Teller Found to Assist Gambling Ring in Taichung|台中簽賭集團 吸收農會行員臥底通風報信

A financial institution employee has been arrested under charges of money laundering, who was recruited by her aunt to help with receiving and managing gambling funds. Besides, she has been informing other ring members of incoming police investigations. Illegal proceeds totaled more than NT$ 18 million.


The Criminal Investigation Bureau is searching the Taichung Farmers' Association. The officials are going through the account files and official documents in detail in order to trace the cash flow of a gambling ring. The reason for the all-out search is because a teller of the association has been recruited to inform the ring members of incoming police search in the past.

The person in question has in the past taken advantage of her position (in the Taichung Farmers' Association) and go through the documents of investigative bodies. Once she found that an upcoming search is aimed at her own gambling ring, she would inform the members so they can avoid police search ahead of time.

The investigators have found that the main suspect of the gambling ring is the aunt of the teller from the Taichung Farmers' Association. In the past 2 years, the teller has taken advantage of her position and processing gambling funds. She has also secretly gone through official documents from investigative bodies. The teller has also opened up multiple accounts to help the main suspect manage her fund.

The main suspect of the gambling ring has used the bank accounts that the teller opened for her to receive gambling funds. She also used them as personal accounts, hidden within the farmers' association, to manage her funds in separate streams.

The police has found that, since last February, at least NT$ 18 million has flown through the accounts. Currently, the police has ruled out the possibility of having others from the farmers' association involved in the gambling ring. The 10 suspects of the ring, including the main suspect of the ring, the teller, have all been charged with illegal gambling and for violating the Money Laundering Control Act, and will be subject to legal process. The police said that this is the first case in Taiwan where a member of the bank takes part in a criminal ring to help manage fund and avoid police investigation. The police said they will report the case to the Financial Supervisory Commission for further investigation.