林晚晚的猫|1月 08, 2026 06:10
Caixin delves into Chen Zhi with 10000 words: With 6 passports and 1250 mobile phones controlling 76000 accounts, how can a 38 year old Fujianese build a billion dollar black industry empire spanning 30 countries?
The full text is very long, and I have compiled 10 incremental pieces of information late at night:
1. Starting as a hacker:
Chen Zhi is a member of the "Knight Attack Group", which started by attacking the private server advertisement publishing site of "Legend" and earned nearly 100 million yuan in profits. In 2011, the Chongqing police arrested 19 people, but Chen Zhi was not among them, and later fled to Cambodia.
2. Claiming a net worth of $60 billion:
The $15 billion in Bitcoin frozen by the US is only a quarter of its assets. Zhang Gangyao claimed that Chen Zhi had self disclosed a net worth of 60 billion US dollars.
3. The first bucket of gold comes from the mysterious uncle:
According to leaked documents from Cayman Bank, Chen Zhi claimed that his assets came from his uncle's $2 million loan, but when the bank asked for his information, the records were interrupted.
4. Daily income of 30 million US dollars:
The indictment reveals that in 2018, the conspirators claimed that the Crown Prince's "pig killing business" made over $30 million in profits every day, while the total profit of the legitimate business was only a few hundred million. Chen Zhi boasted, "The Crown Prince Group can make a lot of money because there are no costs involved
5. Picasso painting+Cuban cigar empire:
The proceeds of money laundering are used to purchase watches, yachts, private planes, and Picasso paintings. Through a 6-layer offshore structure, we hold a 50% stake in the world's top Cuban cigar brand, Habanos, and will only receive a dividend of 70 million euros in 2024.
6. Passport stamp collection:
Holding Cambodian citizenship (revoked), a Cyprus passport (purchased for $2.5 million), Vanuatu citizenship, and having bribed officials from a certain country to obtain a diplomatic passport to visit the United States.
7. Mango processing plant substation fraud park:
The Fujian Cambodia Industrial Park under the Crown Prince was originally a mango processing factory, but due to long-term losses, it will transform into the "Mango Park" (also known as the Jinhong Park) at the latest after 2021, becoming a hub for electronic fraud.
8. Global fraud in park group operation:
The indictment reveals that Jinhongyuan District is divided by region into "China Jingliao", "Taiwan Jingliao", "Europe and America Jingliao", "Russia brushing", "Vietnam brushing", "Chinese stocks", etc., and operates with time difference.
9. Thousands of mobile phones: 1250 phones control 76000 social media accounts, with guidance details including "using less beautiful female avatars to appear more realistic".
10. As early as 2020, it entered the Chinese perspective:
The "5.27" special task force of the Beijing Public Security Bureau filed a case against the Taizi Group in 2020 and arrested 458 people; The Sichuan "2.02" case investigated billions of yuan in funds involved. China had set its sights on Chen Zhi as early as 6 years ago.
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