Chinese police say there has been an increase in CBDC-themed money laundering schemes as the digital yuan rollout continues.
Per the Dushichen Newspaper Agency (va JSChina), officers in Suining, Sichuan Province, stepped in to thwart a scammer.
Detectives explained that a mobile phone store owner surnamed Wang came to the Suning Chengxi Police Station on November 3.
Wang told officers that their bank card had “been frozen by the police” in another part of the nation.
The police launched an investigation and found that on November 2, a man came visited Wang’s store and asked if he could use digital yuan tokens to buy handsets.
Wang said they agreed to the man’s request, and that the man said he wanted to buy two Apple iPhones.
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