A 46-year-old man in Kaohsiung complained that his personal freedom was controlled by a fraud group for 13 days in June this year.

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[Reporter Huang Jialin/Kaohsiung Report] A 46-year-old man in Kaohsiung was controlled by a fraud group for 13 days in June this year. After he escaped from the trap, he did not report to the police until August, claiming that he had encountered job hunting fraud. The police followed the line and arrested him. The man surnamed Li and other 6 suspects also found that another man surnamed Huang was also detained for 2 days, but Li Nan and others argued that the victim took the initiative to ask them to sell passbooks and cooperated with them, and they had no freedom to control them. They insisted on their own opinions, and after the police interrogated Li Nan and others, they were charged with fraud and other crimes.

The police pointed out that in August this year, a man nicknamed Xiao Li took the initiative to report to the police, claiming that he applied for a gaming job through Facebook, and was forced to hand over his bankbook when he went to the interview. He was listed as a warning account, and the fraud group let him go. Because he was worried about being listed as an accomplice in fraud and fear of retaliation, he thought for a long time before summoning up the courage to report the case to the police for help.

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After receiving the report, the police launched an investigation and arrested 6 people, including Li Nan (19 years old), and found that they had also controlled another man surnamed Huang (51 years old) to move freely for two days; but after Li Nan and others were arrested, Yet another version of the story was told.

Li Nan and others said that both Xiao Li and Huang Nan approached them to sell bank passbooks because they were short of money to spend. Originally, the two parties agreed that one passbook could be sold for 30,000 yuan, but they got two passbooks, and they have not waited for fraud. When the victim sent the money, it was listed as a warning account. They didn't know what happened, so they asked Huang Nan to leave first.

And Xiao Li said that he could open another bank account for them to use, but after waiting for 10 days, Xiao Li's new passbook could not be completed. They saw that Xiao Li could not become a "assistant", so they let him He left without forcibly controlling their freedom of movement and without giving them money afterwards.

As the two sides insisted on their own opinions, Li Nan and other 6 people were interrogated by the police for fraud and other crimes; as for Xiao Li and Huang Nan's involvement in the sale of bank passbooks, the police sub-bureau where their household registrations are located took over the investigation.