The new ATM withdrawal rules "did not show the full face" may trigger an alarm, and Tainan began to launch a trial operation in May to crack down on fraudulent drivers

In order to stop the flow of fraud, the Tainan Municipal Government recently introduced a policy requiring ATM withdrawers to show their full faces, aiming to improve the recognition rate of drivers to assist the police in tracing criminal clues. Tainan Mayor Huang Weizhe said that fraud groups often use masks, helmets and other masks to circumvent surveillance, and this policy will effectively deter illegal behavior. (Synopsis: Is Taiwan a fraud kingdom because the criminal responsibility is too light? Comparison and collation of the punishment of fraudsters in Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea) (Background supplement: Investigation Bureau of Taiwan's Ministry of Justice: will continue to crack down on cryptocurrency fraud! 57.55 million yuan have been seized in 33 recent cases) In recent years, there have been frequent fraud cases in Taiwan, according to the statistics of the "anti-fraud dashboard" of the Ministry of the Interior, from August to December 2024 alone, the amount of fraud losses in Taiwan reached 62.9 billion yuan, and it is estimated that the total amount of fraud in the whole year exceeded 100 billion yuan. As for illegal gains, fraud syndicates often use "drivers" as breakpoints to go to ATMs to withdraw stolen money, because most drivers are afraid of police investigation, often wear hard hats and masks to withdraw money, which makes it more difficult for the police to enforce the law. In this regard, the Tainan Municipal Government recently introduced a new policy requiring ATM withdrawals to show their faces, aiming to improve the recognition rate of drivers and assist the police in tracing criminal clues. Tainan Mayor Huang Weizhe said that fraud groups often use masks, helmets and other masks to avoid surveillance, and this policy will effectively deter illegal behavior. ATM transactions may not be possible if you do not show your face as required According to the policy requirements, in the future, Tainan people must take off masks, helmets or other items that cover their faces when using ATMs to ensure that their faces can be clearly recognized by the camera. If you are unable to take off your mask due to health or special reasons, you need to apply to the bank for an exception in advance. If the operator does not show his face as required, the ATM external monitoring system will first play a voice warning and ask to take off the covering; If it is not complied with, the system will trigger an alarm bell to alert the surrounding personnel and law enforcement agencies - the transaction may be suspended and the withdrawer needs to contact the bank for further verification. According to the help, this policy uses facial recognition technology developed during the epidemic, combining cameras, microcomputers and sound equipment to form a low-cost external monitoring system. However, these hardware are not directly connected to the bank ATM, but are installed on the ATM perimeter on the street to reduce the cost of bank retrofitting. The Tainan municipal government said that the technology has been verified by the actual battle of the epidemic, has a high recognition accuracy, and does not store people's face data, but is only used to determine whether to show their faces in real time. At present, the Tainan Municipal Government has determined that the ATM face-revealing policy will be officially launched on the road in May 2025, and the trial location is ATMs in some streets of Tainan City, which will not involve the promotion of the whole Taiwan in the initial stage. However, the government stressed that it will continue to collect feedback from the public during the trial period, and cooperate with banks and police authorities to optimize technology and processes, and if the trial results are significant, it may consider expanding to other counties and cities in the future. Public evaluation: support and skepticism After the announcement of this policy, the reaction of the public was polarized. Proponents believe that the requirement to show your face can effectively deter fraudulent drivers and protect people's property. Some citizens pointed out that the current fraud is too rampant, showing your face is not troublesome, and it is good to catch the bad guys. In addition, some netizens on the X platform agreed, believing that this move was "a blow to the fraud group". However, the skepticism is not small, mainly focusing on privacy and legal disputes. Some people are worried that facial recognition technology may leak personal information or be misused for other purposes. In particular, some lawyers remind that if the policy does not have a clear legal source, it may violate the Personal Data Protection Law, and triggering an alarm bell without showing your face may affect the normal user experience. In addition, some people are worried that technical miscalculations, such as lack of light leading to misidentification of the system, may affect the convenience of withdrawals. Related reports Police urges "There are too many virtual currency investment scams in Taiwan! Set up a special legal control as soon as possible to ban non-exchange personal currency merchants Binance's "Asia-Pacific Enforcement Day" meeting, Taiwan prosecutors came to the scene to give a lecture on "public-private cooperation" joint fraud and money laundering Former chairman of Taiwan's nameboard "involved in game fraud 40 billion", famous lawyer Liu Lien was asked for 9 years in prison for money laundering commission of 470 million yuan "ATM withdrawal new rules" "did not show his full face" may trigger the alarm, Tainan began to trial in May Cracking down on fraudulent drivers" This article was first published in BlockTempo's "Dynamic Trend - The Most Influential Blockchain News Media".