The Chiayi District Prosecutor's Office prosecuted "Apple House" communications company for transnational money laundering, and 6 people were prosecuted
Quick Look
- The Chiayi District Prosecutor's Office indicted Yang Nan and other six people for allegedly using the "Apple House" communication operation as a cover to conduct transnational money laundering, underground exchange and tax evasion.
- The stolen money from fraud and gambling amounted to more than 156.39 million yuan, and the account balance in the case was more than 9.56 million yuan.
- It recommended that the court sentence Yang Nan to more than 10 years in prison.
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Why It Matters
This case stemmed from the Criminal Bureau receiving a report from a victim who alleged that he had been defrauded by fake gaming posts such as "FEIDA365, GSBET" and remitted money. After in-depth analysis of the money flow, the prosecutor found that it had the characteristics of a typical underground money laundering house, so three waves of large-scale manhunts were launched.
Prosecutors seized evidence related to the cross-border money laundering case involving Yang Nan's communications bank. (Provided by Jiachan)
The Chiayi District Prosecutor's Office today prosecuted the "Apple House" family communications bank for suspected transnational money laundering, charging the person in charge surnamed Yang, his three girlfriends, and two accountants surnamed Lai and 6 others on suspicion of aggravated fraud, money laundering prevention and other crimes; the prosecutor said that Mr. Yang They used the operation of a communications bank as a cover for a cross-border money laundering, underground exchange and tax evasion group, and seized the balance of more than 9.56 million yuan in the accounts involved. They recommended that the court sentence Mr. Yang to a fixed-term prison sentence of more than 10 years, and Mr. Yang and his girlfriend's granddaughter to a severe sentence of more than 8 years.
The six people sued are Yang Nan (46 years old), Yang Nan's three girlfriends and granddaughters (37 years old), Qiu Nu (51 years old), He Nu (49 years old) and two accountants surnamed Lai (47 and 46 years old).
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This case was investigated by Jiajia Prosecutor Huang Tianyi under the command of the Seventh Investigation Brigade of the Criminal Bureau and the Jiashi Police Department. It originated from the Criminal Bureau receiving a report from the victim, alleging that he was defrauded by fake gambling posts such as "FEIDA365, GSBET" and remitted money.
The prosecutors conducted an in-depth analysis of the money flow and found that it had the characteristics of typical underground money laundering houses, so they launched three waves of large-scale manhunts. The first wave searched 7 places including Mr. Yang's residence and company on April 21 this year, and applied for the detention of Mr. Yang. The second wave searched 11 residences of his granddaughter and others on June 24, and also applied for the detention of his granddaughter. The third wave searched 3 places on August 10, including the accounting firm of two accounting firms surnamed Lai in Taichung City involved in the case, and seized relevant false invoices.
The prosecutors arrested a total of 12 people including Yang Nan and detained Yang Nan's account balance of 9,563,730 yuan and three passenger cars.
The indictment pointed out that Yang, his girlfriend surnamed Sun, and others ostensibly ran physical communication banks such as "Apple House", but in fact they took advantage of the highly rational nature of corporate account transactions and transferred more than 156.39 million yuan into accounts such as "Apple House Digital Technology" The stolen money from fraud and gambling was disguised as "payment for goods", and more than 155.75 million yuan was split and transferred to personal and driver accounts to avoid scrutiny by financial institutions; at the same time, cross-strait underground exchanges were conducted without permission, amounting to 2.649825 yuan.
In addition, in order to deal with bank risk control and tax evasion, Yang Nan instructed two accountants surnamed Lai to fabricate mobile phone transactions and issue false invoices to help evade business tax of more than 1.71 million yuan.
Prosecutors pointed out that Yang, his granddaughter, Qiu and He were suspected of committing crimes such as aggravated fraud to obtain wealth under the Criminal Law, special money laundering under the Money Laundering Prevention Act, participating in criminal organizations under the Organized Crime Prevention Act, and illegally handling domestic foreign exchange business under the Banking Act. Yang and the two accountants surnamed Lai were also suspected of committing the crime of filling in false vouchers under the Commercial Accounting Act and tax evasion and assisting tax evasion under the Tax Collection Act.
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Prosecutors found that Yang Nan instructed two accountants surnamed Lai to fabricate mobile phone sales and issue false invoices to help evade business tax. (Provided by Jiachan)
Prosecutors seized relevant financial accounts used by Yang Nan to launder money. (Provided by Jiachan)
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
After the trial, the court will sentence Mr. Yang to more than 10 years in prison, and his granddaughter and others may be sentenced to more than 8 years in prison.
Likely · Within months
The relevant accounts and assets involved will be confiscated by the court.
Very likely · Within months
Open Questions
- Are there other unindicted accomplices involved in the case?
- Can victims of fraud recover their losses?
- Does Yang Nan and others have a wider criminal network?
