BlockBeats news, on December 2, the Taiyuan City Wanbailin District Prosecutor's Office in Shanxi Province, China, recently announced the first-instance verdict on the case of Chen and Li, who were prosecuted for concealing and hiding criminal proceeds. The court accepted the sentencing recommendation from the prosecutor's office, sentencing the two to two years and six months, and one year and six months of fixed-term imprisonment respectively, and imposing fines. In May of this year, Ms. Zhang met "Lin Hao" (who is still at large) on a short video platform. "Lin Hao" falsely claimed that his comrade worked for a well-known company and had access to information about the company's stock rise and fall, stating that profits could be made by signing up for an account on the company’s internal website to "buy rise" (claiming a return of 5% per period). However, it required trading in US dollars and exchanging cash for US dollars with designated merchants, which would then be transferred to his comrade's US dollar account, and then transferred to the company's account. On May 21, Ms. Zhang, following "Lin Hao"'s instructions, brought 1.47 million yuan in cash to a hotel in Wanbailin District to prepare for the exchange of US dollars. Under the guidance of the upper source, Chen...