The police recently discovered that a Taiwanese criminal syndicate was working with a Cambodian fraud ring. They posted online job ads promising high salaries, convinced applicants to hand over their bank account information, and used their accounts to launder money while keeping them in captivity. One victim was so shocked by how profitable this business could be and ended up joining the syndicate.
Police officers break down the door. Inside, they find several sleeping men. Criminals and victims moved to a new hotel every two days to keep the police at bay, but the police ultimately caught up. Six victims who had been kept captive were rescued.
Bank passbooks covered the beds. The scheme used by the criminal syndicate was tried and tested. It posted job ads online offering high salaries, and then convinced applicants to hand over their bank account information. It kept the victims in captivity in hotels while using their accounts to launder money until alerts were issued.
Tseng Wen-yung, Captain, 1st Corps, CID, Taipei City PD: “During our monitoring, we found one victim that joined the criminal syndicate because the profits were so high.”
The syndicate was set up by a 38-year-old woman surnamed Lin. She received orders from a Cambodian fraud ring and helped it to launder money. In half a year, the illegal profits exceeded NT$400 million. The suspects will be investigated for fraud, money laundering, and other crimes. The police also uncovered a case within this case.
Tseng Wen-yung, Captain, 1st Corps, CID, Taipei City PD: “A bank employee is suspected of using her authority to assist members of the fraud ring by adjusting bank account transfer limits. Over 20 people had their bank account limits adjusted and the amount that was transferred out was over NT$200 million. She denied all the accusations against her during questioning and claimed that she was only doing what customers asked her to do.”
The police discovered that a 28-year-old bank employee surnamed Chu had conspired with the money laundering operation. She raised the transfer limit of bank accounts to up to NT$30 million and received commissions in return. The monetary amount that passed through her hands was NT$200 million. The Ministry of Justice has amended laws to crack down on and severely punish fraud. The Executive Yuan is currently reviewing the amendments.
特勤警力破門攻堅，好幾名男子從睡夢中驚醒。每間旅館只住2天，隨即更換躲查緝，最終仍舊落網，警方還救出6名遭囚禁民眾。
滿滿帳戶擺滿床，犯罪集團老套手法，利用網路高薪徵才，誘騙被害人交帳戶，拘禁旅館直到銀行帳戶被警示。
台北市刑大偵一隊隊長曾文勇表示：「在我們監控的過程中，的確有一個被害人，因為這個獲利豐厚，所以就直接加入他們，成為這個控房的成員。」
綽號兔爺的38歲林姓女子，組成犯罪組織，受柬埔寨詐欺集團指示，協助洗錢，半年來得手贓款超過台幣4億元。多名嫌犯落網，依詐欺、洗錢等罪嫌移送。但警方深入追查，還發現案外案。
曾文勇指出：「有銀行行員涉嫌以其職權，協助詐欺集團成員調整約轉帳戶的額度，調額的人頭帳戶超過20人、遭轉出的贓款超過新台幣2億元。她到案之後是全盤否認，那她聲稱自己只是正常的受理民眾的申請。」
警方發現，28歲朱姓行員，涉嫌跟洗錢水房共謀，協助提高人頭帳戶轉帳限額，最高變成3000萬元，藉此從中抽佣金，採論件計酬，成功一筆就有賺5萬元。光是從他經手的贓款，就有台幣2億元。為了防止這類詐騙犯罪，法務部已經著手修法，重懲詐欺，目前仍在行政院審議。