ChainCatcher news, according to the Guangzhou Daily, recently, the People's Court of Shangcheng District in Hangzhou made a first-instance judgment on a case involving extortion using Trojan viruses. Four defendants were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from 3 years to 7 years and 6 months for the crimes of extortion and infringement of citizens' personal information.The main culprit Qi and others were originally cybersecurity engineers, familiar with system vulnerabilities, and had previously engaged in illegally scraping citizens' personal information for profit. At the end of 2023, they shifted to ransomware attacks, using Trojan viruses to encrypt corporate files and demanding ransom in digital cryptocurrency. Police investigations revealed that the gang also attacked two other companies, extorting over 330,000 yuan worth of cryptocurrency in total. The gang had a strong anti-investigation awareness, using overseas proxy servers to hide their tracks and employing AI to optimize the virus code. In December 2023, police arrested the four individuals in Inner Mongolia, Beijing, and other locations. The court found that their actions severely disrupted network security and ultimately made a judgment in accordance with the law.

ChainCatcher news, today the Supreme People's Court held a press conference, announcing that the People's Court case database is officially online and open to the public.Lawyer Liu Yang has compiled all cases related to virtual digital currency from the People's Court case database on his WeChat official account. This includes 3 cases involving the search keyword "Tether" (including USDT), 7 cases involving "Bitcoin," 1 case involving "Ether," 8 cases involving "virtual currency," and 1 case involving "NFT" (including digital collectibles).

ChainCatcher news, according to Phoenix Network, recently, the police in Jining, Shandong Province, cracked a case involving cross-border gambling and the dissemination of obscene materials, which was listed as a target case by the Ministry of Public Security during the "Clean Internet 2023" special operation. They dismantled 6 involved gangs, arrested 64 criminal suspects, and seized a batch of mobile phones and computers used in the crimes. Investigations revealed that the involved online platform accepted illegal personnel deposits totaling 1.581 billion yuan, with the platform profiting 516 million yuan. It is reported that this criminal gang typically used foreign social networking software for communication and conducted financial settlements through virtual currencies and other means.