Your bank card has been frozen by me. Your current bank card cannot be used. Please go to a certain place to handle related business. If people hear such a sound on their mobile phones, is it an online scam? Then ignore the call. But if your bank card has been frozen for no reason, will you feel a little suspicious when you hear this again?
Mr. Chen from Suixi County, Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province was criminally detained by Tongxu Police in Henan Province for 38 days and then released on bail pending trial. When he returned home, he found that more than 730,000 yuan in his bank card was missing!
Mr. Chen started doing micro-business seven or eight years ago, mainly selling electronic products, that is, some computer hosts and accessories.
On October 10, 2020, Mr. Chen found that his bank card could no longer be used, so he called the bank. The bank said that Mr. Chen’s card had been frozen by the Tong County Police in Henan Province and that Mr. Chen was needed. Contact Tong County Police to resolve this matter.
Mr. Chen is very confused. Because he has never been to Tongxu and has never done anything illegal, how could he be frozen by the police in a different place?
Mr. Chen found the phone number of the Tongxu County Police on the Internet. After contacting him by phone, the Tongxu Police said that they could let Mr. Chen come to Tongxu alone to cooperate in the investigation of a case.
On October 27, 2020, Mr. Chen came to Tongxu County, Henan Province. In the afternoon of that day, Mr. Chen took notes at the police station on the fourth floor of Tongxu County Public Security Bureau. However, before taking notes, the police asked Mr. Chen to turn over his mobile phone and bank account. Hand over cards and other items. Mr. Chen handed over his mobile phone, bank card, ID card, and social security card, and asked Mr. Chen to tell his mobile phone unlock password and bank card password. Mr. Chen refused at first because of privacy issues. Later, the police repeatedly emphasized that this was private Handle cases. Later, the police repeatedly emphasized that it was to handle the case and handle the case in accordance with the law, so Mr. Chen handed over everything to the police, including the 1,100 yuan in cash he had on him.
Afterwards, Mr. Chen learned that what the police wanted to know was a case of opening a casino, because the police suspected that Mr. Chen had financial transactions with the criminal suspect. Mr. Chen said that he told the police everything in detail at that time. On September 20, several strangers asked him to buy several high-configuration computers and accessories, and then asked the strangers to give Chen Mr. Chen sent the money and Mr. Chen delivered it to those strangers. Mr. Chen said that he didn’t know what those people did or what they brought.
On October 28, 2020, Mr. Chen was criminally detained by Tongxu police on suspicion of "helping information network criminal activities." After being detained for 38 days, Mr. Chen paid a deposit of 20,000 yuan and was released on bail pending trial.
After being released on bail pending trial, Mr. Chen got his belongings back, but the police said that his bank card and mobile phone could not be returned. In desperation, Mr. Chen had no choice but to go back to Suixi, Guangdong at 20:00 on December 10 to get a replacement mobile phone. card, and later discovered through mobile banking that the 730,000 yuan in the card was missing.
Mr. Chen went to the bank to print out his bank statements and found that from October 9, 2020 to December 5, 2020, three cards under Mr. Chen’s name were withdrawn from the ATM machine by cash or transfer. Walked away with 730,000 yuan.
The largest transfer amount was 168,000 yuan, and the smallest amount was 700 yuan, which was withdrawn at Tongxu Branch of Bank of China.
After Mr. Chen discovered that the money was gone, he went to report the crime. Suixi police said that the case was not in Suixi and asked Mr. Chen to contact Tongxu police. After that, Mr. Chen’s uncle contacted the fourth floor of the police station and asked about the bank card and The staff had no idea where the money in the bank card went.
On the afternoon of January 12, 2021, a reporter from the Chinese Business News contacted the Xilou Police Station. Police Officer Wang, who handled the case, said that Mr. Chen’s money did not belong to Mr. Chen, but the victim’s money ( Casino case) was allegedly transferred to Mr. Chen’s card, Hollister France. Mr. Chen was suspected of helping others transfer money in the casino.
The money was frozen in Mr. Chen's card. They were worried that the money in the card would be frozen by other units, so they took the money from Mr. Chen's card and deposited it into the account of the Tongxu County Public Security Bureau, and then transferred the money Returned to the victim, and said that he called Mr. Chen several times to ask Mr. Chen to come to Tongxu to handle the matter, but Mr. Chen did not come.
Mr. Chen was also confused because he said that he did not transfer money to anyone in the casino, and Tongxu Police Station did not notify him to go there. There were no relevant procedures for the money being stolen.
There is no solution to this matter yet. I hope the truth can be told as soon as possible!