News Releases-Cross-agency Cooperation in the Capture of Chinese American Fugitive Zhang ○○ Suspected of robbery of cryptocurrency in the U.S. and absconding to Taiwan (1110606)-Criminal Investigation Bureau, National Police Agency

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Publish Date：2022-06-06

Update Date：2022-06-06

Units：Criminal Information Division

Cross-agency Cooperation in the Capture of Chinese American Fugitive Zhang ○○ Suspected of robbery of cryptocurrency in the U.S. and absconding to Taiwan (1110606)

Investigation unit: Taiwan New Taipei District Prosecutors Office, Taipei and Taoyuan Special Duty Squad of the Northern Taiwan Administration Corps National Immigration Agency, International Criminal Affairs Division of the Criminal Investigation Bureau, Nangang Precinct of the Taipei City Police Department
Date of Seizure: June 1, 2022
Location of Seizure: Kaohsiung City
Suspect Arrested: Zhang XX (born 1991)
Illicit gains and evidence seized: NT$239,000, 2 mobile phones, 1 tablet and 1 laptop, 2 debit cards, 5 crypto-currency ledger cold wallets, domestic and foreign phone cards, 3 notebooks and several SIM cards.
Summary of Criminal Case:

The International Criminal Affairs Division of the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) and the International Affairs & Law Enforcement Division of the National Immigration Agency both received reports from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the U.S. that suspect Zhang ○○ (Zhang ○○ is Chinese-American) was involved in the robbery and theft of approximately $3 million worth of various types of cryptocurrency from a victim on March 16, 2022 at approximately 18:00 (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC -7). As the fugitive is a foreign national, the National Police Agency and the National Immigration Agency jointly formed a task force to investigate the case.
The U.S. Court of California issued a warrant for Zhang's arrest on March 23rd . After the investigation, it was discovered that Zhang had entered the country before the warrant was issued. In order to investigate whether or not the suspect was in Taiwan with the intent to conceal the illicit gains of the above-mentioned robbery and whether the suspect has committed a crime in Taiwan based on the U.S.-Taiwan joint cooperation on criminal investigations, the task force requested Prosecutor Chen Shih-Shih of the New Taipei District Prosecutors Office to lead the investigation.
The US national was a fugitive wanted by a U.S. court for involvement in a major criminal felony in the U.S. and The U.S. government had cancelled his passport, so the Zhang was not legally permitted to be in Taiwan. Furthermore, the suspect is involved in armed robbery, intimidation, kidnapping, illegal detention and other violent crimes in the U.S., endangering the interests of Taiwan’s public safety or public order, so he was actively pursued through multiple channels with the joint cooperation of the CIB and the National Immigration Agency. On May 31, he was arrested with a detention warrant issued by the prosecutor, and on June 3, he was forcibly deported from Taiwan in accordance with immigration law.
This case involved inter-agency cooperation in the form of intelligence sharing and integration. In accordance with the "Agreement on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office and the American Institute in Taiwan" signed by Taiwan and the United States, the suspect charged with serious crimes in the United States was successfully apprehended. Foreigners hiding in Taiwan in violation of the law in Taiwan or other countries shall be investigated in accordance with the law in order to maintain social security. Through the cooperation of domestic and foreign law enforcement agencies, the foreign suspect with security concerns was successfully arrested, and serves as a stellar example of cross-agency cooperation and fully demonstrates the spirit of Taiwan’s law enforcement agencies in fighting crime without borders.

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