Inner Mongolia Huolingol police cracked a huge case of false issuance of "digital e-tickets" involving nearly 1.9 billion yuan
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- The Public Security Bureau of Huolingol City in Inner Mongolia uncovered a major case of using "digital invoices" to falsely issue invoices, involving a total price and tax of 1.895 billion yuan.
- Criminal gangs registered more than 700 shell companies, used AI facial videos to bypass tax system verification, and issued more than 20,000 false invoices in total, affecting more than 5,000 companies in 31 provinces across the country.
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Why It Matters
This case is the first case of false issuance using "digital electronic invoices" filed and solved in Inner Mongolia since the promotion of comprehensive digital electronic invoices. The clues began with the tax-related abnormal information transferred by the tax department in January 2025.
China News Service, Huolingol, October 13 (Liu Wenhua, Beautiful) A reporter learned from the Public Security Bureau of Huolingol City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on the 13th that the local police uncovered a major case of false invoicing using "digital invoices", involving a total price and tax of 1.895 billion yuan. This case is the first case of false issuance using "digital electronic invoices" filed and uncovered in Inner Mongolia since the promotion of comprehensive digital electronic invoices.
The Huolingol Economic Investigation Police captured a criminal suspect who registered a shell company in Jinan. Official photo provided
After investigation, the criminal gang registered and controlled more than 700 shell companies in Inner Mongolia. Taking advantage of the characteristics of "digital electronic invoices" that do not require physical tax control equipment and can be issued remotely and instantly, a total of more than 20,000 false invoices were issued. The invoice recipients involved more than 5,000 companies in 31 domestic provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities).
According to the police handling the case, the entire criminal chain of the case was completed online. The criminal suspects illegally purchased shell company information and citizens' personal information through the Internet, and bound them as the shell company's tax handler and invoice issuer; then contacted and produced an AI face video, and used the generated AI dynamic face to bypass the verification and login of the Electronic Taxation Bureau system and issue a large number of false invoices; finally, the information was published through online social platforms, and the invoices were sold to invoice-receiving companies across the country through intermediary distributors.
The clues to the case began with the tax-related abnormal information transferred by the tax department in January 2025. The Holingol police launched a police-tax collaboration mechanism to identify the suspect's true identity and crime den through data correlation comparison and trajectory penetration analysis. The task force arrested the main suspects Zhan Moumou and Zhang Moumou in Luohu District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province on May 29, 2026, and identified the entire chain of criminal networks covering illegal acquisition of information, AI technology disguise, illegal invoicing and online distribution. (over)
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The tax department will strengthen the security verification mechanism of the logarithmic electronic invoice system
Likely · Within months
A nationwide crackdown on shell companies will be carried out
Possible · Within months
Open Questions
- How much profit do criminal gangs make?
- Are there similar crimes involving the use of electronic tickets for false issuance in other areas?
- How will the tax department strengthen supervision of digital invoices to prevent similar cases from happening again?
