除了投資者群裡都是“托” 團伙以虛擬貨幣詐騙上千萬

　　平台操作界面。　蕭山檢察院 供圖　

　　比特幣、火幣等虛擬貨幣近年來成為一些投資者熱捧的對象，不少人因為所謂的巨額利潤對炒“虛擬貨幣”情有獨鐘。記者27日獲悉，杭州市蕭山區人民檢察院日前受理了多起虛擬貨幣詐騙案，經初步查証，被騙人數近百人，涉案金額達上千萬元。

In recent years, virtual currency, such as bitcoins and fire coins, has become popular among investors, many of whom have been singled out for “fibrous currency” for so-called profits. The journalist was informed on 27th that the People’s Prosecutor’s Office in Xiaoshan, Hangzhou, had been seized of several cases of counterfeit currency fraud before the time when it was established that nearly hundreds of people had been conned, amounting to tens of thousands of dollars.

　　去年11月，趙先生報案稱自己在手機APP裡的錢取不出來了，金額近58萬元。趙先生曾收到微信好友“AA”發來的一條投資虛擬貨幣課程推薦信息，點擊之后，趙先生加入了一個微信交流群，群裡既有投資“老師”，也有其他投資者。

Last November, Mr. Zhao reported that he was unable to collect his money from his mobile phone APP, amounting to nearly $580,000. Mr. Zhao received a recommendation from his micro-letter friend, AA, for an investment in a virtual currency class, and after clicking, Mr. Zhao joined a micro-trust exchange that included both investment “teachers” and other investors.

　　講課過程中，“老師”時不時向大家介紹投資虛擬貨幣，不少交流群中的好友也附和投資后發現虛擬貨幣漲勢很好，心動的趙先生主動聯系“AA”問起了情況。

During the course of the lecture, “teachers” from time to time referred to the investment of virtual currency, and many of their friends in the exchange found that the increase in virtual currency was very good, and Mr. Zhao, who was moved to contact “AA” asked about it.

　　在“AA”指示下，趙先生下載了okex(比特幣交易平台)軟件，並在該平台花3萬元一次性購買了4189.94個火幣，隨后再將火幣投入“AA”提供的APP平台，通過該平台購買指定的虛擬貨幣。

At the AA's direction, Mr. Zhao downloaded the Okex (bit currency trading platform) software and purchased 4189.94 coins at a one-time cost of $30,000 for the platform, which was then invested in the AA-provided APP platform and purchased the designated virtual currency through the platform.

詐騙團伙在微信群內發布虛假信息。　蕭山檢察院 供圖

　　僅3天，趙先生投資的這款虛擬貨幣的價格就“增長了數倍”，此后趙先生在該平台先后投入58萬元。然而當他決定先兌換部分虛擬幣將收益變現時，才發現款項已被凍結。當天晚上，原本熱鬧的微信交流群也突然解散，群裡的“老師”和“AA”都聯系不上。

Only three days later, Mr. Zhao's investment in the virtual currency had increased several times, after which Mr. Zhao spent 580,000 dollars on the platform. However, when he decided to exchange part of the virtual currency to convert the proceeds, it was discovered that the money had been frozen. That evening, the popular micro-communications were suddenly dismantled, and the “teachers” and “AA” of the group were not connected.

　　經查，詐騙趙先生的是一個以境外某處為據點的詐騙犯罪團伙，通過“殺豬盤”模式，以“名師講課”設圈獲取被害人信任，再以虛假高收益引誘被害人上當，將購買的虛擬貨幣投入該團伙建立的虛假平台中。

It was found that Mr. Zhao was a fraud syndicate based somewhere outside the country, using the “pig-killing” model to create a circle of “speakers” to gain the trust of the victim, then to lure the victim to a bogus profit, and to invest the purchased counterfeit currency in a false platform set up by the group.

　　一旦投資者進入預先建立的微信交流群，群內組員就按事先分工，分別負責發直播課程鏈接和冒充股民討論行情。被告人孫某是其中一個小組的成員，通過上述方式孫某和組員騙取金額460余萬元，除孫某所在小組外，另一小組涉案金額達620余萬元。

Once investors enter the pre-established micro-letter exchange group, the group is divided into groups responsible for delivering a live link to the course and acting as a shareholder. One of the defendants is a member of one of the groups, using the method described above to extort more than 4.6 million dollars from one of Sun’s and its members, and in addition to one of Sun’s groups, another group is involved in over 6.2 million dollars.

　　“資金一旦投入虛擬貨幣交易平台，投資者往往很難提現或通過其他方式追回。”蕭山區檢察院第二檢察部檢察官任啟棟表示，虛擬貨幣不具有與貨幣等同的法律地位，國內也沒有合法的虛擬貨幣交易平台，任何人在國內發行、銷售、交易虛擬貨幣以及通過各種渠道引誘投資者投資虛擬貨幣，都屬於違法行為。

“When money is invested in virtual currency trading platforms, investors often find it difficult to present it or recover it in other ways.” The Prosecutor-General of Prosecutor II of the Xiaoshan District Prosecutor's Office opened the building by stating that virtual currency does not have the same legal status as currency, that there are no legitimate virtual currency trading platforms in the country, and that it is illegal for anyone to issue, sell, trade in and induce investors to invest in counterfeit currency through various channels.

　　目前，該團伙已有5人被檢察機關以詐騙罪起訴，案件正在審理中。(郭其鈺 蘇禮昊)

At present, five members of the group have been prosecuted by the prosecutor for fraud, and the case is under consideration.