After a man surnamed Lin went to a supermarket ATM to withdraw fraudulent money in June, he was photographed by surveillance cameras. The Xizhi police persevered and took more than five months to catch him. After the interrogation, he was charged with fraud.

(Photo by reporter Lin Jiadong)

[Reporter Lin Jiadong/New Taipei Report] A man surnamed Lin was short of money, so he acted as a driver to withdraw the fraudulent money for the fraud group. The police persevered and took more than 5 months to catch him, which made the fraud group lose another driver; Xizhi According to police statistics, within one month of November, a total of 17 riders were arrested in a row. In addition to appealing to the public not to be easily deceived, they also warned the group not to come to Xizhi again.

The New Taipei City Xizhi Police Station received a report in June this year that fraudulent riders were being scammed around the Xizhi Police Station to withdraw fraudulent money.

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The Xizhi Police Station set up a special investigation team to investigate and found that the driver who withdrew the fraudulent money was very cunning. Before and after the fraudulent money was withdrawn, in order to avoid the intersection monitors, he deliberately walked in the alley without the monitors instead of taking the main road.

In addition, after withdrawing the fraudulent money, it was discarded by the roadside, and the second driver took over to take it away, making it difficult for the police to track down.

After the police persevered in expanding the inspection of the surrounding monitors and cross-checking the driver's identity, they identified a 22-year-old Lin Nan who lives in Wanhua District, Taipei City as a serious suspect, and went to arrest him.

Lin confessed that he owed debts for guaranteeing his friends, and joined the scam group as a driver in order to repay the debts.

Lin said that he had been to ATMs in Taipei City's Songshan, Nangang, and New Taipei City's Xizhi District to withdraw the fraudulent money according to the instructions of the fraud group's upstream, and he did not remember how much money he had withdrawn in total.

The Xizhi police provided the footage of him being captured by a surveillance camera on June 26, and Lin confessed that he withdrew a total of 30,000 yuan twice that day.

Lin also said that no matter how much money he received that day, the fraud group would give him 3,000 yuan as a reward.

After the police call, Lin Nanyi was sent to the Shilin District Prosecutor's Office for investigation.

Yang Youhui, director of the Xizhi Police Station, pointed out that fraud is rampant. According to the police statistics, the methods used by fraudulent groups to defraud the citizens of Xizhi recently are mostly fraudulent methods such as posing as officials of government agencies and wrong installment deductions.

The police uncovered fraudulent drivers one after another. According to statistics, within one month of November, a total of 17 drivers were seized, and the scammers would come to Xizhi again to commit crimes; in addition, they will continue to work together with front-line financial institutions and supermarkets to prevent fraud and protect the safety of citizens’ property .

After a man surnamed Lin went to a supermarket ATM to withdraw fraudulent money in June, he was photographed by surveillance cameras. The Xizhi police persevered and took more than five months to catch him. After the interrogation, he was charged with fraud.

(Photo by reporter Lin Jiadong)