www射-国产免费一级-欧美福利-亚洲成人福利-成人一区在线观看-亚州成人

US EUROPE AFRICA ASIA 中文
China / Society

Suspects arrested over fraud case

By Zhou Wenting in Shanghai (China Daily) Updated: 2012-07-19 07:39

Police said eight Nigerians in China and a Chinese woman made more than 2.4 million yuan ($377,000) by posing as business suppliers and persuading foreign companies in the country to route money to the suspects' bank accounts.

The investigation, which involves two criminal gangs, has been completed, and the suspects have been transferred to the prosecuting agency, police said on Wednesday.

Lu Wei, deputy director of the anti-organized-crime division of the criminal investigation department of Shanghai Public Security Bureau, told China Daily: "This is a cross-border Internet fraud case involving the largest amount of money and the largest number of suspects nationwide in recent years.

"But the criminal organizations are of a clear structure, and the ringleaders are out of China. We've reported the case to some African and European countries and Interpol," he said.

Since November, Shanghai police have received more than 40 reports from US and European companies' mainland offices about their payments to Chinese suppliers disappearing after they were told to send their payments to a different bank account.

Police later found the e-mail accounts of both the suppliers and buyers were attacked by hackers. Lu said the suspects found the e-mail addresses of foreign trade corporations on e-commerce platforms such as alibaba.com, where such companies usually publicize themselves, according to Lu.

The suspects would steal the companies' user names and passwords via hacking, and they would be able to see e-mail exchanges about business deals and know when they had agreed to pay for products.

The suspects would disguise themselves as suppliers and send an e-mail to a purchaser, saying: "We've changed a salesman. Please send money to a new bank account."

"We usually don't doubt the authenticity of e-mail messages as we've been cooperating for years. And confirmation by phone calls are usually avoided because of the time difference for us and the overseas buyer," said the head of a Shanghai-based foreign trader of gemstones and a victim in the case. He spoke on condition of anonymity.

The suspects did not intend to commit crimes when they came to China, according to police, but they later found that an easy way to get rich.

"The task of most of the suspects we arrested was to open bank accounts with fake passports, which are used to receive money from the frauds, and take out the money from an account whenever a fraud was completed," said Ding Zhidong, chief investigator of the case.

"A suspect got 10 percent of the money as commission each time, and the value of each trade ranged from tens of thousand of yuan to several million," he said.

Most of the accounts were opened at Bank of China because it is well-known overseas. Ding said it is difficult for banks to verify whether foreigners' passports are fake.

The suspects were eventually targeted by police because of a bank account they referred to in e-mail, and police monitored those who withdrew money from the accounts.

The Chinese woman is the wife of a Nigerian suspect in the case. All of them are in their 20s and 30s. They will each face jail sentences of at least six years, Ding said.

Now that firms are more involved in international deals and frauds have occurred, police and experts are reminding companies to be cautious of any change in online deals, especially when it comes to payment.

"Communications of business deals on the Internet no doubt raises risk for companies who no longer make deals face-to-face," said Su Kaixin, a Shanghai-based lawyer who specializes in international commercial disputes.

"It could pose more dangers pertaining to money transfers, identity confirmation of the other party and the leaks of business information online," he said.

zhouwenting@chinadaily.com.cn

Highlights
Hot Topics
...
主站蜘蛛池模板: 欧美日韩国产亚洲一区二区三区 | 在线免费观看一级毛片 | 日韩乱码视频 | 2021国产精品自在拍在线播放 | 日韩欧美亚洲视频 | 国产成人深夜福利短视频99 | 亚洲视屏在线 | 久久精品一区二区三区中文字幕 | 日韩中文字幕在线观看 | 不卡一级毛片免费高清 | 国产欧美va欧美va香蕉在线 | 欧美日韩高清不卡一区二区三区 | 国产成人18黄网站在线观看网站 | 不卡午夜视频 | 国产一区二区三区视频在线观看 | 欧美日本国产 | 久爱免费观看在线网站 | 亚洲人成人毛片无遮挡 | 久久精品视频99精品视频150 | 亚洲一区二区免费视频 | 免费毛片全部不收费的 | 亚洲一级毛片中文字幕 | 成年女人黄小视频 | 99国产在线 | 女同日韩互慰互摸在线观看 | 337p粉嫩日本亚洲大胆艺术照 | 三级视频中文字幕 | 看v片 | 欧美国产日本高清不卡 | 国产成人免费全部网站 | www射射一区 | 一级aaa毛片| 欧美一区二区在线视频 | 久久精品视频大全 | 亚洲欧美激情精品一区二区 | 国产视频合集 | 美女脱了内裤张开腿让男人桶网站 | 欧美日韩一本 | 全部免费a级毛片 | 日韩欧美中文字幕在线观看 | 亚洲精品一区二区三区四 |