Anhui Dangshan police smashed 13 criminal gangs of "Internet Water Army": more than 9 million yuan of funds were involved and more than 26000 mobile phones were seized.

CTOnews.com news on October 22, CTOnews.com learned from the "Anhui Police" official account that the Dangshan police in Suzhou, Anhui Province, successfully eliminated 13 "network water army" criminal gangs that provided false popularity for the studio, arrested 24 criminal suspects and involved more than 9 million yuan in funds.

It has been found out according to law that since 2022, criminal suspects Cheng, Chen, and Pang have purchased a large number of mobile phones to set up computer rooms to control multiple Internet accounts, adopted relevant technologies to model and transform the crime phones, and used Wechat group chat to receive demand orders issued by intermediaries and anchors across the country, give popularity in the live room on time according to the requirements of the demand list, and stay in the studio for a corresponding time.

On the evening of September 30, Dangshan police in Suzhou arrested all 24 suspects, seized 13 computer room sites involved in the case, and seized more than 26000 mobile phones in accordance with the law. After interrogation, the suspect confessed to the facts of his crime, and the case is now under further digging and expansion.