Nearly the end of the Brazilian football World Cup, the Shanghai police recently detected four consecutive online gambling cases, one of the cases online betting over 10 billion yuan.
Recently, according to clues from the masses, Shanghai Public Security Bureau conducted a series of arrests in 10 districts of the city after more than 4 months of careful investigation. It successfully cracked "2.21" online gambling cases, smashed an online gambling team and seized criminal activities 32 suspects, seized gambling capital equivalent to more than 240 million yuan, more than 20 computers, frozen bank accounts 12, more than 300 million yuan of funds. From the gambling website system, to ascertain the case online betting over 10 billion yuan.
At present, 11 of the suspects on the "2.21" Internet gambling case were detained under criminal detention, three were released on bail and 18 were subjected to administrative punishment. Shanghai police also said that since the beginning of this year, a total of 42 cases of online gambling have been cracked, accounting for 13.77 million yuan of stolen gambling money, freezing 74 bank accounts and funding of 16.78 million yuan.
Pyramid network gambling gang
In February this year, Shanghai Public Security Bureau Security Corps received clues, reflecting that Shanghai was acting as an overseas gambling website agency and developing more than a "off-line" organization to carry out illegal activities such as online gambling and gambling. Subsequently, the Shanghai police immediately formed a joint task force and on February 21 for the crime of opening a casino for criminal investigation. More than 4 months later, the police identified key information such as the organizational framework, personnel information, gambling contacts and the law of activities of online gambling gangs headed by Wang, Liu and Lu Mou.
At 1:00 on June 24, the Shanghai Public Security Bureau police were divided into more than 40 teams and divided into more than 10 branches in Minhang, Putuo, Pudong and other areas began to arrest operations, will watch, stare 32 suspects People captured.
After investigation, the suspects Wang, Liu, Lumou and others since early 2013, access to foreign "Sun City", "new treasure", "crown" and other high-level account number of gambling sites as a gambling site agent, Employment trader Hu and other respective off-line development agency. "The gambling team is a complex pyramidal network, hierarchical tight below is divided into a proxy, two agents and gambling staff and other levels.After some people to get the distributor account, began to develop offline, offline Go to development off the assembly line, just like MLM. "Public Security Corps police officer Zhang Bo said yesterday.
Police found that the network gambling team betting 12.6 billion yuan a month, all gamblers lost nearly 200 million yuan. "In addition to their gambling activities, which are off the assembly line when the FIFA World Cup finishes more often, they also attract gamblers in other ways, such as setting up baccarat websites," Zhang Bo said.
At the arrest site, the police seized a gamble of RMB2,400,000. At the same time seized gambling more than 20 computers with computers, bank accounts frozen 12, more than 300 million funds.
Offline are basically acquaintances
Wang, Ryu, Lu Mou is the so-called "an agent", located at the top of the pyramid, management and monitoring of all accounts and capital flows. Since three people are more than 50 years old, not familiar with the computer operation, they hired trader Hu Mou specifically responsible for account management. Humou is responsible for all access to capital management, offline "anti-water", he himself from the "first-class agency" to receive wages.
Police also introduced the case, the network gambling server set up outside the country, Hu and his boss is using the total account. The account can not only see his development of all offline gambling situation, but also view the flow of funds, gambling results, offline account activities. The total development of a total of 177 off-site account agent, the flow of funds between the total of over 100 million yuan.
The offline account held by the relatively low level, two agents can only see my development of offline gambling results and gambling situation. The bottom of the pyramid that is ordinary gambling accounts, in addition to their own, you can not see anyone gamble results and gambling situation. "For the above two agents, they can get backwater from off-line betting, the ratio is about 1.1% .Whether the punters win or lose, the agent can get a commission." Zhang Bo said.
"Agent off the assembly line are basically acquaintances." Case handling police told the Post reporter, gambling staff mainly to network transfer, online banking, fixed-point cash to other ways, "the ball account", as betting, gambling staff either themselves Login sub-account for betting, you can also call the familiar on-line help to operate.
Makers cheat sometimes through the background
Police investigation found that among the people involved in online gambling, "ten gamble nine losers" is the golden rule.
Police said that "gamblers bet on the amount of as little as a few hundred dollars, as many as tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of dollars and the dealer sometimes through the background cheating, the use of betting odds to adjust the odds to pursue profits, betters are basically lost Winning less will not only result in loss of personal property, but also affect family harmony and even endanger social public security. "
At present, 11 suspects involved in criminal detention, 3 were released on bail, 18 were punished by administrative sanctions, the case is being further investigated and dealt with.
In recent years, the Shanghai Public Security Bureau has used the means of investigation as a means of investigating and sharing resources to make crimes committed on the virtual cyber-criminals into crimes committed over the Internet. Outlines the organizational structure of criminal gangs, the formation of a crackdown on the reorganization of the network of gambling activities of crime syndicates.
Shanghai Public Security also said that with the continuous promotion of the World Cup in Brazil, the Shanghai Public Security Bureau will continue to maintain the high pressure against cyber gambling activities. At the same time remind the general public, in accordance with the law, whether it is organizing online gambling, or provide conditions for online gambling, or participate in online gambling, are likely to be suspected of criminal offenses. The police also invited the general public to advise their loved ones and friends to be civilized fans, keep away from online gambling, and actively report clues.
More than half of the respondents bought a lottery
Recently released the latest zero-point data 2014 World Cup series survey: 51.1% of the city residents surveyed bought a football lottery during the World Cup.
According to the survey, only 7.5% of those who purchased the football lottery considered the lottery as an investment method, while the majority (67.5%) considered it as "purely entertained and playful" and 23.1% of respondents think it "can enhance the sense of participation, make the ball more exciting."
Although only a handful of people are embracing the heart of investment, the survey respondents who bought football lottery earn the most, over 40% (40.4%), only 23.2% for losing money and 36.5% for lack of money.