Chapter 347: Consumer

Jiang Yuan looked at the case files of the counterfeit money case himself, and checked the reports of other places recently, then went to find Huang Qiangmin.

"Director Huang." Jiang Yuan entered Huang Qiangmin's new office, greeted him, and began to report the situation.

Huang Qiangmin felt comfortable all over just by hearing Jiang Yuan call him "Director Huang." After listening to Jiang Yuan's report, he pondered and said: "The case of the economic investigation is not impossible to do, but," counterfeit money cases usually involve a very wide range and are not easy to solve. Not to mention the difficulty of investigation, it is estimated that handling the case will require running to quite a few places.

Jiang Yuan nodded. He didn't consider much in this regard, thought about it and said: "The people in my group have been quite idle recently."

"Also, anyway, they are all borrowed." Huang Qiangmin's brain nerves instantly connected to a new channel. Thinking about it, Jiang Yuan's subordinates are basically borrowed people. Whether it is from Changyang City or newly arrived from Guqi City, it feels like they can't work for a long time. Since this is the case, it must be used with full horsepower.

Jiang Yuan didn't know where Huang Qiangmin thought, and said along with the case: "I want to ask the provincial department to participate."

"Hey, this line of thinking is right." Huang Qiangmin slapped his thigh.

The core problem of the counterfeit money case is that it involves a very large range. Although it is said that the core of counterfeit money is the counterfeiters, they usually cannot come into contact with the counterfeiters in the early stage of investigation. They can only go around

And these users and transporters are obviously drifting across the entire province and even the whole country.

No counterfeiter would produce fake banknotes just to sell or use them in their own neighborhood.

For a small county bureau like Ningtai County, not to mention anything else, just the travel expenses for handling these small cases are a significant expenditure.

But if the provincial department is invited to step in, it must be said that the provincial department will always provide some funding and resources, although it might be a drop in the bucket for them, it is quite comfortable for the county bureau.

Of course, an ordinary county bureau cannot invite such a true god as the provincial department. The working styles of provincial departments in each province are different; some focus on public security, some on anti-smuggling or anti-drug efforts, and others on maintaining stability... In short, criminal investigation in the eyes of the provincial department is just one piece of the puzzle of their operations. It is quite important, but not the most important.

Come to think of it, even if Huang Qiangmin became Director Huang, he wouldn't be able to move the Shannan Provincial Department, but using Jiang Yuan's name makes it no problem at all.

That afternoon, Liu Jinghui rushed from Changyang City to Ningtai County.

Working on a case with Jiang Yuan is much more interesting than the cases he usually handles.

It's just that Liu Jinghui's rank is too high, and he is on the provincial department's payroll; otherwise, he would rather spend his days immersed in Jiang Yuan's team working on cases.

Honestly, for a Level 4 Senior Police Officer like Liu Jinghui, there is no potential left for promotion. Even if he were promoted to a Level 1 Senior Police Officer, as long as there is no leadership position, it is actually just an empty title. The motivation that supports Liu Jinghui's painstaking work is the work itself.

If he could... work with Jiang Yuan, Liu Jinghui considers himself to be very efficient.

As usual, Liu Jinghui was still alone. After arriving at the Ningtai County Bureau and meeting Huang Qiangmin and the others, he sat in the conference room with Jiang Yuan and began to read the case files.

The forty-something-year-old Liu Jinghui was neatly groomed, his police shirt ironed perfectly. Sitting alone at the other end of the conference table, he looked very impressive, completely unrecognizable as the "withered flower" he once was.

Anyone, without needing to know who Liu Jinghui is, could tell by the scene in the conference room that this gentleman is quite extraordinary.

Opposite Liu Jinghui, Jiang Yuan also had a case file in front of him. While teasing the green dill on the table with his hand, he looked at it nonchalantly.

When Liu Jinghui arrived, he had already read these cases, but he didn't expect Liu Jinghui to come so quickly. To facilitate the discussion of the case, everyone simply waited for him.

Liu Jinghui also knew this point, and his page-turning speed was much faster. Even so, where he needed to look closely, Liu Jinghui still looked closely.

Working under pressure is the basic operation of this line of work, and there is nothing to complain about.

"Sigh... looking at it this way, the dozen or so counterfeit currency cases reported recently should all be considered a series

of cases." Liu Jinghui closed the last case file. "However, not a single case has been closed, which means not a single criminal suspect has been caught."

