Our staff reporter Mu Yi and correspondent Zhao Deyin report: Li Xi traveled to Beijing to seek police assistance in finding his daughter, stating that his daughter had used an unfamiliar number to request a transfer of 8,600 yuan from him. However, after making the transfer, he was unable to contact her. Yesterday, it was learned by reporters that Shunyi police found his daughter within three hours. Wang Hong, a friend of his daughter, is suspected of fraud and has been criminally detained.
At 6:30 PM on January 23, Li Xi came from Chengde, Hebei, to the Shunyi Public Security Bureau's Criminal Investigation Detachment for help, stating that more than 20 days ago, his daughter Li Fang left Chengde to work in Shunyi and had maintained contact with her family. At 10 AM on January 23, he received a text message from an unfamiliar number claiming to be from his daughter Li Fang, stating that she urgently needed 8,600 yuan transferred from home. However, when he called the number, the voice did not belong to Li Fang. The caller claimed that due to a cold, her voice was hoarse, then hung up the phone and refused further conversation, only responding via text message confirming that she was Li Fang and urging the quick transfer of 8,600 yuan to a designated account. After transferring the money, his daughter remained unreachable as her phone was off. He hoped the police could help him find his daughter.
The Shunyi Criminal Investigation Detachment immediately launched an investigation. Investigators, upon checking Li Fang's relevant information, discovered that she checked into the Changfeng International Hotel in Shunyi District at 4 AM on January 23. The hotel's accommodation registration information and surveillance footage showed that a woman named Wang Hong entered and exited the hotel with her. The police quickly brought Li Fang and Wang Hong back to the Criminal Investigation Detachment for questioning. Li Fang was confused by the officers' inquiries. "I never asked my father for money," Li Fang said, adding that after losing her phone, she had not been able to contact her father.
Li Fang's friend Wang Hong, under police questioning, eventually confessed. She had once seen Li Fang calling her father and thus memorized Li Fang's father's phone number. After Li Fang lost her phone, Wang Hong impersonated her and requested money from her father. Currently, Wang Hong is legally criminally detained by the Shunyi police on suspicion of fraud.