There are also “sets” in job interviews。
In recent days, a number of people have reported to the press that when they were looking for job interviews, they needed training on the basis of their lack of competence, and committed themselves to a minimum of $6,000 and $8,000 in high-pay jobs after training, inducing them to lend $20,000 to attend training. After that, the police suspect that the students are defending their rightsFraudCase opened. In january this year, the training institution officially “detonated”, closed the gates and “emptied people”。
Prior to the student loan, he was promised a minimum wage job. Picture of this article
According to a number of human rights advocates, the courses of the training institutions were heavily drained and had little knowledge and skills to learn; once the trainees had completed their training, the previously promised high-paying job had not been fulfilled, and the trainees had had to offer their own resumes in search of work; if there was a problem with the intermediate trainees, a refund was requested, the training institutions claimed that the course itself was a fee and could not be refunded. At present, there are a large number of victims of fraud, with nearly 100 members of the human rights advocacy community, many of whom have recently graduated or are close to graduating, not only from work but also from overdue loans。
In mid-march of this year, the two-tier centre for the management of the exchange of talent in shenzhen city (hereinafter referred to as “the two-tier talent company”) which operates a number of telephone calls to training institutions, was unattended。
It is worth mentioning that in late february and early march of this year, one of the heads of the above-mentioned training institutions replied to the participants that on 21 january 2026, due to professional problems, the company was under investigation by the public security authorities. At present, the company's computers, mobile phones and related materials are being seized, which has temporarily prevented the company from returning to normal business and conducting various tasks, including teaching. The company will cooperate fully with the investigation and will operate in accordance with the law, and will seek the approval of the relevant authorities to resume their studies at an early date。
In response, staff of the shenzhen public security bureau replied that the case was currently under investigation。
You're looking for a job, you're getting a loan
Xiao wu, a guangdong chu hai, graduated from a technical college in june 2025 and then went to shenzhen for work。
According to xiao wu, in november 2025, he sought employment through a career-free recruitment platform and found out that the recruitment information issued by shenzhen yu taehong industries technology ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “yo taehong industries inc.”) was a game test with a five-risk fee of $67,000 a month and no work experience. Xiao wu is a computer major and thinks it's a professional。
Subsequently, xiao wu added weshin, a sun-name manager, to whom he was invited to interview at the tide technology building in shenzhen district. During the interview, a ms. Su stated that wu's “technical capacity was insufficient and needed to be trained first” and was recommended to a training institution. Furthermore, ms. Su made a clear commitment to “no training fee for a high-payer job with less than $8,000 a month” and “no financial pressure to pay in instalments after work”。
Upon the advice of ms. Su, xiao wu agreed to test the training course for a few days. Two days later, xiao wu was taken to the manshin business centre in shenzhen district to sign a “training loan” agreement。
According to the loan agreement, wu loaned a total of $28,800 to a third-party platform, which was repaid in 24 instalments over two years and $1522 per instalment. In this way, the annualized interest rate on this loan is about 13. 4 per cent. According to xiao wu, out of $28,800, $6,000 is part of his life allowance for the duration of his training, which is paid to individuals, and the remainder is for training。
Xiao wu said that he had found some problems after signing the loan contract. First, the full amount of money he had loaned went directly into the account of shenzhen institute for technical services (hereinafter referred to as “technology company”) at the training institution shenzhen city, and the money was never retained in his account. Second, the “post-work repayment” previously agreed upon by the parties became a “fixed monthly repayment” of $1522 per month, or it would have been overdue。
As the loan agreement has been signed, xiao wu can only try to receive training。
Training institutions web-based interdiction
Institutions investigated, “people go empty”
Xiao wu indicated that his training consisted of two phases, the first of which was “two days of trial work” and five lessons per day, requiring a card. During this period, the training institutions give the students documents, photographs, etc., so that they can learn to operate themselves and ask the teacher if they do not understand. The content of these learning materials is fundamental and can be found on the internet, and wu believes that the course has water content and has offered to withdraw from the training, but has been informed that it is not cost-effective to withdraw at a cost of $120 for a course. So, wu can only continue to study。
Xiao wu said that during the second phase of the training, people were still watching documents and recording videos. It was not until later that the teacher began to explain some expertise. Xiao wu felt that the content of the lectures delivered by the teachers on the ground, while also more basic, was of some value and was hard to find online。
About half a month after the training, the training institutions stated that the training courses had been discontinued and continued after spring. However, in late january 2026, wu was informed by other trainees that the training institution had been reported by the trainees as being suspected of fraud and that the local police had opened an investigation。
Conscious of the possibility of being deceived, xiao wu defended his rights. On the one hand, he also reported the incident to the police and made a statement. On the other hand, he tried to contact the employees of fan woo tae-hong industries and the trainers' company, and found that the other party's attitude was nuanced, and that the information was soon “reading back” and no contact was available。
Several defenders stated that they had no access to training institutions。
Xiao wu stated that he had not yet found a job, that the loan generated by the training had been overdue, that the call for the loan had reached his family, that he was afraid to tell the family the truth and that he had only told the family that someone had stolen his identity information for the loan。
Most of the victims were recently graduated students
According to xiao wu, at the time of his training, he had two classes, one on software testing and the other on video clippings, each with more than 20 participants. After the training institution “detonated”, a large number of participants were involved in the defence of rights, with nearly 100 members of the group。
In march this year, news stories were linked to three other defenders whose experiences were highly similar to those of wu。
He graduated from college in 2024 and studied computer studies, without stable jobs since graduation. At the beginning of september 2025, while browsing the recruitment website, shigeshi added a tweet from a staff member of shenzhen consulting ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “kheung key consulting”) who was invited to interview him。
