Chinese police detain 9 suspects for illegal online gambling

HEFEI -- Police in eastern China's Anhui province said Tuesday that they had arrested nine suspects for organizing online gambling through QQ groups.

Police in the city of Chuzhou received a tip-off at the end of 2018 that a victim had lost over 600,000 yuan through gambling on a website called "Jurassic."

They then found multiple suspects through bank, Alipay and Tenpay accounts provided by the victim, but the investigation has been very difficult due to a large number of accounts and phone numbers involved.

After a thorough investigation, police finally targeted a gambling gang led by a suspect surnamed Chen. The gang of nine have convened almost 10,000 people participating in online gambling through QQ groups and made more than 50 million yuan in illegal profit.

The nine suspects were detained in late March, and more than 200 bank cards, 50 cellphones and eight computers were also seized. Securities accounts with a market value of more than 30 million yuan (around $4.3 million) were frozen by the police.

Further investigation is underway.