his car and seized all his belongings on the spot. They then arrested Wu Nu and brought her to justice, successfully saving Yan Nu's savings.

The judge held that the two defendants were in their prime, but they pretended to be civil servants to defraud and created breakpoints to hide the proceeds of crime. Although the property was recovered in time, it was not returned by the two on their own initiative, but was the result of a police investigation; and the stolen goods were taken, transferred and hidden, which had the effect of concealing the whereabouts of the proceeds of crime, and the money laundering was still completed. In the end, Wu was sentenced to 3 years and 10 months in prison and Chen was sentenced to 3 years and 8 months in prison for the crime of fraudulent use of the name of a civil servant by three or more people. The whole case can be appealed.