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A court in Tongliang, China, near Chongqing, sentenced 21 people for their role in transferring online fraud and illegal casino proceeds. tether (Tether) to Renminbi (RMB), totaling RMB 2.25 billion (USD 307 million).

According to court information, the two defendants, Jiang and Zheng, recruited 19 additional fraudsters.According to court documents, the gang used a decentralized wallet called Bitpie (also known as Bitpie) Metamask) transfer Tether Exchange it into RMB at the P2P exchange on the domestic virtual currency platform.

Then, when asked about the reason for the transfer, they used false reasons such as project funds and workers’ wages to withdraw legal currency in different cities across the country.

Court documents say Jiang earned 22.62 million yuan ($3 million) for his efforts.

The court found that the gang was guilty of fabricating and concealing criminal proceeds and sentenced him to fixed-term imprisonment and fines. Jiang was sentenced to six years and three months and fined 500,000 yuan.

In comparison, Zheng was fined the same amount and sentenced to six years in prison.

Although court documents did not specify the source of the number Tether But it is a popular digital asset used by fraud gangs in Southeast Asia.

Bloomberg reporter Zeke Faux documents how these gangs are effectively supported by Tether in his new book “Number Go Up.”

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