Nearly 5,000 cases busted last year in China's fight against bank card crime

BEIJING, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese police busted nearly 5,000 cases involving bank card forgery, theft of card data, card fraud, illegal card transactions and other card-related offenses last year, among a nationwide crackdown on crimes associated with bank cards.

The total amount of money involved in these cases exceeded 10 billion yuan (1.41 billion U.S. dollars), the Ministry of Public Security revealed on Monday. It also released details of some major recent cases.

In one case, police in Beijing's Chaoyang district investigated three credit card theft cases in April 2023, uncovering a total of over 35 linked fraud cases using similar methods. They arrested gangs involved in illegally withdrawing cash, "phishing" scams, as well as those providing phones and point-of-sale devices used in the crimes. Over 460 cases were cracked in total.