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The mother and daughter collapsed and contemplated taking their lives after being mocked by police during a fraud case, asking "How are you still alive?" Behind this is a well-known jeweler involved in USDT Money Laundering.
Taipei's mother and daughter were defrauded, and it was accidentally revealed that a well-known jeweler was suspected of using USDT as a fraud group to launder 2 billion yuan, which caused financial regulatory attention. (Summary: Vietnam cracked cryptocurrency fraud case: Matrix Chain attracted nearly $400 million, the main suspect was arrested) (Background supplement: Bitrace 2025 Crypto Crime Report fraud surges and regulatory freezes improve) Last year, a mother and daughter surnamed Ning in Neihu District, Taipei City, suffered a loss of 12 million yuan in investment fraud, and when they reported the case, they were ridiculed by the police "You are still alive" and "your money can't be returned", and after returning home, the mother and daughter collapsed and left a suicide note to go to a dead end. The tragedy unexpectedly revealed that Taipei's well-known jeweler "Yama Diamond" was suspected of laundering money for a fraud syndicate amounting to NT$2 billion. Jewelry stores are not easy to earn, change to money laundering According to the investigation by the prosecutors, the fraud syndicate victimized by the mother and daughter is headed by Hong Huanglong and his son, members of the Bamboo Union Gang, and Lin Zhongwei, the person in charge of Aima Diamond, is accused of laundering money for the fraud group by buying and selling Tether within six months (USDT) and handled NT$2 billion in a few months, making illegal profits of more than 10 million yuan. The fraud laundering network formed by Hong Huanglong's father and son carefully divided labor. First, the members of the fraud group lured the victims, and after the stolen money was collected by the driver, it changed hands layer by layer, and then the old jewelry company "Yaoma Diamond" run by Lin Zhongwei converted the cash into Tether (USDT), and quickly transferred it to overseas bases to avoid detection. Lin Zhongwei, the person in charge of Aima Diamond, suspected that due to the decline in the diamond business, he took risks and cooperated with unknown Chinese nationals to buy low and sell USDT to fraud groups to earn spreads and handling fees. Lawyer Lin Nan publicly said: "The indictment does not list Lin Nan with the fraudulent members, and the gold flow and time point do not match the victim's gold flow. We will give evidence in court." Supercar gold bars are seized At present, prosecutors have seized about 40 million yuan in cash, 136,000 Tether (USDT), a number of famous cars and about 20 million yuan worth of gold bars in the names of Hong Huanglong and Lin Zhongwei. The whole case was transferred to the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office on suspicions of fraud, money laundering, and organized crime, and was prosecuted in February this year. Hong Huanglong was on bail, while jeweler Lin Zhongwei was not detained. This case is not only an extension of a family tragedy, but also reveals how organized crime exploits fintech vulnerabilities. At present, the FSC and the Ministry of Justice are planning to strengthen the supervision of virtual assets, hoping to prevent similar crimes, but the most important thing is that the public needs to be more vigilant and cautious about investment fraud. Extended reading: Threads fished out the "virtual currency fraud bitter main string": shocked to see a loss of 60 million, someone took out a loan to nibble on toast Related reports ZachXBT: BitoPro is suspected of losing $11.5 million after being hacked on May 8 Micro-strategy chain reserve proof PoR, Michael Saylor: The public address is too stupid to make hackers easy to snipe 〈The fraud was ridiculed by the police "How is it still alive" The mother and daughter collapsed and died! Behind the old jeweler USDT money laundering" This article was first published in BlockTempo's "Dynamic Trend - The Most Influential Blockchain News Media".