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Shanghai police in China have arrested a gang engaged in cross-border illegal operations of virtual currency through a self-built platform, involving 200 million yuan

The Public Security Bureau of Hongkou District, Shanghai, China, recently solved a case involving cross-border illegal settlement and illegal foreign exchange trading using virtual currency, arresting 9 criminal suspects and involving an amount of over 200 million yuan. The suspects, including a person named Li, established a technology company at the beginning of 2024 to seek illegal profits, building two platforms online: "Cross-Border Fund Exchange" and "Virtual Credit Card Issuance and Settlement." They solicited customers both online and offline, illegally conducting exchange and settlement services for virtual currency and cross-border funds, profiting through transaction fees, service fees, card issuance fees, withdrawal fees, and other means.Investigators stated, "The uniqueness of this case lies in the fact that the criminals developed two apps and publicly solicited customers on such a large scale, which has never been seen before. The platforms built in this case are themselves a closed-loop illegal financial service system, with all transactions settled internally on the platform. This mode of crime has a higher degree of scale, a longer chain, and is more deceptive." Reports indicate that on the "Cross-Border Fund Exchange" platform, the criminal gang collected customers' virtual currency overseas and exchanged it for foreign currency, forming a "fund pool," and then realized cross-border settlement through fabricated contracts, achieving the exchange and transfer of virtual currency to RMB. On the "Virtual Credit Card Issuance and Settlement" platform, the criminal gang "cooperated" with several overseas private banks to issue virtual credit cards to customers, who could use the card for consumption, but the repayment process had to be settled in virtual currency; the gang exchanged virtual currency for foreign currency overseas, relying on false cross-border settlements to complete clearing with overseas card merchants.

Shanghai issues a new industrialization plan, exploring innovative frameworks such as quantum artificial intelligence

Shanghai issued the "14th Five-Year Plan for Accelerating the Advancement of New Industrialization and Building a Modern Industrial System." The plan proposes to comprehensively enhance intelligent computing capabilities, tackle high-performance, low-power, and high-efficiency intelligent computing chips, improve cluster networking and cloud service capabilities, and explore innovative architectures such as heterogeneous computing, optical computing, and quantum artificial intelligence; optimize intelligent computing infrastructure and build an urban computing power network.The plan clearly states the continuous effort on large models, focusing on the research and development of the next generation of large models, overcoming key technologies such as architecture design and training optimization, promoting the coordinated development of chips, large models, and intelligent computing clouds, and building an independent ecosystem. It further promotes the "Model Power Gathering in Shanghai" initiative, accelerates the maturation of embodied intelligence technology, strengthens the autonomous full industrial chain layout of intelligent robots, enhances performance in key areas, and promotes real-world applications in key fields such as industrial manufacturing, logistics assembly, commercial retail, medical care, and housekeeping services. Among them, Jing'an District focuses on developing leading industry characteristic tracks such as ultra-high-definition audio-visual, data intelligence (data corpus and AI applications, blockchain), and beauty and health.

hot_img The Shanghai court in China analyzes the criminal responsibility determination in cases of "traffic diversion" fraud involving virtual currency, which may constitute complicity in fraud or illegal use of information networks

The Shanghai Intermediate People's Court has published typical cases, analyzing whether "traffic personnel" involved in telecommunications network fraud related to virtual currencies constitute accomplices in fraud. From February 2022 to April 2023, the defendants, for the purpose of profit, assisted upstream fraudulent activities by "draining traffic," using online virtual phone software to lure victims into related scam groups, ultimately causing 30 victims to be defrauded of more than 2.34 million yuan (the same currency hereafter) by an overseas fraudulent organization. The overseas fraudulent organization transferred funds into the suspects' trading accounts via virtual currency.The Shanghai First Intermediate People's Court pointed out that in telecommunications network fraud cases, "traffic personnel" may constitute accomplices in fraud or illegal use of information networks depending on specific circumstances. The key lies in determining whether they have formed a clear criminal intent connection with the upstream fraudulent organization and whether there is stable cooperation and division of labor. In judicial practice, when assessing the criminal responsibility of "traffic personnel," factors such as their role in the criminal chain, the degree of organizational management, connections with upstream criminals, methods of profit, and abnormal behavior should be comprehensively considered. Actions that only provide general online services and do not form a conspiracy to commit fraud should be distinguished from "draining" actions that knowingly participate in the implementation of fraud.

