Recently, the police in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, cracked down on a network criminal gang selling "express bill numbers" and controlled more than 40 people involved in the case. These suspects are mainly the personnel involved in the express company, the middleman who resells "empty package", the person in charge of the website of empty package and relevant technical personnel. According to Wuxi police, the illegal funds transferred in the case are at least 10 billion yuan, and the police have frozen more than 20 million yuan of funds involved in the case. This case is the first whole chain crackdown on "empty package" website criminal gangs in China. The number of transactions of empty package number has exceeded 600 million, and the annual transaction volume has exceeded 100 million yuan. < p > < p > the police said that some e-commerce companies simulated the order sales through the empty package express delivery, so as to brush the order quantity and praise for the online stores. There are also criminals who make false online shopping records and disguise illegal fund transactions such as gambling money as e-commerce shopping to avoid supervision. However, it has not been difficult to find out the phenomenon of journalists who have been exposed for many years. Some brush single team is hidden in QQ group. < / P > < p > an intermediary who provides the service of swiping orders told the reporter that both businesses and brush hands need to register information on the platform. After the merchants register and recharge on the platform, they can release tasks, and there will be brush hands to collect them. The Commission depends on the price and quantity of goods. There are also many websites that provide mailing empty bags and express bill numbers in addition to bill brushing. < / P > < p > as for the source of these orders, a website customer service staff said that all the orders were "real orders." < p > < p > the Beijing News reporter inquired about the official website customer service personnel of Yuantong and Zhongtong express companies, and the other side said that according to the company's regulations, all postal products must have articles inside, but the specific matters need to be consulted with local outlets. < / P > < p > the person in charge of a express delivery network said that he had provided services for the bill brushing e-commerce providers. However, in order to prevent the illegal situation from being reported on the way, they suggested that a rubber band and a piece of paper should be packed in the "empty bag". "This kind of cover up is very common." < p > < p > survey 1 brush order < / P > < p > look at the goods for 10 minutes and then place an order to make the purchase behavior real < / P > < p > on November 9, the reporter of Beijing News entered the keyword "brush order" in QQ group, which showed that no relevant results were found. However, after replacing the keyword with "supplement", at least 50 related group chats will pop up. < / P > < p > as a businessman, the reporter joined a QQ group called "pinduoduo brush sales supplement and release order", and immediately received news of "free order", "supplement order" and "Taoke promotion". There were more than 1000 members of the group, including merchants, brush hands, intermediaries, etc. < / P > < p > many members of the group said that "replenishing orders" and "exempting orders" are all industry slang, which actually refers to "swiping orders". Wang Quan (pseudonym), an intermediary in the group who provides service of brushing orders, told reporters that they have their own platform, and both businesses and brush hands need to register information on the platform. If the merchant wants to swipe the order, it needs to recharge in advance. The cost depends on the price and quantity of the goods. < / P > < p > "if the commodity price is less than 10 yuan, the brush Commission is 4 yuan; if the commodity price is between 11 and 50 yuan, the Commission is 6 yuan." Wang Quanming said that after the merchants recharge, they can issue the brush order task on the platform, and then there will be brush hands to collect. < p > < p > Wu Fang (pseudonym) is a brush hand in the group. She told reporters that she was still a student, half a year ago, she joined the brush list group under the introduction of her classmates. "At that time, Shangjia said that to become a brush hand, you need to pay money for training." After paying 400 yuan, Wu Fang received two-day training on how to receive, issue and prevent fraud. < / P > < p > "after listening to the class, I was pulled into the QQ group and wechat group. The merchant issues a bill, brush the hand to see after choosing oneself to want to do single. " Wu Fang said that in order to make the products more authentic, they were asked to browse the goods for more than 10 minutes before placing an order. Sometimes they were asked to chat with the store's customer service staff. In the past six months, Wu Fang paid more than 30 bills and earned more than 200 yuan. However, the income from hand swiping does not depend entirely on the Commission. Wu Fang said that sometimes the group will generate a red envelope discount coupon, "if the red envelope discount coupon is more than 80 minus 70, I photographed an 82 item, and after 70 yuan is reduced, it will be 12 yuan, but in the later stage, the merchant should return the money according to the original price, so that I can get 12 yuan more than the Commission." As for how much money can be made by hand brushing in a month, Wu Fang said, it depends on the speed of hand brushing, because "you can make unlimited orders every day.". < p > < p > survey 2 mailing < / P > < p > there is a website specialized in sales order number and empty package delivery service < / P > < p > after the completion of the bill brushing, the brush hand will receive an "empty package" express. < / P > < p > "if businesses send a small number of empty packages, the price is difficult to keep down. They