Police in Yiling, Hubei destroyed a "private detective company" and 10 people were detained.

Police in Yiling, Hubei destroyed a "private detective company" and 10 people were detained.

  Yiling police smashed "private detective company" dens. Photo courtesy of Yiling police

  Zhongxin. com, Yichang, September 20th (Fu Wudi) Looking for a car, looking for someone, collecting debts, and checking the house … … The Public Security Bureau of Yiling District, Yichang City, Hubei Province reported on the 20th that its "2019 Net Action" task force successfully destroyed a "private detective company" and 10 suspects were criminally detained according to law.

  In mid-June, 2019, an online inspection by the Netan Detachment of Yichang Public Security Bureau found that a WeChat account publicly posted an advertisement for finding someone to find a car, which was suspected of infringing citizens’ personal information, and authorized the Yiling District Public Security Bureau to file a case for investigation.

  The police arrested the suspect. Photo courtesy of Yiling police

  Yiling District Public Security Bureau set up a special investigation class to carry out the investigation. The police in the special class found out that the information came from a company called "Wuhan Veterans Survey" through online investigation and collection, offline waiting, follow-up investigation and evidence collection.

  The police followed the line and found a 10-member criminal gang headed by Pan. Based in Wuhan, the gang collects citizens’ information and needs through the internet, and conducts illegal and criminal activities such as finding a car, finding someone, collecting debts, inquiring about household registration, and inquiring about house opening records nationwide.

  The police found that Pan, the leader of the gang, was the boss of the company, responsible for personnel deployment, business negotiation, information coordination, remuneration collection, etc. The gang members Xu, Tao, Zhang and others were responsible for promoting the company’s business through the network and contacting the GPS salesman to maintain the background, install GPS, find people, find cars, track and shoot.

  On September 2, the police of Yiling District Public Security Bureau wiped out 10 suspects, including Pan, in Wuhan and Xiantao.

  At present, the case is still under investigation.