In accordance with the assignment by the Anti-Fraud Early Warning Center of Taiwan High Prosecutors Office (hereinafter referred to as “THPO”) to Taichung District Prosecutors Office (“TDPO”) of the investigation into the suspected illegal act for raking in money and fraud offense of Shenshuo International Network Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Shenshuo”), TDPO Chief Prosecutor CHANG Chieh-Chin designated Prosecutor HUANG Yu-Wen to conduct an in-depth investigation accordingly, and has recently filed a public prosecution against the criminal ringleader CHEN ○-An (alias “CHEN Guang”, male, 52 years old) and the other 7 persons for their offenses of obtaining money and property from others by fraud specified in the Criminal Code, illegal fund raising in the Banking Act, and large-scale money laundering in the Money Laundering Control Act. Besides, a petition for confiscation of the criminal proceeds over NT$4.5 billion was also stated in the prosecution. This afternoon (13th), the Financial Supervisory Commission, the Ministry of Justice and the Bankers Association jointly held the 2025 Financial Technology Anti-Fraud Summit at the Taiwan Academy of Banking and Finance. Secretary-General KUNG Ming-Hsin of the Executive Yuan attended on behalf of Premier CHO Jung-Tai to publicly praise the personnel who had made contributions to the investigation of this case.  

　　Upon being notified by the Anti-Fraud Early Warning Center, Prosecutor HUANG Yu-Wen immediately directed the prosecutor investigators from Serious Crime Support Center, the Central Mobile Workstation of Investigation Bureau, the Changhua County Investigation Branch, the Central Crime Prevention Center of the Criminal Investigation Bureau, the Sixth Precinct of Taichung City Government Police Department, New Taipei City Police Department Criminal Investigation Corps, Taoyuan City Police Department Criminal Investigation Corps, Kaohsiung City Police Department Criminal Investigation Corps, Tainan City Police Department Criminal Investigation Corps, Hsinchu County Police Buearu Criminal Investigation Corps, Nantou County Police Department Criminal Investigation Corps, Changhua County Police Department Yuanlin Branch, Taitung County Police Burea Taitung Police Precinct, and Yilan County Police Burea Luodong Branch to form a special task force that  uncovered the case involving the defendants, CHEN ○-An and others as well as Shenshuo who committed the offense of raking in money by defrauding investors through an illegal investment and rotating savings & credit association platform which they set up for the said illegal purpose. The fraud gang used the P2P investment and rotating savings & credit association platform of the “CCE China Capital Exchange” to publicly recruit the public for investment. Since 2021. They have held public investment briefings across Taiwan, claiming that the amount of each bidding would be NT$560,000, NT$610,000, or NT$760,000, that a full NT$2 million would be guaranteed to be made up after 8 years, and that the company would also advance any shortfall in the investment amount. They claimed an annualized rate of return ranging from 32.14% to 188.39% by use of Ponzi scheme method to attract a large number of people to invest, raking in more than NT$4.5 billion, although the said rate of return was obviously disproportionate interest.

　　After years of collecting evidence, the task force launched three waves of search operations in April, June and August of 2025, resulting in the arrest of over 60 suspects including the ringleader CHEN ○-An, system engineers, core cadres, branch chiefs, and regional cadres of the gang. Following the interrogation, the task force petitioned the court for the detention of CHEN ○-An and other 3 suspects, and the petition was approved. The remaining 50 suspects or so were released on bail ranging from NT$100,000 to NT$3 million pending trial. To protect the rights and interests of the victims and mitigate their financial losses in accordance with the THPO's policy that emphasizes the importance of strengthening the recovery and return of booty to compensate victims for their losses, the investigation of this case has brought out the seizure of 7 real estates, five luxury vehicles as well as funds and creditors’ rights in the accounts involved, totaling over NT$3 billion.

　　In order to improve the timeliness of reporting major fraud and money laundering intelligence and enhance the effectiveness of public-private collaboration in combating fraud, TDPO has established an Anti-Fraud Early Warning Center pursuant to THPO’S instructions. Through analysis of capital and telecommunications flows, and by means of technological investigation methods, the Center immediately trace the source and obtain effective evidence. Upon completing the first wave of searches and arrests in this case, we issued a press release to provide QR code so as to facilitate victims to report crimes to the task force. Currently the estimated number of victims is approximately 3,000 from among whom the actual number of reports exceeds 1,000. TDPO calls on the fellow countrymen to always choose legitimate and legal channels in the event of investment and financial management. It is absolutely necessary to exercise caution and thorough verification when considering the investment plans which claim to guarantee profits and disproportionately high returns so that the people can protect themselves from being deceived by exaggerated or untrue claims. TDPO will remain resolute in combating illegal financial flows, severely punishing illegal act for raking in money and fraud gangs, maintaining social stability and economic order, and protecting the people and their property with as much effort as possible.