Shanghai’s first digital RMB “running score” case was concluded: more than 10 million yuan was laundered, and all 10 members were sentenced

Recently, the Yangpu District People’s Court of Shanghai concluded Shanghai’s first case of using digital renminbi to “run points”. Criminal gangs use digital RMB accounts to split and transfer stolen money for overseas telecom network fraud, gambling and other upstream criminals to "run points". They communicate with the host to determine the amount of cash that needs to be withdrawn, then purchase and exchange virtual currency and pay the acquired virtual currency to the host. Specify account. It is reported that after judicial audit, a total of more than 10 million yuan was withdrawn from more than 900 digital RMB accounts in this case between May and June 2023, of which more than 800,000 yuan was transferred by victims of telecommunications network fraud. After trial, the Yangpu District People's Court held that the actions of the defendants Xiao, Kan, Wang Jia, Wang, Chen, Yang, Feng, and Xu constituted the crime of covering up and concealing criminal proceeds, and sentenced eight people to fixed-term imprisonment. Penalties ranging from seven months to four years and six months, and fines ranging from 5,000 yuan to 45,000 yuan; the actions of the defendants Gong and Huang have constituted the crime of assisting information network criminal activities, and the two They were each sentenced to one year and four months in prison and fined 10,000 yuan. In this case, the amount of cash withdrawn by Xiao, Kan, Wang Jia, Yang and Feng was found to be more than 100,000 yuan transferred by victims of telecommunications network fraud, which has reached the level of "serious circumstances". (Shanghai Yangpu Court)