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The police have launched a crackdown on white-collar collaborators of fraud syndicates. Recently, the Criminal Investigation Bureau discovered that at least 20 types of white-collar professions are involved in fraud, raising concerns that if not curbed, Taiwan may become a fraud kingdom. In traditional fraud structures, the main members are mostly blue-collar workers, but due to astonishing profits, daily financial losses reach several hundred million. During investigations, members of the police and judiciary have also been implicated. The Criminal Investigation Bureau calls on related individuals to surrender and is intensifying efforts to combat these high-level collaborators. In several recent cases, lawyers and court personnel have been involved in fraud, indicating that the problem is quite serious.

The police are cracking down on the "white-collar accomplices" of fraud rings. The image shows the results of a press conference, displaying evidence such as loan application documents related to the collusion between the head of a financing company and the fraud group.

With the rampant nature of fraud crimes, more and more people are tempted by the lure of high profits to join fraud groups, and there are even situations similar to "Infernal Affairs," with professions such as law enforcement, judges, and lawyers getting involved. An officer from the Criminal Investigation Bureau stated that currently, there are at least 20 different white-collar professions colluding with fraud rings, forming a fraud industry chain. If various industries continue to succumb, Taiwan could truly become a fraud kingdom.

Traditional telecom fraud group personnel include financiers, telemarketers, front accounts, and delivery agents, most of whom belong to the blue-collar class. Nevertheless, due to the staggering profits generated by fraud, daily financial losses across Taiwan reach as high as 200 to 300 million NTD, leading many industries to collude with fraud groups.

Based on recent law enforcement experiences, the affected industries include the police, judiciary, banking, land administration, cryptocurrency dealers, pawn shops, jewelry stores, financing companies, car dealerships, advertising agencies, SMS companies, media, website engineers, server providers, telecom companies, communication firms, shell companies, hackers, public representatives, and influencers, with at least 20 white-collar professions infiltrated by fraud rings.

The Criminal Investigation Bureau targets these white-collar accomplices based on financial flows and telecom data, viewing them as "high-level" members of the fraud structure to intensify the crackdown, while also urging them to self-report and provide police with information about fraud groups. Additionally, in an investigation regarding lawyers acting as consultants for the fraud groups, the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office discovered that 16 lawyers conspired to monitor arrested delivery agents to avoid implicating other accomplices and uncovered a judge's involvement in hiding the fraud group’s illegal funds within the court. Moreover, a prosecutor's boyfriend from the Taoyuan District Prosecutor’s Office also attempted to join a fraud team.

The Criminal Investigation Bureau also cracked the first case of "ground master" fraud, discovering that a village chief in New Taipei learned of the passing of an elder in his jurisdiction without a will and conspired with the main suspect to forge a will to inherit properties and savings. This case further involved other village chiefs, public assistants, notaries, and land administrators, colluding with police and household registration personnel to illegally access personal data, with the fraud method yielding approximately 150 million NTD in profits.

Additionally, the fraud groups would arrange for lawyers to placate the victims to continue the fraudulent activities. Once the victims' savings are exhausted, they would be introduced to legitimate asset companies to help mortgage real estate, offering "kickbacks" that exceed market commissions afterward.