She said that the interview was very formal and that a person had taken him to draw a picture of him with ps software for one day, after which she said that he would have to go to work at the company after training, with a guaranteed salary of 6,000, of which the cost of training would be loaned and deducted from the later salary. At the time of the loan, shige had a overdue record and felt unable to do so, but under a series of operations from the other party, $29,800 had been loaned successfully and repaid in two years。
In december 2025, he completed all training courses. At this point, he found that the key consulting firm had lost its promised job, instead allowing them to put their résumés on the job search platform and teach them how to falsify their résumés, “which resulted in many people not finding a job”。
As ishi said, many of the teachers did not understand the lessons and asked the students to ask ai themselves. Aware of the fact that he had been deceived, ishio had requested a refund, and the other party suggested that the course itself was a fee and could not be refunded。
Cho is a school student in hubei and is in the internship phase. In november 2025, xiaoxiu contacted shenzhen technology ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “shenzhen technology”) when seeking employment through a recruitment platform. During the interview, the other party also raised the issue of the lack of small-week capacity and the need for training, which would provide a guaranteed minimum of $6,000. At the instigation of the other party, cho entered into a loan agreement with xinjiang consulting for $29,800。
As with xiao wu, the training course for cho has not yet been completed and the training institution “detonated”。
In september 2025, tsai, who had graduated from high school, went to shenzhen to fight. Shortly thereafter, he went to a key consulting firm for an interview and was given a loan of $29,800 for training on the same grounds。
The loan agreement entered into by choi tsai provided that he would change his consolidated salary to less than $6,000 (pre-tax) and could apply for a free readjustment one month after leaving the service, which was deemed to have been completed. Chai said that after completing their training, they did not offer jobs at all or on their own, but only offered job guidance, such as assistance with interview opportunities。
Xiao wu indicated that the training institutions were well equipped and that, in order to increase the confidence of the participants, it would also allow some of them to come back and communicate with others who had completed the training and get offer's screenshots。
According to a number of human rights advocates, many of the trainees who were set up were college students who had recently graduated or were nearing graduation, some of whom were high school students who had difficulty finding work and had little savings and were now carrying overdue loans。
Police have opened an investigation on suspicion of fraud
A number of rights defenders believed that the companies interviewed and the training institutions were complicit in their fraud。
According to the participants, the institute had claimed to have been in operation for five years and had trained many people. It was noted in the press that the main offices of the training institutes are located in the shenzhen bouan-zhuang business centre. At present, the door to the “double talent” is closed, “both locked”. Through the glass of the gate, you can see the words “two-fold talent centre”。
Currently, training institutions are closed。
Business registration data show that the dual talent company was established in march 2024, with a registered capital of $100,000 and a statutory representative of smeeto. The company's major shareholders are the company of technology, which was founded in may 2023 with a registered capital of $1 million and is also legally represented by smeeto. In february this year, neither company was included in the list of business anomalies because of the lack of access to its registered residence or place of business。
In march this year, a number of calls were made to the two-tier talent company, which was unattended. The telephone calls were made to the technical company of the institute, which, according to the other party, was “misused” and then hung up。
Defenders mentioned that while seeking employment, they had been lured into loans by woo tae-hong industries, liang tech, key consulting, etc. Information on the recruitment of woo tae-hong industries, key consulting and liang science and technology is not available。
News calls to woo tae-hong industries, which is unaccepted, and to lem xiantech, who is called “the wrong number”. Business registration data show that the legal representatives of key consulting companies, as well as the major shareholders, are easily identified. News-to-news key consulting firm, which received calls from people claiming to be ei yi, was only registered and unaware of the company. At present, a key consulting firm is listed in the list of business anomalies because of the lack of contact with the registered domicile or place of business。
In mid-december 2025, the boang subdirectorate of the public security directorate of shenzhen city issued a circular on the establishment of a case in response to the above-mentioned incident, which opened an investigation on suspicion of fraud. In march this year, human rights activists learned from the police that the police were currently investigating the case。
In december 2025, a police investigation was opened into the incident。
It is worth mentioning that in late february and early march of this year, one of the heads of the above-mentioned training institutions replied to the participants that on 21 january 2026, the company was under investigation by the public security authorities because of professional problems. At present, the company's computers, mobile phones and related materials are being seized, which has temporarily prevented the company from returning to normal business and conducting various tasks, including teaching. The company will cooperate fully with the investigation and will operate in accordance with the law, and will seek the approval of the relevant authorities to resume their studies at an early date. In response to the incident, the press attempted to add a letter from the person in charge, which was not adopted。
In february and march of this year, the relevant officials of the training institution sent a message to the participants stating that the company was working with the public security organs to open a case and suspend operations。
According to the lawyer of the law firm of guangdong, the fraudulent design of the process, which is clearly deceptive and profitable, is a typical training loan scheme, first through a high-paying bait stream and then a false commitment to “training back-pack employment and bottom-up pay”。
In the above-mentioned cases, it was stated that the acts of the institutions involved were in line with the constituent elements of the fraud and were suspected of constituting fraud. The institutions involved do not operate for the purpose of providing genuine training and employment, but through a false commitment to fraudulently obtain loans from trainees, which go directly into the accounts of the relevant companies, are not actually used for courses, research and development, teacher input, etc., and are further proof of their illegal ownership of the student's loan funds, together with the agency's eventual running and refusal to refund the fees. In addition, the direct entry of loan funds into the institutional accounts, the failure to book the individual accounts of school students, is a violation and, if there is a malicious collusion between the loan platform and the training institution, a separate complaint can be made to the financial supervision authorities with a view to the proper settlement of outstanding loans。
