Your privacy may be leaked by the leather eavesdropping device in the power bank
2024-08-25
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Original title: Your privacy may be leaked by the leather eavesdropping device in the power bank
It happens from time to time that some criminals secretly take photos of citizens' privacy and then post them online. So, where do these secretly photographing and recording equipment come from? Recently, the Qingdao police in Shandong Province cracked a case of illegal production and sale of special equipment for eavesdropping and stealing photos, destroyed three dens, and seized more than 500 such devices. After investigation, it was found that in just over three months, the criminal gang produced more than 3,000 special equipment for eavesdropping and stealing photos and sold them to various places.
In June this year, police officers from the Investigation Center of Shibei Branch of Qingdao Public Security Bureau discovered during an online patrol that an online store was selling a number of products with cameras and audio and video recording capabilities, and was suspected of illegally selling special equipment for eavesdropping and stealing photos.
Jiao Liang, squadron leader of the Investigation Center of Shibei Branch of Qingdao Public Security Bureau: So we conducted a preliminary investigation into this clue. By analyzing the sales data of this e-commerce company, we found the buyers who had purchased the equipment through this e-commerce company in Qingdao. Then we found the relevant purchasing personnel and seized the relevant equipment.
This is the device seized by the police. From the outside, it looks like a common power bank, with the power bank logo and voltage and capacity marked. Although there is nothing unusual in appearance, there are many mysteries after opening it.
Jiao Liang, captain of the investigation center of Shibei Branch of Qingdao Public Security Bureau: When you open the device, there is a one-way light-transmitting glass on the top of the power bank. After removing the glass, you can see a camera inside, and there is also a corresponding recording device. There is an integrated circuit board and a memory card inside.
The relevant departments have identified that this device disguised as a power bank is a special eavesdropping and stealing device. Some people with bad intentions often use it for illegal activities after purchasing it, which is very harmful to society. After sorting out the relevant data, the police found that 16 people in Qingdao bought this type of equipment. So, what did they buy this equipment for?
Liu Enquan, director of Taidong Police Station, Shibei Branch, Qingdao Public Security Bureau: It is mainly used to secretly photograph personal privacy and steal business secrets. After checking the equipment, it was found that the video and audio inside had been deleted.
The police concentrated their efforts to crack down on multiple dens
Through a large amount of data analysis, video tracking, and investigations and visits, the police have figured out the basic design, production, and sales of the criminal gang that manufactures and sells special equipment for eavesdropping and stealing photos, and have mastered the criminal suspects' activity tracks and whereabouts, as well as their assembly and production dens and online e-commerce warehouses for shipping. Immediately, a concentrated roundup operation was launched.
Jiao Liang, captain of the investigation center of Shibei Branch of Qingdao Public Security Bureau: According to the purchase orders of the buyers, we found out that these devices were originally shipped from an industrial park in Bao'an District, Shenzhen. We went to this industrial park in Shenzhen to investigate and visit, and initially found a factory where these devices were produced and assembled. The task force concentrated on the factory.
This is a company that specializes in processing and assembling electronic equipment. The boss Zeng admitted that the eavesdropping and spying equipment disguised as power banks was commissioned by a client named Yang Moujing. Zeng also knew that this was illegal, but in order to earn more than 3 yuan in OEM fees per piece, he still took the business.
Liu Enquan, director of Taidong Police Station, Shibei Branch, Qingdao Public Security Bureau: Upon questioning, Zeng said that a customer, Yang, provided him with drawings and parts, which they assembled and processed, and then Yang sold them. Then we seized more than 300 wiretapping and stealing equipment at a courier point in Longgang, Shenzhen.
The cost of the hidden camera equipment is 40 yuan
Sales profit 15 to 30 times
The investigation team found that Yang Moujing was the organizer of the criminal activity of manufacturing and selling wiretapping and stealing equipment, and made a profit of more than 2 million yuan from selling wiretapping and stealing equipment in more than three months. At present, seven suspects including Yang Moujing have been arrested by the police.
The police investigation revealed that in April this year, Yang Moujing had someone design a circuit board for eavesdropping and stealing photos equipment, purchased components such as cameras and lithium batteries for power banks, and found a factory to specialize in processing and assembling them.
The police learned that each piece of hidden camera equipment disguised as a power bank cost about 40 yuan, and due to the different memory sizes, Yang sold each piece for 600 to 1,200 yuan, with a profit of 15 to 30 times, making a profit of more than 2 million yuan in just over three months. Currently, Yang, Zeng and other seven suspects have been taken criminal compulsory measures by the police in accordance with the law, and the case is still under investigation.
Zhao Jianjun, deputy director of the Shibei Branch of the Qingdao Public Security Bureau: The act of illegally manufacturing and selling special equipment for eavesdropping and stealing photographs violates Article 283 of the Criminal Law and is suspected of the crime of illegally manufacturing and selling special equipment for eavesdropping and stealing photographs. If the circumstances are serious, the offender may be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years.
According to the police, currently some criminals are disguising mobile phones, car keys, glasses and even watches and buttons as hidden cameras and selling them to secretly record and photograph other people's privacy, seriously infringing on the rights and personal safety of citizens.
The police said that while cracking down on the illegal manufacture and sale of special equipment for eavesdropping and stealing photos in accordance with the law, they also reminded the general public not to buy such equipment. Once you find that someone is eavesdropping or stealing photos, you should report it in time to protect your personal privacy from infringement in accordance with the law.
Source: CCTV News Client