will find some special intermediaries to send empty packages at a lower price; or they can buy express orders directly, as long as they can display the correct logistics information. " One industry source said. < / P > < p > through Internet search, the reporter found that there are not a few websites that provide "empty package service and sales order number". < / P > < p > the reporter randomly selects a website named "88 orders". In its "batch purchase order number" page, businesses can enter the shipping address and receiving address, and then they can purchase from the numerous orders found. < / P > < p > the customer service staff of the website said that before purchasing the order number, the merchant needs to confirm the transaction with the scaler first, and then purchase the order number after the brush hand completes the purchase, and finally copy the purchase order number on the order number of the e-commerce platform. < / P > < p > as for the source of these orders, the customer service said that all the orders were "real orders." < / P > < p > in addition to the sales order number, some websites also provide "empty package delivery service". Jie wangquan mentioned that due to the increasingly strict supervision of e-commerce platforms, direct mailing of empty bags is risky and may be demoted or closed. At present, it is more popular to mail "empty bags" with small gifts. < / P > < p > in a website called "thousand grid empty package network", after the registered account enters the personal home page, the webpage will pop up at random, providing the download link of fast delivery software. The consignor needs to recharge the original webpage and bind the account number of his e-commerce platform with the software to select the express warehouse in different regions for delivery. < / P > < p > the software shows that at least 29 express warehouses have cooperative relations with them, and the delivery warehouses include Yuantong, Yunda and Shentong. The prices of different express warehouses and goods are also different, with an average price of 2 yuan or less. < / P > < p > investigation 3Package < / P > < p > package items "can be a piece of paper, a rubber band" < / P > < p > on November 10, the reporter contacted Zhongtong, Yuantong, Shentong and Yunda express companies as merchants. The customer service personnel on their official websites all said that according to the company's regulations, there must be articles inside the postal products, and the specific matters need to be consulted with local outlets. According to a staff member of an express delivery network in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, the risk of empty package mailing is very high, and it may be stopped or even reported by the courier. Therefore, there must be articles in the package, "which can be a piece of paper or a rubber band". The price of each order is about 4 yuan, and there must be a signer. < / P > < p > in Harbin, Yuantong and Zhongtong network staff mentioned that if they want to mail an empty package, they can stamp the "aging test" seal on the package, and after the express arrives at the designated location, it can be signed by the courier directly. < p > < p > the staff of yiyunda Express branch in Zhoukou, Henan Province, said that if it is a business order, you can fill in the contact information of the consignee as the consignor, "when the courier contacts you, you and he said that it has been signed." < p > < p > different from the above-mentioned four express companies, the customer service personnel on SF Express's official website directly responded that after placing an order online, you only need to clarify with the delivery clerk that this is an empty package, then you can mail the empty package. There will be no interception on the way, the price needs to be contacted with the specific salesman. In addition, it can be signed directly by the courier. < p > < p > a Beijing News reporter contacted an express salesman of Shunfeng in Beijing, and the other party said that empty boxes can be mailed. If the quantity is large, the price can be reduced by 8.5% on the normal postage of each order, "but our price is more expensive than other express companies." < p > < p > ■ lawyer's statement < / P > < p > the serious circumstances of swiping orders may constitute the crime of illegal business operation. < / P > < p > Li Kang, a lawyer of Beijing Jingshi law firm, believes that e-commerce sellers, website operators selling express bill numbers, and scalpers are all participants in fraud, and their behaviors are suspected to be illegal. Businesses make "false sales" by brushing orders, which infringe on consumers' right to know. < / P > < p > "according to the regulations, operators shall not help other operators to carry out false or misleading commercial propaganda by organizing false transactions or other means." Shi Likang said that if the operator violates the above provisions, it will be ordered by the supervision and inspection department to stop the illegal act and impose a fine of not less than 200000 yuan but not more than 1 million yuan; if the circumstances are serious, a fine of more than 1 million yuan and less than 2 million yuan will be imposed, and the business license may be revoked. In addition, Shi Likang said that if the merchants, the platforms and the brush hands knew that they were publishing false information, and they cooperated with each other to release paid information on the Internet to disrupt the market order, "the circumstances are serious" may also constitute the crime of illegal business operation. < p > < p > Shi Likang mentioned that in order to avoid direct illegal activities, most websites play "edge ball" by distributing small gifts on behalf of others, which can not completely escape legal responsibility. "Because most of the purpose of setting up websites is to help businesses brush bills, in fact, they still can't get around the legal responsibility." Liu Mingyang, an intern of Beijing News, Mu Hongju