I was cheated out of over 70000 yuan, and at that time I just wanted to get my money back! "When the public security organs contacted Dong Ting based on the victim's report clues, she cried and said to the police full of grievances. It was this obsession with wanting to recover her losses that led her to slide step by step into the abyss of crime after becoming a victim of the "pig killing plate" scam, becoming a part of helping upstream telecom network fraudsters launder money, and ultimately standing in the defendant's seat. In May 2023, Dong added a friend request on his QQ, which read: "Hello, I am Alen from the United States. Nice to meet you. ”Dong hesitated for a moment and approved the friend application. Alen claims to run multiple factories, is widowed, and has a daughter. As the chat frequency increased, the two gradually talked about everything. Alen carefully selected gifts to send to Dong as a gesture of sincerity. During the process of waiting for the gift, Dong received a prompt message in his email: "Due to the discovery of US dollars in the package, customs will charge an additional fee of 9800 yuan. Please pay in a timely manner to ensure the smooth delivery of the package." Due to the large amount, Dong had doubts, but Alen promised to transfer all the expenses incurred to her. Out of trust, she transferred the money. In the following time, the information in the email kept coming one after another, including taxes, special item deposits, and more, with the amount increasing each time. In December 2023, after transferring 70000 yuan to the other party, Dong suspected that he had been deceived. Faced with doubts, Alen said that due to his foreign identity, he was unable to register multiple QQ accounts, which affected his domestic business and prevented him from recovering funds. If Dong could help register QQ accounts, the 70000 yuan loss could be compensated as soon as possible. Dong, who was anxious, believed it to be true and used his own information to help Alen register a QQ account. In March 2024, Alen proposed that his friend transfer funds into Dong's account and ask Dong to help purchase virtual currency for trading, in order to make up for the loss by earning commissions. In order to recover the losses, Dong used the funds transferred by Alen to purchase virtual currency. However, after only making a few purchases, the bank account showed abnormal transactions, and the virtual currency trader warned that her account may be suspected of money laundering. Dong realized that this was not an ordinary transfer, but she was eager to recover her losses and applied for multiple bank cards to continue trading. On January 6th of this year, the National Anti Fraud Center platform discovered through big data screening that more than 30000 yuan of defrauded funds from two victims had flowed into Dong's bank card, and transferred the clue to the public security organs. After investigation, the public security organs found that the bank card under Dong's name helped telecom and network fraudsters post 20 transactions, and filed an investigation on suspicion of assisting in information network criminal activities. I am the victim, I just want my money back. I didn't know that all the money he transferred to me was fraudulently obtained. ”After the case was transferred to the Chang'an District Procuratorate in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province for review and prosecution, Dong was unable to believe that his actions constituted a crime in the face of the prosecutor's questioning. The prosecutor patiently explained and reasoned with Dong, saying, "You did not report to the police in the first place when the other party defrauded you of your property under the pretext of customs clearance, but instead received someone else's transfer according to the online instructions. After the bank card was frozen, the virtual currency seller had clearly warned of the risk of telecom network fraud and money laundering, and you ignored it. This is enough to prove that you had subjective knowledge of the funds involved in the case and only allowed them to be transferred to recover losses." Under the education of the prosecutor, Dong realized that the QQ account he helped register had become a tool for fraudsters to commit crimes. His use of personal accounts to receive stolen money and purchase virtual currency essentially constituted a key link in helping upstream telecom network fraudsters transfer funds and launder the stolen money. Suspected of aiding in cybercrime activities. During the review and prosecution stage, Dong actively returned the illegal gains and voluntarily signed a confession and punishment agreement. On June 30th, the Chang'an District Procuratorate of Xi'an City prosecuted Dong on suspicion of aiding information network criminal activities. Recently, Dong was sentenced to six months in prison and fined 2000 yuan by the court. (New Society)