[Hubei Xiangyang Police Dismantle USDT Offline Currency Exchange Gang, Total Illegal Transaction Amount Exceeds 5 Million Yuan] Foresight News reports, according to *Procuratorial Daily*, Hubei Xiangyang police intercepted an Audi sedan at the Longwang Service Area on the G70 Fuyin Expressway on June 11, 2025. Inside the trunk, five black backpacks were found containing 9 million yuan in cash. The two men in the car confessed that the money was loaded by others, and they were instructed by their superiors to travel to Xi'an to exchange the cash for the virtual currency USDT. Through serial number comparisons of the RMB, police traced part of the cash back to a couple from Huizhou, Guangdong, who had exchanged Hong Kong dollars at the Gongbei Port in Zhuhai for consumption in Macau. This case involves a cross-provincial criminal gang based in Zhuhai, Guangdong, which engaged in illegal foreign exchange transactions using virtual currency in a "mirror trading" manner. From August 2023 to June 2025, the gang's total illegal transaction amount exceeded 5 million yuan. In December 2025, the Xiangzhou District Procuratorate filed charges against four defendants for illegal business operations. In February of this year, the court sentenced the main perpetrator, Lai Mou Ding, to one year in prison and imposed a fine, while the other three individuals received sentences ranging from 8 to 10 months along with fines.