Police telecom fraud bust nabs 136 suspects

 　　BEIJING, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Chinese police have seized 136 people for their suspected involvement in telecom scams and uprooted¹ 39 criminal bases, according to a statement released by the Ministry² of Public Security on Saturday.

　　Police also solved 736 cases of telecom fraud, with more than 3.2 million yuan involved in the swindling rings.

　　A gang led by Taiwanese Soong Yi-fuh was found to have organized telecom scams in the provinces of Fujian and Guangdong in January this year, targeting both Taiwan residents and mainlanders, the statement said.

　　Police said that Soong was a principal wanted suspect for committing violence crime in Taiwan.

　　Computers, bank cards and mobile phones used for committing crimes were also captured by police.

　　Investigation³ found that Soong had recruited women in the Chinese mainland to set up dens⁴ in Fujian Province and asked them to present themselves as young women from Taiwan.

　　The women pretended to establish relationships with men in Taiwan via telephone, when in fact the purpose of these liaisons⁵ was to obtain their personal information on details including identity and property.

　　The women then asked their "boyfriends" in Taiwan to transfer money to them on the pretext⁶ that they were ill or short of living expenses, the statement said.

　　It is suspected that nearly 60 percent of similar fraud cases were committed by the ring led by Soong.

　　A series of online shopping fraud cases were also solved by police, according to the statement.

1 uprooted   

v.把（某物）连根拔起( uproot的过去式和过去分词 )；根除；赶走；把…赶出家园

参考例句：

• Many people were uprooted from their homes by the flood. 水灾令许多人背井离乡。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The hurricane blew with such force that trees were uprooted. 飓风强烈地刮着，树都被连根拔起了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

3 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

4 dens   

n.牙齿，齿状部分；兽窝( den的名词复数 )；窝点；休息室；书斋

参考例句：

• Female bears tend to line their dens with leaves or grass. 母熊往往会在洞穴里垫些树叶或草。 来自辞典例句
• In winter bears usually hibernate in their dens. 冬天熊通常在穴里冬眠。 来自辞典例句

5 liaisons   

n.联络( liaison的名词复数 )；联络人；（尤指一方或双方已婚的）私通；组织单位间的交流与合作

参考例句：

• She embarked on a series of sexual liaisons with society figures. 她开始接二连三地与社会名流有染。 来自辞典例句
• One of Wentworth's favorite movies is Dangerous Liaisons. went最喜欢的电影之一是《危险关系》。 来自互联网

6 pretext   

n.借口，托词

参考例句：

• He used his headache as a pretext for not going to school.他借口头疼而不去上学。
• He didn't attend that meeting under the pretext of sickness.他以生病为借口，没参加那个会议。