A criminal gang in Zhejiang was arrested for using digital RMB to cash out more than 200,000 yuan

A criminal gang in Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province, recently used digital RMB accounts to illegally cash out more than 200,000 yuan in just four days. Several people used shopping and chatting to lure merchants with digital RMB accounts. After the merchants agreed to cash out, they first converted a certain amount of their own money into virtual currency as a deposit to give to the upstream, and then sent the digital RMB collection code to the upstream. When the upstream's fraudulent funds entered the merchant's digital RMB account, the merchant deducted a 1% to 1.5% service fee and then obtained the corresponding amount of cash. The Yuezhou District Procuratorate prosecuted and the court sentenced Yuan, Zhang, and Kou to imprisonment for one year and four months to seven months respectively for concealing and hiding the proceeds of the crime, and imposed fines. The prosecutor reminded the public to strengthen their understanding of digital RMB, pay attention to protecting personal information, and report suspicious situations in a timely manner to protect their property safety.