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Central News Agency(CNA) Taipei, June 25 -- Investigators have received a report that an illegal group is suspected of using the delivery platform Uber Eats for money laundering, with a total amount exceeding NT$10 million. The Taipei District Prosecutors Office yesterday searched and summoned nine individuals, including a man surnamed Lin, for questioning. Following the interrogation, Lin was detained and barred from seeing visitors, while the other eight were released on bail ranging from NT$50,000 to NT$300,000.Uber Eats recently discovered that certain food service businesses were frequently making last-minute changes to order notes, which differed from normal transaction patterns. The businesses reported these anomalies to investigators, who, upon further investigation, suspected illegal activity. It is believed that an illegal group used dummy accounts to place approximately 2,800 orders with cooperating businesses.Investigators suspect that the alleged money laundering group, starting in July 2023, used overseas credit cards to register customer accounts. In 2024, through more than 300 customer accounts, they placed orders for delivery meals, snacks, and beverages with specific merchants, totaling over NT$10 million. Most of these merchant accounts were registered and contracted with Uber Eats by the man surnamed Lin. Frequently, after receiving customer orders, these merchants would suddenly cancel the delivery and change it to self-pickup.Yesterday, the Taipei District Prosecutors Office, under the direction of the Investigation Bureau's Cybersecurity Workstation, searched Lin's residence and six other locations. They also summoned Lin and eight other individuals registered with Uber Eats for questioning to clarify the purpose of the businesses operated by Lin and others, trace the source of funds from overseas credit card transactions, and confirm if any delivery personnel assisted in accepting orders to complete fraudulent transactions for money laundering. The case is being investigated as a violation of the Money Laundering Control Act. (Editor: Chang Ya-ching) 0625Stand with the facts. Your every donation is a force to protect press freedom.Download the CNA "One-Stop News" APP to get the latest news in real time.No reproduction, public broadcast, public transmission, or use of the text, images, or videos on this website is permitted without authorization.