The case of fraudulently claiming tens of millions of invoices in Penghu exposed emerging fraud and criminal methods, which urgently need to be reviewed and prevented by the Ministry of Finance

Existing supermarkets printing award-winning invoices on the cloud have become a criminal channel for emerging fraud groups.

A case of fraudulently claiming tens of millions of invoices broke out in Penghu. The Ministry of Finance came forward to confirm that one of the tens of millions of invoices was received by people with their real names and was determined to be false. The Penghu District Prosecutor's Office has requested the detention of three people for fraud and is actively tracing the source of the investigation. It is suspected that it is an emerging fraud method. The method of committing the crime may be connected across the country. Police stations in all counties and cities are notified, and a nationwide connection is established to investigate. The case is snowballing.

According to the Penghu District Prosecutor's Office, there are three accomplices in this case. In addition to the two men surnamed Zhang who were previously exposed, there is another person. The District Prosecutor's Office stated that all three people are from Penghu. Through the circle of friends, the winning number, password, etc. were delivered from Taiwan and printed at the supermarket ibon. Since the heat-sensitive papers were all the same, it was difficult to distinguish the authenticity from the fake. They successfully redeemed small amounts many times, and received the highest amount of 40,000 yuan. It was not until the criminal group learned the truth and received invoices of 200,000 and 10 million yuan that the bank staff refused to redeem and called the police. The case was exposed.

The reason why the whole case was exposed was that "Xia tight broke the bowl", and the defeat was due to the word "greed". According to statistics, there have been only 5 winners of tens of millions of invoices in Penghu in the past 16 years. The first prize invoices were issued in Taiwan, not in Penghu, and the same person became the winner for two consecutive periods. The chance of winning the multi-million jackpot is extremely slim. In addition, the multiple winning invoices in his hand have aroused suspicion from the outside world. After in-depth investigation by the prosecutors, during the tracing process, they found a victim who did not know that he had won the lottery and was falsely claimed and found guilty.

Due to the emerging fraud techniques, it is by no means a temporary act. The winning invoice numbers, cloud invoice personal information, and finding drivers are all done by planned criminal groups. Lawyer Gui Xiangsheng, a former member of the Ministry of Finance’s Public Lottery Supervision Committee, said that the criminal group’s methods and technology are quite sophisticated. If the Ministry of Finance cannot immediately come up with anti-blocking methods, the decades-old unified invoice and public lottery systems will face an unprecedented crisis.

The Penghu District Prosecutor's Office is investigating the case of fraudulently obtaining tens of millions of invoices and will trace the source of this emerging fraud method.