Compared with Jia Yueting, Zhang Xiaolei is "open". When people rumored that he had run away, on December 26, 2017, he ran to the Nanjing Public Security Bureau and surrendered. Such a dramatic reversal plot not only confirms the rumors of Qianbao.com’s collapse, but also makes many netizens who have lost money extremely confused. Moreover, the industry has debated whether Zhang Xiaolei is suspected of fundraising fraud in or illegally absorbing public deposits. So in the eyes of legal professionals, how will Zhang Xiaolei be defined?
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Speaking of Qianbao.com, northerners may not know much, but in East China, it is very famous.
In 2012, Qianbao.com was founded in Nanjing. It also attracted a large number of users with an extremely simple operation mode. When the user registers as a member of Qianbao.com and pays a certain amount of deposit, he can go to the "task hall" to receive tasks such as watching advertisements and filling in questionnaires. If the user can pay a deposit of 100,000 yuan and ensure that a certain amount of "advertising" tasks are completed every day, the annualized rate of return can exceed 40%.
To put it simply, users can get a merchant’s advertising commission by paying a deposit and reading advertisements. This kind of people can make money by wiping their fingers and looking at advertisements without any brains. I believe many people will come here to see them.
Moreover, in 2015, Qianbao also played an upgrade. It has implanted functions such as social networking, shopping, and sharing, and claims to transform into a micro-business platform to realize the "three win-win" situation of advertisers, Qianbao.com, and registered members.
If you think this is all Qian Bao is famous, then you will underestimate people's greed. It is said that in addition to task revenue, there are also sign-in revenue, red envelope grabbing revenue, etc. A fan of Bao said: "People who know how to play have annual returns of 60 or 70 percent."
Let me ask you who can't be moved by such returns?
, and it is not difficult for those who are interested to find that this is exactly the same as the previous e-zubao incident. However, Qianbao.com can mobilize the public better, package illegal fundraising through advertising and other models, and then tempt it with high returns, thus seducing investors and making them "hit".
Moreover, how brilliant was Qianbao.com at that time? Comparable to Wanda!
Qianbao.com CEO Zhang Xiaolei once said: "Wanda does Wanda's business, and Qianbao does Qianbao's business." What Qianbao does is to make a big move into European football, sign contracts with Vallecano and Real Sociedad, and become a team sponsor.
Many people think of this afterwards and think that this is just attracting fans nakedly. Use the crazy fraternity of fans to achieve the purpose of making money.
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However, it is generally difficult to end well if you play things so much. So these days, either they either run away with a bedding or commit suicide. But Zhang Xiaolei chose the path that others had not chosen and surrendered himself.
, and Qianbao users are also extremely loyal to the platform, and even the police's official Weibo began to question it.
On December 26, the actual controller Zhang Xiaolei voluntarily surrendered. On the morning of the 27th, the Nanjing police posted on Weibo:
and then encountered doubts from the treasure fans:
"Safe Nanjing" saw this and had to comment on the original Weibo to confirm its identity.
. Regardless of whether these treasure fans are entrusted or are just unwilling to admit that they were cheated, or they don’t know what they have experienced at all, Qianbao.com is suspected of illegal fundraising criminal activities, and the official has given a preliminary judgment.
However, people who understand their situation are not satisfied. They hope that Zhang Xiaolei can pay a more painful price for this, otherwise they will be unable to relieve their hatred. But, what crime will Zhang Xiaolei be convicted? We will ask professionals to analyze it.
Shanxi lawyer: Cheng Jingting Comment
Zhang Xiaolei and others used Qianbao.com as a platform to absorb funds from the public without specific public on the grounds of completing advertising tasks and obtaining high returns. If the amount involved is huge, then according to the Criminal Law of my country, there are two aspects: serious situations may constitute the crime of fundraising fraud. If it is not serious, it is suspected of illegally absorbing public deposits.
However, although Zhang Xiaolei promised to obtain high returns through advertising watching tasks, which significantly exceeded the payment operation capabilities of ordinary companies, in order to be determined, the investigative agency must collect Zhang Xiaolei subjectively for illegal possession of money from unspecified objects.
According to the current police investigation results, Qianbao.com has been operating since 2012. In addition to the rumors of redemption crisis in 2014-2015, many investors have indeed made a lot of profits from it and have not suffered any damage. As well as the current operating status and whereabouts of funds, it has not been determined, so it is more difficult to determine that it constitutes the crime of fundraising fraud.
, and considering the operation of Qianbao.com, the author believes that its method of attracting money is definitely not in line with the normal fundraising model, which is full of loopholes, and it is easy for the reconnaissance agency to find evidence. If the unit crime is excluded, based on a large number of judicial practices, the author believes that it is very likely that Zhang Xiaolei and others constitute the crime of illegally absorbing public deposits. As for sentencing, it will definitely be linked to the repayment situation of Zhang Xiaolei and others.
