{"id":41322,"date":"2021-06-11T05:58:07","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T05:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/china-arrests-over-1000-for-using-cryptocurrency-to-help-launder-proceeds-of-phone-scams\/"},"modified":"2021-06-11T05:58:07","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T05:58:07","slug":"china-arrests-over-1000-for-using-cryptocurrency-to-help-launder-proceeds-of-phone-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/china-arrests-over-1000-for-using-cryptocurrency-to-help-launder-proceeds-of-phone-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"China arrests over 1000 for using cryptocurrency to help launder proceeds of phone scams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>China\u2019s crackdown on cryptocurrencies has reached a new crescendo, with the nation\u2019s Ministry of Public Security on Wednesday proclaiming it has arrested over 1000 people and shut down 170 gangs that provided crypto-linked money-laundering services.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mps.gov.cn\/n2253534\/n2253535\/c7925517\/content.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announcement<\/a> says it detected, and dismantled, gangs that provided money-laundering services to criminal organisations.<\/p>\n<p>Some of those organisations allegedly laundered ill-gotten gains from other ventures by building coin-mining farms.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"condor\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,leaderboard,mpu,\" data-lg=\",fluid,leaderboard,\" data-xlg=\",fluid,superleaderboard,billboard,leaderboard,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2YMV1E2iJUwuElQm2VwWhaQAAAJA&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2YMV1E2iJUwuElQm2VwWhaQAAAJA&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>Others are what China calls \u201ctwo cards\u201d scammers, who funnel their ill-gotten gains to acquire phone cards that are shipped outside China, then use call credit stored in the cards to make scam calls back into the Middle Kingdom. The proceeds of those scams are laundered using cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry therefore asserted that its actions protected China\u2019s citizens, phone networks, and the stability of its financial system, and celebrated the raids by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mp.weixin.qq.com\/s\/XjO7d4xjn7fXFCTQNf0Hqw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posting<\/a> the image below to its Weibo account.<\/p>\n<div class=\"CaptionedImage Border width_85\" readability=\"7\"><a href=\"https:\/\/regmedia.co.uk\/2021\/06\/11\/handout_china_criminal_investigation_bureau_of_the_ministry_of_public_security.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/regmedia.co.uk\/2021\/06\/11\/handout_china_criminal_investigation_bureau_of_the_ministry_of_public_security.jpg?x=648&amp;y=324&amp;infer_y=1\" alt=\"Cartoon from Chinese Ministry of Public Security\" title=\"Cartoon from Chinese Ministry of Public Security\" height=\"324\" width=\"648\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text_center\">The Chinese Ministry of Public Security\u2019s view of phone and crypto crooks.<br \/>\n<br \/>Click to enlarge<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>China\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2021\/05\/24\/china_bitcoin_mining_and_trading_crackdown\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recent crackdown<\/a> on cryptocurrency mining and usage is gathering pace. Western province Qinghai banned cryptocurrency mining within its borders, and CNBC\u2019s Beijing bureau chief Eunice Yoon has also noticed that Chinese search engines now inform users they are not permitted to offer results for searches about cryptos.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.715083798883\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Crypto?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Crypto<\/a> exchanges <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/binance?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@binance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HuobiGlobal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HuobiGlobal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OKEx?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OKEx<\/a> now blocked on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/China?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#China<\/a> social media in Chinese and English. Weibo searches return, \u201caccording to the related laws and regulations, the results of this search are not available.\u201d For Baidu, \u201csorry, no relevant results found\u201d. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bitcoin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#bitcoin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/czkiV3zzCZ\">pic.twitter.com\/czkiV3zzCZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eunice Yoon (@onlyyoontv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/onlyyoontv\/status\/1402570876143357957?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>China\u2019s also cracked down on \u2018net smut this week, closing websites that feature the stuff, cracking down on users that shared sexual material on social networks, and closing down a video sharing app whose name translates as \u201cEggplant\u201d. The anti-smut effort was conducted to clean up the internet behind the Great Firewall. \u00ae<\/p>\n<p> READ MORE <a href=\"https:\/\/go.theregister.com\/feed\/www.theregister.com\/2021\/06\/11\/china_crypto_crackdown_continues\/\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As local search engines stop providing results on crypto-keywords China\u2019s crackdown on cryptocurrencies has reached a new crescendo, with the nation\u2019s Ministry of Public Security on Wednesday proclaiming it has arrested over 1000 people and shut down 170 gangs that provided crypto-linked money-laundering services.\u2026 READ MORE 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