Guangxi cops crack down hard on pyramid schemes  

广西发动“打传”风暴 侦破全国最大传销罪案

广西壮族自治区公安厅28日通报，在为期8个月的打击传销犯罪专项行动中，当地警方共破获传销犯罪案件1438起，打击处理传销违法犯罪分子4842人。

Nanning (CNS) – A total of 1,438 pyramid schemes have been stopped and 4,842 offenders have been detained during an 8-month sweep, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region's Public Security Department said Tuesday.

The biggest scheme involved more than 6,000 sellers and was taken down in April in Nanning, the regional capital. 756 suspects were caught and 104 organizers were arrested, according to local authorities.

In June, police in the prefecture-level city of Laibin cracked the first online pyramid scheme involving 40 million yuan. 11 people were arrested.