"Those who reported the cases are all owners of small restaurants and small supermarkets. They were angry after receiving fake money, so they reported it. Not many people really took 20 yuan seriously. But after the police received the reports and went to look for the people, they couldn't find them anymore. From the surveillance and timing, these people using fake money should be more than one group. In addition, the 20-yuan fake notes they used seem to have a total of 5 types of serial numbers..." Tang Jia had worked with Liu Jinghui before, and she was very active in speaking up this time.

After all, Jiang Yuan's cold case task force had added two female police officers in one go, and Tang Jia felt that someone was targeting her, and she was worried that Jiang Yuan would be swayed by others.

Liu Jinghui had just finished reading the files and also had a strong desire to talk. He nodded slightly and said, "These groups of people should have obtained these fake notes around the same time. They themselves should be very peripheral members, and might even be pure consumers."

Tang Jia: "There are consumers for fake money?"

Dong Bing was also a bit familiar with the environment and this colleague with the "vocal fry" voice, so she followed up and asked, "How do you know the fake money was obtained around the same time?"

Liu Jinghui was asked by two female police officers at the same time, which was equivalent to being sought after by 200 male police officers. He patted his belly with satisfaction and said, "One question at a time."

Liu Jinghui glanced at Jiang Yuan, and seeing that he seemed to be listening too, he said even more happily, "The judgment of the same time is based on their travel routes. Because not all owners who received fake money reported it, and some might not have even discovered it, there is an element of prediction here, but we might verify it later."

Liu Jinghui paused and continued, "As for fake money consumers, it should be said that 20-yuan fake notes are inherently consumer-grade. Of course, this is my own way of putting it."

Tang Jia was very cooperative at this time and asked, "Why is it consumer-grade?"

"This is the difference between 20-yuan fake notes and 100-yuan fake notes. Users of 100-yuan fake notes often tend to have smaller expenses, obtaining change at the time of payment; this change is their profit. As for 20-yuan fake notes, those who use them generally use them directly. If they spend a few dozen yuan, they give out one or two fake notes, or mix them with real money. Because the denomination is relatively small, many people won't notice."

"But very few people use cash now, right?"

Liu Jinghui nodded: "There are still quite a lot of people using it on the road. Like gas stations, small roadside restaurants, supermarkets, and some small towns, the worse the internet is, and the more elderly people there are, the more cash is used. I see these people have this tendency..."

Multiple inferences were already brewing in Liu Jinghui's mind, and they were all very actionable.

At this moment, he heard Jiang Yuan say, "Let's look at the surveillance."

Liu Jinghui was taken aback and laughed, "These transactions all happened in the middle of nowhere, the surveillance isn't complete, and these cases are spread across several provinces. The reports in several places haven't been handled properly..."

"Look at as much as there is." Jiang Yuan smiled and said, "There will always be something usable."

"This is too vulgar." Liu Jinghui looked at Jiang Yuan speechlessly, thinking to himself, if I solve the case in such a boring way, why did I make a special trip here?

The eyes of the two big shots collided, and the underlings didn't dare to make a sound, each doing their work with lowered heads and submissive expressions.

Soon, several collected surveillance videos were played.

Jiang Yuan and the others all focused their eyes on the surveillance videos.

Liu Jinghui had just arrived, so the surveillance videos here had already been screened by Wang Chuanxing and the others.

At this moment, 4 videos were played on the big screen at once, forming a contrast.

"It's one person every time." Tang Jia pointed out first.

"They use one or two notes at a time, but the total expenditure is also very low." Dong Bing was not to be outdone.

"They all wore masks and hats, so they were prepared; they knew what they were doing and did it anyway."

"If they use one or two fake notes at a time, wouldn't they have to run to many places in a day to make it worth it? The number of reports seems a bit low."

Liu Jinghui sighed and said, "That's why these are the most terminal consumers. Even if we catch them, they probably don't know anything. The core is still to find their pattern to outline the full picture."

"Director Liu's meaning is to find more such consumers and then analyze the pattern?" Jiang Yuan summarized slightly.

"It doesn't rely entirely on analysis, but having more clues definitely makes it easier to find the counterfeiter. These guys are generally hidden quite deeply." Liu Jinghui pointed to the video and said, "Just these guys, constantly drifting, and driving themselves, it's not easy to find them."

"Let's use mobile phones to locate them." Jiang Yuan suggested.

"What about the phone numbers?" Liu Jinghui said, then answered his own question: "Find them from the toll gates? That's a bit troublesome, right? I seem to have seen a car with its license plate captured just now?"

The police officer next to him immediately played it back.

"Here." Liu Jinghui pointed to a corner and said, "I think locating mobile phones through vehicles is quite good."

"Okay." Jiang Yuan didn't care which method was used to solve the case. Seeing Director Liu's active participation, he simply saved that effort.