It's incredible! Pirated version of The Wandering Earth leads to a huge gambling ring

According to domestic media reports, after the release of The Wandering Earth, a pirated resource site posted it online and implanted a cross-border gambling website domain name in it. After investigation, the police uncovered a large-scale online gambling criminal group.

The domestic science fiction film "The Wandering Earth" became a hit after its release during the 2019 Spring Festival, and the problem of piracy followed. A pirated film and television resource website released a pirated version of "The Wandering Earth" online and implanted a cross-border gambling website domain name in it. After investigation, the police uncovered a large-scale online gambling criminal group hiding abroad, involving more than 200,000 gambling members and tens of billions of yuan in funds.

At present, a total of 17 members of the criminal group have been arrested in this case, more than 780 merchants involved in the payment platform and more than 600 bank cards have been frozen, and three illegal payment platforms have been destroyed.

According to the investigation, this gambling website is headquartered in Southeast Asia, with nearly 200 employees. It has created 6 domestic gambling websites through the Internet to organize gambling for people in China. It recruits domestic citizens to become gambling members through domestic network agents, and provides various methods such as third-party payment platforms for recharge and withdrawal in a 1:1 ratio between RMB and website gambling points, and settles gambling online in the form of gambling points.

The gambling group has a strict organizational structure and clear division of labor. Its advertising expenses alone exceed 3 million yuan per month, and it has developed more than 200,000 gambling members.