18:31 2025/12/13
China Times LIN,YU-PING
The forum on the current state of fraud and countermeasures in various countries, organized by the Association of Chinese Police Research and Yuanzhao Publishing House, was held today (13th) at Yuanzhao Publishing Company’s Guanqian Road after inviting many domestic scholars, experts, and relevant units to conduct in-depth research. First, Director Hsu, Fu-shen of the Central Police University affirmed that the current state of fraud prevention in Taiwan has significantly reduced the actual amount of money lost to fraud victims. However, due to the long-term prevalence of online fraud, it has become deeply abhorrent to the Taiwanese people. Therefore, he specifically provided relevant units in Taiwan with a comprehensive overview of the current situation and countermeasures of major countries around the world for reference.
Professor Huang, Chui-wen of the Police University presented Singapore’s evolving anti-fraud strategy, which garnered significant attention and numerous questions from attending scholars and media. In particular, the anti-fraud center established by Singapore after a 165-year study tour of Singapore, with its public-private partnership involving industry representatives working together to address the problem, received praise from various countries. However, even with this approach, Singapore has not been able to significantly reduce fraud crime. Therefore, it enacted a new law increasing the penalty for fraud offenses to 24 strokes of the cane. However, other major countries seem unable to follow suit due to the constraints of the Convention against Torture.
CHENG,SHAN-YIN , Chairman of the Association of Chinese Police Research and Professor of Law at Kainan University, introduced Japan’s anti-fraud laws and current situation, strongly advocating for a clear “red and white line” distinction between fraudulent activities. He argued that providing an account for others to use in fraud constitutes serious aiding and abetting fraud. He cautioned against using a vague “account warning system” under administrative law, as this would blur the lines for young people, making them believe they might only be subject to administrative warnings. This fails to clearly inform the public that selling or providing accounts to others could constitute aiding and abetting fraud.
LIN,SHU-LI , Assistant Professor of the Department of Criminal Justice at Ming Chuan University, pointed out that the United States and Australia use anti-money laundering measures to combat fraud, confiscating proceeds and using them to help victims. He particularly highlighted Australia’s Anti-Fraud Foundation, which supports three key principles in combating fraud, the third of which is assisting victims in their recovery.
Further research will be compiled and published by Yuanzhao Publishing House for public review and improvement. In addition, LIN,SHU-LI of the Department of Criminal Justice at Ming Chuan University proposed a new type of fraud targeting businesses. This method was proactively proposed by overseas Taiwanese legislators WU,SUNG-PO and WEN,YU-HSIA. The fraud ring first infiltrates multinational corporations or companies, impersonating senior executives. To enhance company performance, they instruct mid-to-senior level managers to create a special group chat for the company, but initially, no one is invited to join. The fake executive then invites the company’s accountant and cashier, who are key personnel, to join, and holds an AI-generated video conference, instructing immediate transfers to the cooperating company. This method is similar to the AI-generated fake CEO method that has occurred in the UK and Hong Kong, causing significant financial losses to companies. The public is urged to be particularly vigilant against this new method.
The forum also discussed recent legislative and enforcement challenges related to virtual currency and fraud cases, as well as issues such as juvenile accomplices. In the future, the association will continue to collect relevant data from various countries to provide important references for Taiwan’s anti-fraud strategy, making Taiwan the most difficult country in the world to defraud.