A father and son in Taiwan opened a virtual currency chain store to launder money, involving a total amount of NT$3.1 billion

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According to ChainCatcher and the United Daily News, a father-son duo surnamed Zhou from Taiwan collaborated with an overseas fraud group, establishing ten virtual currency chain stores in the country. Using legal currency stores as a cover, they secretly engaged in illegal money laundering activities, with the involved amount reaching 31 billion New Taiwan dollars. On March 21, the Yunlin District Prosecutor's Office indicted 17 people on charges of aggravated fraud and money laundering, seeking 20-year heavy sentences for the masterminds Zhou Hongwei, Liu Jingu, and You Junfu.

The prosecutors pointed out that the fraud group attracted victims unfamiliar with virtual currency knowledge by disguising themselves as legal currency stores. Victims would exchange cash for USDT in the store and were then guided to transfer funds to overseas fraud centers. The entire process was meticulously designed, including the "fake store, real money room" and "fake logistics, real money mules" model, resembling a crime movie plot.

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