Chinese authorities strengthen cooperation to fight trans-border telecom fraud
3 weeks ago

Chinese authorities strengthen cooperation to fight trans-border telecom fraud

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-12-02 13:30 BEIJING -- China's prosecution and public security authorities have strengthened joint efforts to combat cross-border telecom fraud, with eight major cases placed under joint oversight, the Supreme People's Procuratorate announced on Sunday. This initiative builds on previous joint efforts between the SPP and the Ministry of Public Security, which have overseen 13 significant cross-border telecom fraud cases since 2022. From January to October 2024, enhanced asset recovery and fraud prevention measures from the authorities resulted in the freezing of 235.9 billion yuan in defrauded funds, safeguarding the public from financial losses, according to the SPP. Authorities have reiterated their commitment to intensifying efforts to track down and prosecute telecom fraud criminals, pledging to protect the public's legitimate rights and defend lives and property.

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Beijing prosecutors target enterprise cases to strengthen market order
1 week, 4 days ago

Beijing prosecutors target enterprise cases to strengthen market order

China Daily  

Beijing prosecutors have intensified efforts to address cases involving enterprises, aiming to foster a sound business environment and maintain market order. The Beijing People's Procuratorate reported Thursday that since the beginning of the year, prosecutors across the city have handled a total of 8,231 cases related to businesses, including 2,717 criminal cases involving data security, fraud, and other offenses. In …

Joint effort foils telecom fraud
1 month ago

Joint effort foils telecom fraud

China Daily  

The Ministry of Public Security announced on Thursday that all major telecom fraud operations in northern Myanmar near China's border have been eradicated. In a news release, the ministry said that law enforcement cooperation and joint actions between China and Myanmar have led to the arrest of over 53,000 Chinese suspects involved in related crimes, since a special operation to …

China’s Surveillance State Is Selling Citizen Data as a Side Hustle
1 month ago

China’s Surveillance State Is Selling Citizen Data as a Side Hustle

Wired  

“China has created this massive surveillance apparatus,” says Aurora Johnson, one of the two SpyCloud researchers who has tracked how surveillance data leaks to the black market. So they're abusing that access, in many cases by stealing data and selling it in criminal marketplaces.” The SpyCloud researchers focused on Chinese-language data vendors that offer their services in accounts on the …

Ministry reveals 5 financial crime cases
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Ministry reveals 5 financial crime cases

China Daily  

The Ministry of Public Security has revealed five major suspected financial crime cases, highlighting its ongoing crackdown on illegal financial activities. One of the cases involved a suspect surnamed Zhang, who had been recruiting dozens of people for a predatory lending business since October 2022, the ministry said in a news release. In August, on the basis of this case, …

111 telecom fraud suspects handed over to China
3 months, 1 week ago

111 telecom fraud suspects handed over to China

China Daily  

The Ministry of Public Security announced on Friday that 111 Chinese suspects involved in telecom fraud in the fourth special zone of Shan State, northern Myanmar, have been handed over to China. Public security organizations in Yunnan province and law enforcement departments in Myanmar carried out border law enforcement cooperation and recently cracked down on fraud-related dens in the fourth …

China orders intensified efforts in assets recovery in cross-border telecom fraud
4 months, 3 weeks ago

China orders intensified efforts in assets recovery in cross-border telecom fraud

China Daily  

BEIJING -- China's judicial authorities issued a guideline on Friday, emphasizing a stringent crackdown on cross-border telecommunications fraud and intensified efforts to recover stolen funds and compensate for losses. The guideline, jointly released by the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and the Ministry of Public Security, called for thorough investigations into the financial status of criminal groups involved …

Public security organs have seen major success in combating telecom and online fraud
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Public security organs have seen major success in combating telecom and online fraud

China Daily  

Public security organs nationwide resolved nearly 1.95 million cases of telecom and online fraud over the past five years, and the number of such cases filed nationwide has decreased year-on-year for eight consecutive months, effectively curbing the rise in telecom and online fraud crimes, Li Guozhong, a spokesman of the Ministry of Public Security, said on Monday. Facing the evolving …

PICTURED: Seven Chinese government-backed hackers who stole private information from MILLIONS of Americans and launched cyberattacks against the Navy and politicians (and they're from WUHAN!)
8 months, 4 weeks ago

PICTURED: Seven Chinese government-backed hackers who stole private information from MILLIONS of Americans and launched cyberattacks against the Navy and politicians (and they're from WUHAN!)

Daily Mail  

The US Treasury Department levied sanctions on a Chinese firm Monday, accusing it of being a front company for 'dangerous and irresponsible' state- The announcement came on top of seven indictments issued by the Department of Justice accusing seven men affiliated with that company, Wuhan Xiaoruizhi Science and Technology Company Ltd., of 'malicious cyber operations.' The US Treasury Department levied …

Busting of telecom fraud gang a major victory
1 year, 1 month ago

Busting of telecom fraud gang a major victory

China Daily  

Telecom fraud suspects are handed over to Chinese police in Lincang, Yunnan province. Shortly after the Chinese police disclosed the identity of four major criminal suspects of Chinese nationality behind a large-scale telecom fraud gang that has been active in the border region on the Myanmar side, which is responsible for many telecom fraud cases in China in recent years, …

China crackdown on cyber scams in Southeast Asia nets thousands but leaves networks intact
1 year, 2 months ago

China crackdown on cyber scams in Southeast Asia nets thousands but leaves networks intact

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Zhang is one of tens …

109 Telecom Fraud Suspects Deported From Myanmar To China
1 year, 3 months ago

109 Telecom Fraud Suspects Deported From Myanmar To China

The Diplomat  

Beijing’s strategic interests in Myanmar and mainland Southeast Asia ensure that the crackdown on transnational criminality is likely to remain partial and selective. A group of 109 Chinese nationals allegedly involved in a telecom fraud operation in northern Myanmar were handed over to Chinese police on Saturday, Chinese state media reported, the latest in a series of publicized deportations of …

Chinese spies breached hundreds of public, private networks, security firm says
1 year, 6 months ago

Chinese spies breached hundreds of public, private networks, security firm says

Associated Press  

Suspected state-backed Chinese hackers used a security hole in a popular email security appliance to break into the networks of hundreds of public and private sector organizations globally, nearly a third of them government agencies including foreign ministries, the cybersecurity firm Mandiant said Thursday. “This is the broadest cyber espionage campaign known to be conducted by a China-nexus threat actor …

Crackdown on cybercrime nets results
1 year, 9 months ago

Crackdown on cybercrime nets results

China Daily  

Prosecutors initiated lawsuits against 719,000 people for using the internet to commit fraud, gamble and distribute obscene materials over the past five years, with an average annual increase of 43.3 percent in lawsuits each year, according to the annual work report of the Supreme People's Procuratorate. In response to the continued sharp rise in cybercrimes, the SPP issued a guideline …

Authorities take aim at overseas telecom fraud
2 years, 8 months ago

Authorities take aim at overseas telecom fraud

China Daily  

The investigations of five major trans-border telecom fraud cases have been placed under the joint oversight of the Supreme People's Procuratorate and the Ministry of Public Security, sending a strong signal that China will punish such crimes severely. In one case, police in Zhejiang studied evidence against overseas telecom fraud gangs in December 2020 and uncovered a group entrenched in …

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