Low price slow charging, credited within 72 hours, may seem like taking wool, but there is a trap behind it - "slow charging of phone bills" may be helping people launder money. "Internal employees recharge phone bills and enjoy a 78% discount! ”Within 72 hours, the 500 yuan bill can be paid for as little as 400 yuan. This slow charging service seems to have taken away some money, but little do they know that it has become an accomplice to others' money laundering. On July 3rd, after being prosecuted by the Procuratorate of Liyang City, Jiangsu Province, the defendant Shen was sentenced to three months of detention, six months of probation, and a fine of 3000 yuan by the court for concealing and covering up the crime. In June 2023, Shen wanted to recharge his phone bill and saw an advertisement online for a slow recharge discount promotion. After some inquiries, he was pulled into a chat group where recharge discounts ranged from 78% to 83%, much lower than the official discount. Shen, who does not have a fixed job, bears the pressure of a mortgage, and has to support his children's education, faced such a huge discount and came up with a way to "make money": after recharging, cancel the mobile phone card, withdraw the recharged money to his own bank account, and easily earn the difference with just a few fingers. So he contacted "Rain Brother" who posted recharge advertisements in the group. Is it certain that the money will be credited at such a low discount? ”Shen hesitated to ask. Quickly, "Yu Ge" replied, "Don't worry, you can advance the payment first, and the phone bill will be guaranteed to be credited within three days. Many people have asked me to pay." The other party also sent several screenshots of successful transfers. Looking at these recharge records, Shen decided to give them a try. Easy to earn price difference with one recharge and one refund. Seeing Shen's intention to recharge, "Yu Ge" said that if the recharge amount is large, he can be given a 75% discount. Upon hearing this, Shen immediately expressed his willingness to charge more. He secretly calculated, 'If you recharge a little more, you can definitely earn more from the price difference.' So, Shen transferred 7500 yuan to 'Rain Brother', and after two days, his phone card received a total of 10000 yuan in phone bills. Shen immediately cancelled the mobile phone card and used the recharge record sent by "Rain Brother" to prove that he successfully passed the application for a refund of the phone bill. Not long after, his bank account really received 10000 yuan. Shen stared at the numbers on the screen and his breathing became rapid: "It's really so easy to make money!" Although he felt uneasy in his heart, the huge price difference temptation made him ignore his inner anxiety. With his first 'success', Shen began to frequently contact' Brother Yu '. As the number of transactions increased, Shen gradually became an "old hand". In order to prevent the operator from discovering any abnormalities, he purchased mobile phone cards from different locations online and used his own identity information for real name authentication. The time for applying for a refund of the phone bill will also be deliberately delayed. During the transaction process, Shen also had doubts: "Why is the discount so low?" Some people in the group speculated that most of the phone bills deposited into the SIM card were money from unknown sources. Shen searched online and knew that this trick of recharging phone bills was money laundering. However, under the dual tests of life pressure and financial temptation, he chose to continue with a sense of luck. What is the reason for "slow charging" that attracts the attention of operators? Originally, when it was confirmed that Shen had the intention to recharge, "Rain Brother" would contact the upstream fraudsters and ask them to search for the victim to prepare for the fraud. Once receiving the transfer money from Shen, "Rain Brother" immediately notified the fraudster and provided Shen's phone number to the other party. The fraudsters used these two to three days to quickly carry out fraud through various means, allowing the victim to directly recharge the money into Shen's mobile phone card, while themselves remained perfectly invisible. In less than 72 hours, the money laundering operation behind the "slow charging of phone bills" was completed. In March 2024, when Shen applied to withdraw from a phone bill worth over 90000 yuan, the operator found multiple records of large fund recharges in his account and immediately froze his account and reported it to the police. Faced with questioning, Shen's heart was filled with regret: "I know this money didn't come clean, but I always wanted to earn a little more, and I couldn't stop." On March 12th, the Liyang Public Security Bureau filed a case accusing Shen of concealing and covering up a criminal offense. On September 19, 2024, the case was transferred to the Liyang Procuratorate for examination and prosecution. After investigation, it was found that from June 2023 to March 2024, Shen, knowing that the third-party recharged phone bills contained criminal proceeds, still used the method of finding a third-party to recharge the phone bills at a low price and then canceling and refunding them, assisting upstream criminals in transferring illegal gains and earning the price difference from them. According to statistics, Shen has received over 320000 yuan in recharge from others, of which 24000 yuan was found to be involved in fraud. On June 19, 2025, the Liyang Procuratorate filed a public prosecution against Shen for allegedly concealing and disguising criminal activities. On July 3rd, the court made the above judgment in accordance with the law. (New Society)