Now, even dealing with foreign currency in China will get you arrested, amazing.

Recently, a court in Heze, Shandong Province, publicly tried and sentenced a case of "killing foreign disk" telecom network fraud. The case mainly targeted Indians as the victims, involved a huge amount of money, and used heinous methods, eventually sentencing 9 core members of the gang to fixed-term imprisonments ranging from 5 years to 14 years and 9 months, along with corresponding fines.

According to the judgment, in May 2023, the fraud gang led by He Mou Tian rented a venue in Heze to set up a telecom fraud den specifically targeting Indians. They created a "high-yield investment platform" to induce victims to continuously "increase stakes" in investments on the fake platform, thereby achieving large-scale capital plunder.

The fraudulent activities lasted from June 1, 2023, to January 13, 2024. In just over 7 months, 66,800 Indian victims were defrauded, with a total fraud amount of 517 million Indian Rupees, equivalent to more than 40 million Chinese Yuan.

The court legally recognized that the gang constituted a fraud crime and sentenced 9 people to different terms of imprisonment according to the roles and division of labor of the accused, reflecting a strict stance against transnational telecom fraud crimes.

The case also revealed the covert nature and cross-border harm of "killing foreign disk" crimes. The methods of fraud continuously extend outward, targeting foreign "disks," but the domestic attitude of legal accountability and strict punishment is unequivocal.