Chapter 584: Chapter 584: The Fourth Major Case of the Serious Crimes Unit
Lu Chuan, who had been sitting beside Li Donglin, saw Li Donglin’s strong reaction and knew that the clue provided by Sun Yu was definitely very important.
With all three suspects in custody, the mass murder case in Tianzhou City was thoroughly solved.
Not only was the mass murder case in Tianzhou City solved, but also the three-year-old 116 case in Qinzhou City was announced solved, hitting two targets with one arrow.
The entire process took a very short time; from the task force gathering to capturing all suspects, it took no more than two days and one night.
The task force was at its peak, and many of Wang Song and Song Mingguang’s techniques weren’t even used before the case got solved.
Moreover, the previous cases related to a few people were also concluded this time.
It’s no exaggeration to say that the task force’s operation was a complete success.
While watching the interrogation, neither Li Donglin nor Lu Chuan paid much attention to the details.
The two of them were drinking tea, feeling relatively relaxed.
Except for the disgusting process Sun Yu described about handling Widow Zhao’s body, everything else was quite relaxing.
Unexpectedly, Sun Yu wanted to redeem himself and mentioned the counterfeit operation?
Judging from Li Donglin’s reaction, this case... is big.
Li Donglin picked up the microphone and spoke, "I want every detail about the counterfeit operation!"
The pre-trial officer in the interrogation room was Zhang Jianfeng.
He was a veteran in the Qinzhou City Criminal Investigation Team, having worked in pre-trials for over 20 years.
In the entire Qinzhou City Criminal Investigation Team, if Zhang Jianfeng claimed to be second in pre-trials, no one would dare to claim to be first.
Once, he was regarded as a legend, cracking a case with no clues through sheer interrogation ability.
As Qin Hui put it, he was relieved never to have been interrogated by Zhang Jianfeng.
Of course, Zhang Jianfeng had met Li Donglin before and knew he was watching his interrogation from the next room.
But Zhang Jianfeng hadn’t expected that when Sun Yu described the brutal process of killing Widow Zhang, Li Donglin stayed silent, yet when the counterfeit operation was mentioned, he prompted Zhang Jianfeng to dig deeper for information.
This case...
Seems very significant.
Without changing his expression, Zhang Jianfeng continued the interrogation.
"Sun Yu, stop spinning tales with me. Do you even know people involved in counterfeit operations?"
Zhang Jianfeng sneered.
"Do you know what kind of people are involved in counterfeiting?"
"You think just because you’ve killed a few people, you can be linked to such people?"
"These kinds of cases are always major offenses, receiving high-level attention. Don’t fabricate stories to reduce your sentence, Sun Yu; it won’t benefit you."
Huh?
"Officer Zhang, what do you mean I’m fabricating?"
Sun Yu panicked.
Especially hearing that this case could potentially reduce his sentence, he got anxious.
"I really have intelligence, and it’s significant information!"
Significant intelligence?
"Whether it’s significant is not for you to say. It depends on whether the lead you provide has value, which will be determined by others."
Zhang Jianfeng glanced at him, "Alright then, go on."
Sun Yu quickly confessed, "Half a month ago, my brother-in-law... Qin Dejun and I went to Tianzhou City, actually to engage in counterfeiting."
"Go on."
"Earlier this year, I heard from the guys on the street that a lot of counterfeit cash appeared in the provincial capital, and someone made a fortune from it."
"I then approached Qin Dejun, hoping to try our luck in Tianzhou City, seeking connections in this trade."
"But the contact in Tianzhou City only had a few thousand counterfeit bills and had no idea who his supplier was."
"The deal fell through, so we went to have hotpot, intending to return afterward."
The hotpot Sun Yu mentioned was the one where the three of them got into an altercation with the victim’s family.
Feeling that the family of three across seemed affluent, they killed them after some confrontation.
Took some money too.
"Afterward, Qin Dejun and I parted ways, thinking this affair was over, but last week, a childhood friend of mine told me he had leads in the provincial capital."
"He wanted me to be a distributor in Qinzhou City."
"A distributor?"
"Yeah, he said they’ve established themselves in the provincial capital and are looking for distributors in other cities."
"What’s your childhood friend’s role in the provincial capital?"
"He’s the main distributor from our side. He said this business is massive, and if it works out, it’ll make a lot of money."
Outside the interrogation room.
Li Donglin was somewhat excited.
In the provincial capital, after half a year of investigation, they still haven’t found the origin of the counterfeit operations, but there were some clues.
Based on leads from small wholesalers, they were all sourced from someone called "The Banker."
But none of those small wholesalers had any contact information for The Banker.
The contact was directly initiated from the other side through various channels.
In other words, their connections were one-way.
This was the main reason the case had been stagnant.
Once again, Li Donglin picked up the microphone and spoke, "Ask him, is that childhood friend called The Banker?"
Receiving the instruction, Zhang Jianfeng turned to Sun Yu.
"What’s your childhood friend’s name, any nicknames?"
"His name is Zheng Bin, we used to call him Third Zheng, as he is the third in his family."
"The Banker, have you heard of him?"
"Yes, Third Zheng told me that one of his guys carried that title, selling counterfeits in the provincial capital."
"He’s actually a small fry; he told me to do the same in Qinzhou City but to keep a low profile, to find someone else to run these errands without direct involvement."
"Damn, I don’t know where he learned these tricks, running things so cautiously, layer by layer."
The information provided by Sun Yu was very crucial.
Li Donglin’s leads in the provincial capital indicated that The Banker was the uppermost seller, but it turned out to be a smokescreen.
Furthermore, there’s an even more critical point: since The Banker was Zheng Bin’s smokescreen, is Zheng Bin truly the source of everything?
Is Zheng Bin just another one of The Bankers?
Is there someone above him?
Without a doubt, there must be.
Because Li Donglin knew that counterfeit operations were not just limited to his jurisdiction; similar cases appeared in other cities across different provinces.
This case is big.
Sitting beside him, Lu Chuan didn’t ask about the case.
Most cases solved by the Criminal Investigation Team were criminal cases; they rarely dealt with such cases.
Counterfeit operation...
To be honest, Lu Chuan had never seen counterfeits in his life.
After all, his family couldn’t even spend all the real money...
