The amount of fraud exceeded 1.1 billion yuan. The first trial of the criminal group case involving Xu Faqi has opened.
From September 17 to 19, 2025, the Chongqing Fifth Intermediate People's Court held a public trial of the case involving Xu Faqi and 5 other defendants for fraud, intentional injury, illegal detention, extortion, smuggling, drug trafficking, and illegal border crossing.
The Chongqing People's Procuratorate Fifth Division accused a criminal group led by Xu Faqi of collaborating with a telecommunication fraud group to establish and operate 14 fraud centers in the Wa area of Myanmar since 2019, resulting in telecommunications fraud amounting to over 1.1 billion yuan. Under the protection of Xu Faqi's criminal group, there were cases of intentional injury resulting in death, as well as cases of illegal detention and extortion within the fraud centers. The prosecution charged Xu Faqi, Luo Yujun, and other members of the criminal group, as well as Zhang Longlong and members of the telecommunication fraud group with fraud, intentional injury, illegal detention, extortion, and other crimes. In addition to the group crimes, the prosecution also charged Xu Faqi with smuggling and drug trafficking, Zhang Longlong with participating in telecommunication fraud in the Philippines, and Xu Faqi, Zhang Longlong, and Xi Kangqiang with illegal border crossing.
During the trial, the prosecution presented evidence, and the defendants and their lawyers cross-examined the evidence. Both sides presented their arguments in court, and each defendant made a final statement.
After the trial, the court announced a recess and scheduled a date for the verdict.
More than 30 people including NPC deputies, relatives of the parties involved, and members of the public attended the trial as observers.
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