TechFlow News — Han, a post-1995 engineer, reportedly incurred losses from futures trading and subsequently took out high-interest loans. He then impersonated a police officer multiple times to rob sex workers by falsely arresting them for prostitution, secretly transferring money from their accounts. Recently, the Jiading District People's Procuratorate in Shanghai formally charged Han with theft and impersonation of a public official.
On the evening of April 27, Han contacted an online prostitution service and arranged meetings with two sex workers at a building in Hangzhou. Upon arrival, he went to the 19th and 18th floors of the building, posing as a police officer. Under the pretext of investigating prostitution and claiming that cash needed to be held by the police, he obtained payment passwords from the women and transferred over 5,000 yuan from Ye’s digital wallet and more than 1,000 yuan from Yao’s bank card. After committing the crimes, Han quickly fled the scene.
On May 9, Han used the same method to contact another sex worker, Luo, through an online service. "That night, the customer service told me a client was coming. I opened the door, and a man came in, closed it behind him, and said he was a police officer," Luo recalled. Han also briefly showed her something resembling a police ID before demanding her payment password under the guise of inspecting her phone. The next day, Luo discovered that over 50,000 yuan had been withdrawn from her bank account and realized the man might have been an impostor, prompting her to report the incident to the police. On the same day, Han was arrested by Shanghai police. After his arrest, Han initially refused to confess, claiming instead that the transaction with Luo was related to cryptocurrency: "I sold 9,000 U coins to her at 6.5 yuan per coin, which is why 50,000 yuan was transferred."
However, Han failed to provide any evidence regarding the source of the U coins or any record of cryptocurrency transactions. In contrast, chat logs with the service clearly indicated that he had gone to Luo’s location under the pretense of engaging in prostitution. Existing objective evidence and the testimonies of the three victims were consistent and mutually corroborative. Faced with solid evidence, Han eventually ceased denying the charges and fully confessed to his criminal acts.