The Shanghai procuratorate in China has cracked a cross-border virtual currency exchange case, with the amount involved exceeding 200 million yuan

According to the disclosure from the People's Procuratorate of Jing'an District, Shanghai, recently, the court prosecuted a certain Li for suspected illegal business operations in a criminal gang that used virtual currency for cross-border money laundering and illegal foreign exchange. On June 10, the case was heard in court and a verdict was announced on the spot, marking a conclusion to a series of illegal business operations spanning three years and involving over 200 million yuan. In July 2024, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange discovered abnormal clues regarding Company Z using virtual currency to transfer assets for domestic clients during routine monitoring, and subsequently referred the case to the public security authorities for handling.Investigations revealed that Company Z was registered overseas in 2019, promoting itself under the guise of a "private bank" and developing a virtual banking app to create a facade of legitimacy, but it had not obtained the necessary foreign exchange business operation license in China and was essentially engaged in illegal foreign exchange activities. The gang targeted high-net-worth individuals with funding needs for overseas property purchases, immigration, and studying abroad, using intermediaries to attract clients, with customer managers, traders, and customer service personnel facilitating the currency exchange process. Clients purchased virtual currency from virtual currency exchangers with renminbi and transferred it to Company Z's overseas virtual wallet, after which the gang exchanged the virtual currency for foreign currency abroad and transferred it to the clients' designated overseas accounts. There was no actual cross-border flow of funds; instead, settlements were made through domestic and foreign capital pools, with Company Z charging a 3% currency exchange service fee and paying intermediaries a 0.5% commission.A total of nine individuals have been brought to justice in this case, while one main suspect is still under investigation. After review, the relevant personnel collectively violated national laws by illegally buying and selling foreign exchange, disrupting financial order, and the circumstances were serious or particularly serious, warranting criminal liability for illegal business operations. The court sentenced five individuals, including Gao and Li, to prison terms ranging from six years to two years and six months, and imposed fines ranging from 1.5 million yuan to 300,000 yuan; for Chen, Huang, and four others, due to lighter criminal circumstances, relatively smaller amounts involved, and voluntary confession, the procuratorial authority made a decision of relative non-prosecution according to the law.

Shanghai Stock Exchange: Clarifies that enterprises with large artificial intelligence models are applicable to the fifth set of listing standards for the Sci-Tech Innovation Board

The Shanghai Stock Exchange officially released the "Guidelines for the Application of the Shanghai Stock Exchange Issuance and Listing Review Rules No. 10 - Applicable to AI Large Model Enterprises under the Fifth Set of Listing Standards for the Sci-Tech Innovation Board," aimed at leveraging the role of the capital market to support the development of AI large model enterprises in China that are in a critical period of large-scale commercialization.The "Guidelines" combine the actual situation of technological innovation in the field of AI large models and clarify the specific requirements for applying the Fifth Set of Listing Standards for the Sci-Tech Innovation Board:Definition of Main Business: The issuer's main business must be clearly defined as "independent research and development of AI large models, model services, or model applications," while simultaneously supporting both general large models and industry-specific models.Requirements for Stage Achievements: When applying, enterprises must meet the condition of "at least one large model product has been launched and achieved large-scale application" as a standard to verify the feasibility of their product business model and commercialization capability.The Shanghai Stock Exchange stated that the next step will be to actively and steadily promote the issuance and listing of AI large model enterprises that meet this standard on the Sci-Tech Innovation Board under the guidance of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, to provide greater support for the development of technology-based enterprises that break through key core technologies.
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