News Origin and Case Summary On October 4th, 2020/kloc-0, the police in Cangnan, Wenzhou reported that a mega-network extortion gang had been cracked, and * * * arrested more than 500 gang members, with more than100000 victims all over the country. It is reported that this is the largest network uncovered by Wenzhou police? Naked chat? Blackmail case. Members of criminal gangs rent houses in Myanmar, recruit members from China, implement militarized management, employ local veterans as security guards, and wear guns, electric batons and handcuffs for supervision, so that members can chat naked and extort money from domestic citizens. The victims of this online extortion case are widely distributed in dozens of provinces across the country, and the amount involved is as high as tens of millions of yuan.
Means of committing crimes and detection process According to the criminals arrested by the police, this gang is not only large in number, but also standardized in division of labor and management, just like a company. From the online chat personnel posing as female netizens, to the thugs and security guards in charge of website security, as well as the code farmers and artists who make Trojan viruses and posters, as well as the financial sector gangs specializing in money laundering, first, take the pictures of beautiful women stolen online as avatars, cast nets to add victims, and induce victims and their videos with pornographic and provocative language. When the video was connected, the other party quickly took screenshots and threatened the victim to send these materials to his relatives, friends and colleagues to take this opportunity to ask for a large sum of money.
Compared with traditional social platforms, the network is undoubtedly very open, but we should also keep our eyes open and not give criminals an opportunity.