The 69-year-old driver surnamed Wang was arrested by the police. (provided by police)
A 49-year-old man surnamed Yang was defrauded of up to 10 million yuan by fake investment and financial management on the Internet. It was not until the other party continued to ask for more money that he realized that he cooperated with the police to ambush the 69-year-old driver surnamed Wang who came to withdraw the money. Mr. Wang admitted that he read online messages that offered him a monthly salary of 50,000 yuan, and he would earn an additional 1,000 to 3,000 yuan in commission for each successful order. After being interrogated by the police, the case was transferred to the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office for investigation in accordance with the law.
The police pointed out that they have found that the riders in the fraud group are showing signs of being older, and most of them are around 60 years old. The main reason is that it is difficult for fraud groups to recruit young or foreign drivers, the attrition rate is high, and it is very easy for gangsters to take advantage of gangsters. Therefore, they are now shifting their recruitment targets to the elderly with financial difficulties, who are easier to control and abandon at any time.
In addition, this case is also the second case of an elderly driver investigated by Zhongzheng Er in the same month. The police specially reminded the elders at home: do not accept part-time jobs from unknown sources, do not collect payments on your behalf, do not collect packages on your behalf, and do not hand over cash on your behalf. If you have any questions, please call the 165 anti-fraud hotline for verification.
The police said that a man surnamed Yang met a netizen through a dating software a few months ago, and the other party took the opportunity to persuade him to invest in virtual currency, and provided a fake investment platform with the false claim of "guaranteed profit, guaranteed profit without loss." Believing it to be true, the man met with the fraud group riders one after another, investing a total of more than 10 million yuan. It was not until recently when the other party asked for an interview again that the man was shocked to find something was wrong. He went to the police station for consultation. After detailed explanations and verification by the police, he realized that he had fallen into a fraud trap.
The Nanchang Road Police Station of the North Police Zhongzheng Second Branch received the report and immediately assigned a specialist to form a task force to expand the investigation. After learning that members of the fraud group were still in contact with the victim, the police cooperated with Yang Nan to plan a sting operation. The two parties agreed the day before yesterday to meet again to withdraw money.
The police lurked around the transaction site that day. When the two parties were about to pay, the police saw that the time was ripe and immediately stepped forward to identify themselves. They caught the old driver named Wang who came to withdraw money on the spot and seized a working machine.
In the police notice, Mr. Wang, who claimed to have been unemployed for a while and was eager to find a job, confessed that he submitted his resume after seeing a recruitment advertisement for a manpower company on the Internet in early October. The other party later contacted him and claimed that he had a monthly salary of 50,000 yuan and that each job would provide an additional 1,000 to 3,000 yuan for transportation expenses. He took the job because he also needed to support his retirement. After interrogation, he was transferred to the Prosecutor's Office for investigation under the Fraud and Money Laundering Prevention Act.
