Changhua District Prosecutor's Office uncovered a transnational fraud syndicate and Liao Yixuan and others were sentenced to heavy sentences

The Mercedes-Benz that Lin bought with illegal gains was auctioned for NT$1.02 million. (Provided by Changhua Branch)

A video of an international student being "tied up and beaten" unexpectedly became the key to dismantling a transnational fraud syndicate! When the Changhua District Prosecutor's Office investigated the transnational fraud case of the "Tianjin Fraud Group" involving Liao Yixuan, they received clues that the father of an international student named Hua was defrauded of four kilograms of gold. After cross-reference, it was discovered that Liao Nan was also involved in this fake kidnapping case. Through a man named Gui and a woman named Xu, he recruited Taiwanese riders to go to China to collect gold. The prosecutors then launched ten waves of searches and arrests, eventually dismantling the criminal group.

Gao Ruying, chief prosecutor of the Changhua District Prosecutor's Office, Xiang Yue, said that the prosecutor established the "Telecom Fraud Early Warning and Investigation Center" in 2024. After receiving a notification from the Foreign Affairs Section of the Changhua County Police Station in October last year, prosecutor Zhang Yiqun investigated the case.

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The Changhua District Court ruled that Liao Nan directed a fraudulent operator to pretend to be a police officer in Shanghai, China, and called a Taiwanese student with a Chinese surname studying in Singapore, falsely claiming that his account was involved in a money laundering case. Believing the truth, the international student followed the instructions and went to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Upon arrival, he was forced to hand over his mobile phone and filmed being tied up and beaten. The scammer then used his WeChat account to contact his Taiwanese businessman father, falsely claiming that Watson had been kidnapped and demanding gold as a ransom.

On the other hand, Liao Nan contacted and arranged for drivers through Taiwanese Gui Nan and Xu Nu to assign Zhang and others to go to China to collect gold. Worried about his son's safety, Hua's father handed over three kilograms and one kilogram of gold respectively in Hangzhou, China, on October 15th and 26th last year. Converted based on the current market price, the value was approximately NT$16,673,020. The driver named Zhang (sentenced to three years and six months in prison) then handed over the gold to Gui Nan and Xu Nu to cash in and distribute the rewards. Liao Nan received about 30,000 yuan.

The prosecutor pointed out that a total of 20 people were prosecuted in the whole case, and the sentences ranged from two to 25 years depending on the circumstances involved. Among them, the Changhua District Court has sentenced Liao Nan to 16 years in prison; Gui Nan has been sentenced to six years in prison for jointly commanding a criminal organization, with 2.5 million yuan in criminal proceeds confiscated; Xu Nu has been sentenced to seven years in prison, with 1.5 million yuan in criminal proceeds confiscated for being involved in gold fraud and other cases. The whole case can be appealed.

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