As the gold price rises, many people invest and manage their finances by buying gold, but there are also criminals who use gold trading to hide and transfer illegal funds obtained through telecommunications network fraud, "washing away" the stolen money. Recently, the People's Court of Wenxian County, Henan Province, tried a case of concealing and disguising criminal proceeds by using telecommunications network fraud money to purchase gold. It is reported that the gang posted job vacancies on online platforms, and the recruited personnel downloaded the designated software according to the online instructions and entered the social group where they purchased gold for money laundering. Within the social group, the group leader assigns detailed tasks to all members, with each member avoiding contact and committing crimes in stages. In the implementation of illegal behavior, the group owner randomly designates a county or district in the group, arranges for the first person to randomly choose a gold store to purchase gold, and after successful purchase, hands over the gold to the second person, who then hands over the gold to the third person, or directly places the gold in the designated place for the third person to receive and continue transferring. Throughout the entire process, all participants communicated and contacted each other through social groups. After purchasing gold, all personnel immediately left the county where the crime occurred, and their travel was taken by the group members. The People's Procuratorate of Wenxian County accused that in May this year, the defendant Zhang, knowing that the money transferred from the online store was illegal and criminal proceeds, still followed the instructions of the online store to buy gold, provided the online store with the bank card, Alipay and other collection two-dimensional codes through social groups, used more than 160000 yuan of stolen money to buy gold, and then transferred the gold to the defendant Wang, who received the gold and transferred it. After trial, the People's Court of Wenxian County held that the defendants Wang and Zhang, with the purpose of illegal profit, knowingly transferred the proceeds of crime, and the circumstances were serious. They should be held criminally responsible for concealing and concealing their criminal offenses. Wang and Zhang were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment and fined respectively for concealing and concealing their criminal offenses. The presiding judge reminds that the actions of criminals not only cause huge property losses to the victims, but also result in the bank cards of the gold shop being frozen for a short period of time due to the need to solve the case after receiving transfers, which affects the normal operation of the gold shop. These criminals wear masks and sunglasses to disguise themselves when buying gold, fabricate their identity as "big spenders", and specifically select large quantities of gold such as gold bricks, making people feel like they are spending generously. However, when making payments, they rely on others to transfer money and have to wait for a certain period of time, which is inconsistent with their identity. Although these abnormal situations have aroused suspicion from some sales personnel, they were not taken seriously in order to sell gold, resulting in criminals easily "washing away" the stolen money. Industry operators should be vigilant about this. (New Society)