According to ChainCatcher, the Dongyang People's Court issued the "Announcement on the Return of Stolen Funds in the Fraud Case of Zhou Sheng, He Yan and Others". The announcement stated that the first round of fund return work will be carried out on the funds involved in the case that have been collected in place based on the effective criminal judgment documents such as Zhejiang 0783 Criminal First Instance No. 560 and the information verification registration. The specific matters are announced as follows: The registration work for the return of stolen funds will start from the date of the announcement and will last for 1 month. The target of fund return is investors who have invested in fake digital currency platforms such as SIE (later renamed BTUE), CFEX, LKF, GDbit, etc. and have suffered overall losses. The amount of this return is calculated based on the amount of damage and the funds that have been collected, and a unified liquidation ratio is determined.
It is reported that the funds will be withdrawn through WeChat official account release, link and scan QR code to enter APP registration information, and background review. After the review is passed, the payment will be assisted by Dongyang Branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China.
In August 2019, the Dongyang Public Security Bureau filed a case against digital currency fraud platforms such as SIE, CFEX, LKF, and GDBIT, and the main members of the fraud group were arrested one after another. The fraud group falsely engaged in blockchain technology development and developed a digital currency trading platform through a technical team, forming a complete fraud industry chain.
In September 2021, according to the Zhejiang Procuratorate, all 171 defendants in the series of digital currency fraud cases involving a total amount of 380 million yuan were tried and sentenced.
