"The country has issued a digital currency. One person can only buy one order, each order is 1,000 yuan, and he can earn back 50,000 yuan guaranteed by the end of the year." Such a clumsy scam has fooled more than 10,000 victims in 6 years. .
In the second half of 2023, the public security organs of Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province successfully eliminated this fraud criminal gang and found that the amount involved amounted to 200 million yuan. Under the guise of "cooperating with the country to win the economic defense war" and "supporting the central bank's digital currency", the criminal gang concocted false investment projects in order to obtain high returns as bait to commit fraud.
The police found that more than 10,000 people were involved in the case, most of whom were middle-aged and elderly people over 50 years old, and many of them had poor family conditions. Recently, the procuratorate has successively initiated public prosecutions against 12 main suspects in the case.
In January 2024, after careful investigation, Fengtai police uncovered a case in which an online blockchain game was used as bait to trick people into investing in "virtual coins" and defrauded five people of more than 6 million yuan.
After investigation, the criminal suspect Liu, together with others, encouraged investors to purchase virtual currencies on specific digital accounts, claiming that these virtual currencies could be exchanged for the general currency in the game at the same price, and used the value-added effect of NFT digital assets to attract investors. Investors are promised expected returns of more than three times the original value. Through the above words, Liu tricked five investors into remitting money to his designated digital account. Later, the whereabouts of Liu and others were unknown, and the deceived people called the police one after another. At present, Liu has been captured by the Economic Crime Investigation Brigade of Fengtai Branch.
It can be seen that illegal fund-raising cases under the guise of virtual currencies have become commonplace. On Tuesday (February 20), the Dalian Securities Regulatory Bureau and six other departments jointly issued a risk warning on preventing illegal fund-raising in the names of "virtual currency", "Yuanverse" and "wealth sharing".
In the risk warning, Dalian Securities Regulatory Bureau and other departments pointed out that recently, some criminals have established WeChat groups online and held nationwide patrols offline under the banner of "virtual currency" and "Yuanverse", etc. Through lectures and other methods, investors are tricked into downloading illegal applications (APPs) and purchasing their own illegal virtual currencies.
These activities are suspected of illegal fund-raising, fraud and other illegal and criminal activities, which not only seriously infringe the property security of the people, but also disrupt the normal order of economic and financial activities. Dalian Securities Regulatory Bureau and other departments call on the general public to be more vigilant and enhance risk prevention awareness and identification capabilities.
In fact, as early as September 2017, seven departments including the People's Bank of China (Central Bank of China) jointly issued the "Announcement on Preventing Token Issuance and Financing Risks", which clearly prohibited all types of token issuance and financing activities, stating that token issuance financing " It is essentially an act of illegal public financing without approval, and is suspected of illegal selling of tokens, illegal issuance of securities, illegal fund-raising, financial fraud, pyramid schemes and other illegal and criminal activities."
In September 2021, ten departments including the Central Bank of China and the Supreme People's Court jointly issued the "Notice on Further Preventing and Dealing with Speculation Risks in Virtual Currency Transactions", once again clarifying that any legal person, unincorporated organization, and natural person investing in virtual currency and related derivatives violates public order and good customs , the relevant civil legal actions are invalid, and the resulting losses shall be borne by the parties themselves. According to Article 25 of the Regulations on Preventing and Dealing with Illegal Fund-raising, any losses suffered due to participation in illegal fund-raising shall be borne by the fund-raising participants themselves.
Compared with traditional financial markets, virtual currencies are more likely to gain the favor of investors under the aura of "blockchain". It took professional investors a long time to understand the blockchain, but the fraud gang relied on "acting skills" and "talking skills" to play a fraud game with the help of investing in blockchain financial management.
However, the existence of virtual currency fraud is not a problem with blockchain technology itself. Blockchain technology is still widely recognized as a potential and innovative technology and is being used in many fields, such as finance, logistics, supply chain management, and identity verification. It is of great significance to the transformation of the digital economy and society. . Therefore, the public should view blockchain technology rationally and be wary of the risks of virtual currency fraud.
Summarize
In short, some criminals use the banner of "financial innovation" and "blockchain" to absorb funds through the issuance of so-called "virtual currency", "virtual assets" and "digital assets", infringing on the legitimate rights and interests of the public. Such activities are not really based on blockchain technology, but are actually illegal fund-raising by hyping the concept of blockchain. The general public is requested to view it rationally, not to be fooled by appearances such as "dazzling signs, attractive projects, high profits", etc., not to blindly believe in garish promises, to establish correct investment concepts, and to guard against damage to personal property and rights.
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