IT Home on September 30 cited CCTV: police in Yichang, Hubei, broke up an extortion case on a freight platform. After an online booking, drivers raised the price, delayed delivery, or pressured shippers by holding the cargo. The two shippers in the report are both in Henan. One shipment was more than 60,000 yuan of production parts. The other was a crane worth about 30,000 yuan. Both had booked on the platform and then faced extra charges and delays.
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In July, platform staff reported the surge in complaints to the Yichang public security bureau. The phone numbers and login devices tied to the complained-about drivers pointed to Xiaoting District. In August, that district’s bureau made arrests: 16 suspects, more than 50 phones, one computer, and more than 370,000 yuan in frozen funds. Police then checked with shippers and returned 48 batches of held goods. The report describes three layers: staff who dealt with shippers, a middle manager for attendance and accounts, and a leader who controlled the accounts.
[1]The finding that involves AI sits in the investigation, not in the victims’ booking. Police say that once the group needed more accounts, it obtained drivers’ face photos. Technicians used AI to turn those photos into moving face video, then used the video to pass the freight platform’s face check, log into the driver accounts, and rebind them to numbers the group controlled. That is the finding police reported after the investigation.
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- Yichang police say the freight-extortion group used AI to turn driver photos into moving face video and passed the platform’s face check.
- August arrests: 16 people, more than 370,000 yuan frozen, and 48 batches of goods returned.
- The shippers faced extra charges, delays, and held cargo. The face video shows up at the account-takeover step.
- The two shipments were more than 60,000 yuan in parts and a crane worth about 30,000 yuan.