Recruiting gang members under the guise of "online part-time jobs", adding victim friends and binding the "family card" sent by the victim after the front-end electronic fraudsters succeed, quickly scanning the code to pay or transferring the authorized amount in the card, in order to transfer fraudulent funds. On the 27th, the Shanghai police revealed a new type of "family card" money laundering scam. Starting with a fraud case, the police smashed a criminal gang that used the "family card" function to transfer funds involved in fraud, and arrested 30 suspect led by Chen, Pang and Li, with the amount involved more than 3 million yuan. In May 2024, during the investigation of an investment and financial fraud case by the Pudong Branch of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau, it was discovered that the suspect Wang's social media account was linked to a "family card" authorized by the victim. This abnormal situation caught the attention of investigators. According to Wang's confession, he used a "family card" to transfer fraudulent funds for front-end fraudsters, which is more covert and less likely to be detected by the platform. In order to accurately combat such criminal activities, the Pudong police immediately established a special task force to conduct research and investigation, and quickly identified a "money laundering" criminal gang with a clear organizational structure and personnel distribution in various provinces and regions. After fully mastering the information of the gang members, the special case team went to other provinces and cities to carry out centralized arrests twice in January and February 2025, and successfully captured 30 suspect including Chen, Pang and Li. After arriving at the case, the suspect truthfully confessed their own criminal facts. After investigation, it was found that since March 2024, three core members of the gang, Chen, Pang, and Li, have used social media platforms to fabricate "online part-time jobs" projects and lure unemployed individuals into joining the gang. After discovering that the so-called 'part-time job' was actually 'money laundering', participants were still driven by the profit of 3% -5% commission per order. After receiving 'short-term training', they were required to be on standby in various chat groups and handle fraudulent funds according to instructions at any time. Throughout the entire fraud process, front-end fraudsters usually play the role of professional investment advisors, using language such as "verifying investment qualifications" or "reviewing fund security" to demand that victims transfer funds. After continuous brainwashing, the victim's awareness of prevention is significantly weakened and they fall into predetermined fraud traps. Front end fraudsters will then post corresponding fund transfer "tasks" in the criminal gang group. At this point, the members of the gang will "accept the order", first add friends with the victim, and then send a pre made "family card" binding operation guide, requiring the victim to authorize a certain amount of money to bind the "family card" to the gang member's account according to the tutorial. Once the authorization is successful, the members of the gang will immediately use the "relative card" to scan the QR code for payment or transfer, quickly transferring the authorized funds and ultimately flowing into the designated account of the front-end fraudster. After completing the fund transfer, the members of the gang immediately released the "family card" binding and demanded that the victims delete each other's friends and clear their chat records in an attempt to evade punishment. The police investigation found that the criminal gang has a clear hierarchy and division of labor: the core layer is responsible for liaising with upstream criminal groups and providing training to new members; The middle layer is responsible for managing subordinate groups and allocating fund transfer tasks; The execution layer receives instructions through frequently changing chat groups and uses "family cards" to carry out fund transfer activities. At present, three suspect including Mr. Chen, Mr. Pang and Mr. Li have been arrested by the People's Procuratorate of Pudong New Area in accordance with the law because they are suspected of hiding their crimes. Other suspect have been taken criminal coercive measures by the Pudong police in accordance with the law, and the case is under further investigation. The police have suggested that relevant platforms adopt optimization measures such as strengthening transaction scenario verification and adding risk warnings for the "family card" function to enhance their ability to identify abnormal fund flows. (New Society)