Recently, the People's Court of Nansha District, Guangzhou City has held public hearings on a series of telecom fraud cases involving Nepal. The fraud gang involved in this series of cases set up a telecommunications network fraud company in Nepal and specifically targeted Chinese people through dating software, defrauding more than 16 million yuan in less than a year.
reporter learned from the Nansha Court that there were 101 defendants in the whole case. The Nansha Court applied the criminal expedited procedure to conduct public trials and pronounced sentences on 75 defendants, including Shi and Chen, in court. The 75 people were sentenced for fraud. He was sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from two years and seven months to one year and two months, and fined from RMB 15,000 to RMB 10,000. There are another 26 defendants who are other important members and will be tried at selected dates using summary criminal procedures and ordinary procedures respectively.
According to the accusations of the public prosecution, starting from April 2019, You, Han, and Chen (all handled in separate cases) prepared to establish the Nepal branch of the "Jian'an Group" in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, specifically to commit telecom network fraud against Chinese citizens. Add victims in mainland China as friends through dating websites and chat tools such as Momo, Tantan, and WeChat, and gain the trust of the other party through packaging of personality, emotional management, etc., and send "National Wealth Pass", "Emperor Entertainment", etc. to the victim The QR code of the platform. The gang claims that the gambling website has loopholes and that "crowdfunding investment" can obtain high returns of 10%-25% in the short term and promises to repay the principal and interest, tricking victims into scanning codes to enter "Short-Term Treasure", "Pocket Treasure", "Hua Xia Tong", etc. The project carries out gambling or investment, causing the victim to continuously invest funds, and ultimately achieves the purpose of defrauding the victim of money.
It is understood that the company has set up multiple business groups, door security, supervision, and logistics positions, forming a large-scale telecommunications fraud group with strict management, mutual cooperation, and close cooperation. Between April and December 2019, the criminal group defrauded 63 victims out of a total of RMB 16,794,758.51.
The Nansha Court held that 75 defendants were gathered or actively joined a criminal group to commit telecom fraud against mainland Chinese citizens and should be severely punished. Taking into account that the 75 defendants are all accomplices, they have only joined the criminal group for a short time, they are at the bottom of the criminal group, they have not played a major role in the fraud process, they have made little or no profit, they have taken the initiative to return stolen goods and compensation, and they have voluntarily pleaded guilty and accepted punishment, etc. , and the above judgment was made in accordance with relevant regulations.
The judgeâs reminder: Be wary of âpig-killing offersâ and beware of being deceived.
The so-called âpig-killing offersâ are fraud methods that induce victims to invest or gamble through online dating. Behind this type of scam, there is a criminal gang that commits the crime collectively. The team has a clear division of labor and is tricked step by step. Criminals call victims "pig", regard dating tools as "pig pens", chat scripts as "pig feed", and call the process of establishing emotional relationships "pig raising".
In such telecom fraud cases, the criminal gang will design a corresponding fraud plan according to the specific situation during the chat with the victim, and use emotional management to defraud the victim's trust and then commit fraud, which is often highly deceptive. The presiding judge reminded that the general public should treat complex information in the online world rationally and not trust strangers on the Internet. In particular, they should not reveal important information such as their own and family membersâ ID numbers and bank card numbers to other parties, and be wary of any transfers proposed by the other party. needs to avoid being deceived by unknowingly falling into the "emotional" trap of scammers and transferring money to scammers. Written by
: New Express trainee reporter Huang Jiafeng Correspondent Wang Jun Hu Mingtai
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