In order to thoroughly implement the Party Central Committee's decision-making and deployment on deepening the special campaign against gangs and evil, the Ministry of Public Security organized and directed public security agencies across the country to carry out centralized network closing operations, knock down a number of criminal gangs, and detect a number of gang-related cases. In order to effectively deter crime, the Ministry of Public Security today announced eight typical cases of new gang-related crimes.
1. The case of online "routine loans" and soft violence collection by Zhao and others from Zhejiang
The public security organs in Jiaxing, Zhejiang, busted a criminal gang that implemented online "routine loans" and carried out illegal collections, and cracked 40 criminal cases. After investigation, the criminal suspect Zhao and others successively registered multiple loan intermediary companies and set up multiple service points in Zhejiang, Guangdong and other places. They pretended to be bank credit departments and falsely claimed that they could solve credit problems to attract customers online. The gang collects a risk deposit of 25% of the victim's loan amount after the loan is issued. Later, they deliberately caused the victim to default and overdue the contract, and used this as an excuse to withhold the risk control deposit, and then used phone harassment, text message bombing, nuisance, abuse, intimidation and other methods to collect the victim's payment. At present, it has been initially verified that there are more than 1,300 victims and the amount of money involved is more than 16 million yuan.
2. Malicious claims made by Zhejiang Guo Mouhao and others
The public security organs in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, busted a criminal gang that falsely claimed to have eaten foreign objects in supermarket food and coerced merchants to pay compensation, and arrested four suspects. After investigation, since October 2025, the criminal suspect Guo Mouhao has gathered people and traveled to many places, specifically placing hair, stones and other foreign objects in the meals purchased in a chain supermarket, fabricating food hygiene problems, and demanding "compensation" from supermarkets or food suppliers through complaints, reports, negative information, etc.
3. The public opinion blackmail case of Li Mouming and others in Inner Mongolia
The public security organs in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, busted a public opinion blackmail criminal gang that specifically targeted mining companies and used the excuse of production pollution to extort money, and arrested seven suspects. After investigation, since 2024, criminal suspects Li Mouming, Li Moulin and others have pretended to be journalists and traveled to many places. On the pretext of discovering pollution in enterprises, they forced the other parties to "spend money to eliminate disasters" by frequently calling reporting hotlines and posting hype online. They have successively carried out extortion against more than 50 companies and individuals.
4. Guangdong Wei Mou and others’ labor dispute case
The public security organs in Guangzhou, Guangdong, busted a criminal gang that engaged in labor disputes and extorted property from construction sites, and arrested 17 suspects. After investigation, since 2024, the criminal suspect Wei Mou recruited workers through recruitment APPs, recruitment WeChat groups and other channels, and organized people to go to the construction site to work for a short period of time. If they are refused, they will impose pressure to demand compensation by obstructing construction and other methods. The gang has traveled to many cities in Guangdong and committed more than 50 crimes.
5. Sichuan Peng Moubin and others’ porcelain extortion case
The public security organs in Chengdu, Sichuan, busted a criminal gang that deliberately caused traffic accidents for extortion and arrested 15 suspects. According to the investigation, since 2025, the criminal suspect Peng Moubin organized personnel to follow people who were punished for drunk driving, and when they drove again, they took the opportunity to deliberately collide and scratch, causing traffic accidents. Then, they used the victim's fear of being punished a second time to coerce and induce, and then forced the other party to pay a high price to "privately" solve the problem. At present, it has been initially identified that the gang has committed more than 40 crimes, involving more than 1.6 million yuan.
6. The forced consumption case of Jiangxi Jin Moushun and others
The public security organs in Yichun, Jiangxi Province, busted a criminal gang that forced consumption of Chinese herbal medicines and low-end liquor at high prices, and arrested 39 suspects. After investigation, since February 2023, the criminal suspect Jin Moushun and others have opened a shop at a highway connection point in Yichun City, Jiangxi Province, and used free draws to solicit and induce passing tourists to buy low-end liquor, mobile phones, watches, Chinese medicinal materials and other items at high prices. For those who are unwilling to pay for the purchase, the gang will take the customer to a separate room and threaten them, force them to pay, and even steal the victim's mobile phone to pay for it through an online loan. At present, it has been initially verified that there are more than 1,200 victims and the amount involved is more than 4.6 million yuan.
7. Fujian Huang Mousheng and others naked chat blackmail case
The public security organs in Quanzhou, Fujian, busted a criminal gang that lured victims into naked chats and demanded money for releasing indecent videos, and arrested eight suspects. After investigation, since February 2025, Huang Mousheng and others pretended to be young single women, used social software to search and add victims, and then sent links with "Trojan viruses" on the pretext of conducting naked video chats to obtain the victims' mobile phone address books. The gang recorded and took screenshots during naked chats with the victim, and forced the victim to pay money by threatening to "send indecent videos to relatives and friends". At present, it has been initially verified that there are more than 70 victims and the amount involved in the case is more than 2 million yuan.
8. Online violence case against Song Mouyan and others in Sichuan
The Sichuan Public Security Bureau busted a criminal gang that used cyber violence to force online game sparring players to pay "protection fees" and arrested 15 suspects. After investigation, Song Mouyan and others established online organizations such as "Scorpio Gate" and "Shenwei Gate" in a voice software online game sparring circle to collect "protection fees" from sparring merchants and store employees. For those who refuse to pay, the gang forces them to pay "protection fees" by gathering people to harass them over the phone, threaten them offline and other online violence methods. At present, more than 120 victims have been initially identified, and the amount involved in the case is more than 600,000 yuan.
