Illegal Site Recruited Members on Instagram and TikTok 抖音.IG炫富實為吸金 桃警破獲博弈網站

Taoyuan police discovered an illegal gambling website while investigating a 20-year-old man surnamed Chen who is in the habit of showing off his wealth on Instagram and TikTok. Tracing the case upstream, the police then arrested two other suspects surnamed Lin and Yang.

In March, police began investigating a 20-year-old Taoyuan man surnamed Chen with over 10,000 followers on Instagram and TikTok. Chen caught the attention of police as he was constantly showing off wads of cash, expensive watches and sports cars on social media.

Lee Cheng-kai, Head, Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Brigade, Police Dept., Taoyuan: “During routine internet patrolling, we came across a 20-year-old Taoyuan man surnamed Chen who was always showing off fistfuls of cash, Rolexes and sports cars on TikTok and Instagram. We discovered that he was running an illegal gambling site.”

According to the police, the website recruited members on Instagram and TikTok. After collecting enough evidence, the police obtained a search warrant and found NT$9.68 million in cash in Chen's home.

Lee Cheng-kai, Head, Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Brigade, Police Dept., Taoyuan: “We recovered NT$9.86 million in cash. We have also identified two upstream suspects, surnamed Lin and Yang, who used the website to collect over NT$170 million in illegal earnings. The case has been transferred to the prosecutors office.”

Police say the website hooked young users with promises of high-paying jobs before enticing them to set up gambling accounts. Gambling earnings were collected by a bank account holder. The website collected NT$170 million in illegal earnings in just three short months. The case has been transferred to the Taoyuan District Prosecutors Office.

捧著大筆現金、戴勞力士水鬼錶，還有開跑車，桃園一名20歲陳姓男子，經常在IG和抖音上炫富，擁有超過1萬名粉絲，少年警察隊3月執行網路巡邏發現後深入追查。

少年警察隊分隊長李承凱指出：「本隊執行網路巡邏發現，本市1名20歲陳姓男子經常在抖音及IG上發布手捧大把現金、戴勞力士水鬼錶、開跑車之照片，經主動偵查發現，該嫌涉嫌經營非法賭博網站。」

少年隊表示，非法經營博弈網站，利用IG和抖音私下招募會員，並協助註冊及入金，警方經長期網站布線蒐證後，終於日前持搜索票破門查緝，當場在陳姓犯嫌家中搜出968萬現金。

李承凱說：「當場查扣現金968萬元賭資，並向上溯源查獲林姓及楊姓犯嫌利用非法賭博網站，吸金高達1億7千多萬，全案依刑法賭博罪移送桃園地檢署偵辦。」

警方調查發現，博弈網站先以高薪吸收青少年打工，招募會員註冊博弈帳號及開版下注，另外，再以人頭開立銀行帳戶收取賭資，短短3個月內，不法吸收賭金高達1.7億元，全案依刑法賭博罪移送桃園地檢署偵辦。