On August 17, AI Finance and Economics discovered from the China Judgment Document Network that at the beginning of this year, the Intermediate People's Court of Xiaogan City, Hubei Province issued a final judgment on the fraud gang.

text|AI Finance and Economics Intern Li Pengcheng

editor|Jiaxin

The mysterious routines of "Mysterious Doctor Liu Hongbin" are gradually revealed.

August 17, AI Finance and Economics discovered from China Judgment Documents Network that at the beginning of this year, the Intermediate People's Court of Xiaogan City, Hubei Province issued a final judgment on the fraud gang. They published a series of false advertisements with the main content of selling health products and equipment, and have been published on multiple provincial satellite TV stations.

The above false advertisements claim that their products can treat chronic diseases such as rheumatism. Some viewers with related diseases, after asking according to the contact information on the advertisement, scammers who pretend to be medical staff or experts will sell their products at a price far higher than the cost.

In 5 months, criminals defrauded 47 patients in many provinces and cities, making a profit of 667,800 yuan.

The first step is to establish a company

0 The main unit of the criminal gang commits fraud is Guangzhou Eli Li Rui Trading Co., Ltd.

This is a company with only 4 office rooms. It is located on the "Famous High Center" of Yingbin Avenue, Huadu District, Guangzhou. From March 2015 to July 2015, this company with a total investment of 2.5 million yuan completed its five-month life journey.

The only shareholders of the company are Chen Shaoming and Yuan Xuehai. In January 2015, Chen Shaoming saw someone doing TV shopping and made money. He discussed with Yuan Xuehai and wanted to start a company together, and confessed his "business plan" to Yuan Xuehai. Yuan Xuehai agreed to join and invest.

After the establishment of the company, Yuan Xuehai had hardly been to the company. His main job was to transfer money. Chen Shaoming is responsible for the overall work of the company. He invited his good friend to the company as general manager. He met Deng Qiuxia through this friend and asked Deng Qiuxia to serve as business manager. Chen Shaoming also arranged for classmates to serve as legal representatives of the company and his fellow classmates to be responsible for the company's logistics support, computer repair and other work. Chen Shaoming's cousin is responsible for the company's logistics matters. He also asked an acquaintance of his ex-wife to be responsible for the company's monthly financial statements.

It can be said that the entire company is built with Chen Shaoming as the core and acquaintance network.

The basic salary of employees here is determined by Chen Shaoming, and each person’s commission is determined by the monthly advertising volume. Neither Chen Shaoming nor the operator understands medical knowledge. They sell products to treat patients, but they have not filed with the health department.

's products (health care products and medical devices, etc.) are all supplied by suppliers named "Sun", including cold therapy patches, beading devices, hot compress bags, and Weigukang. The purchase price of cold therapy stickers is about 50 yuan per box, the purchase price of beading device is 28 yuan per bottle, and the purchase price of hot compress bags is more than 190 yuan per box. Chen Shaoming instructed the employees: 2,980 yuan per 10 boxes for the patients who call.

The company gives employees a guide price. If the purchase price for every 10 boxes of bead movers is 280 yuan, the operator will sell it to about 1,000-3,000 yuan. Telephone operators can offer a price they can accept based on their judgment during contact with consultants, so that there will be a big difference in prices.

Spend 3 million on advertising on satellite TV

After the establishment of the company, the purchase of hardware facilities and the promotion of products have become an important task for Chen Shaoming and others.

On March 16, 2015, Chen Shaoming contacted Huo, Beijing Jingcheng Advertising Media Co., Ltd. through QQ nicknamed "Convenience" and provided him with relevant materials through QQ email. The company paid Huo a total of about 2 million yuan in advertising fees.

Subsequently, the materials provided by Chen Shaoming were transferred to Heilongjiang Satellite TV for review and approval. Heilongjiang Satellite TV Station played on May 10, 2015, a total of 3 days of play, and 28 days of play on May 14, 2015.

Chen Shaoming used the same method to play advertisements such as "Tai Chi Gate Cold Therapy Post", "Yu Tai Doctor", "Wei Gukang" on Hebei TV and Tianjin TV . According to him, the total amount of advertising costs was about 3 million yuan.

In February and March 2015, the network maintenance personnel of Guangzhou Elitao Trading Co., Ltd., under the instructions of Chen Shaoming, used other people's identity information to go to China Unicom Guangzhou Metropolitan Area Network Company to find someone to handle phone calls that can display 010 in Guangzhou. The landline number starting with

010 is provided by Beijing Aotian Feihong Technology Company, with a total of 100.Guangzhou Elitao Trading Co., Ltd. can choose one of its phone numbers at any time. In the end, the company only used two phone numbers. Using the 010 number, you need to pay 40,000 to 50,000 yuan per month. It cost about 400,000 yuan to install the telephone equipment.

recruits employees and trains how to impersonate experts

fraud execution personnel, and is a front-line operator.

More than internal employees of the company said that they saw the company recruitment information through the 58.com website.

In early March 2015, Liu Dun saw the recruitment information on 58.com and signed up for a telecom operator. At that time, a man who called himself "Manager Deng" told Liu Dun that their company had food and accommodation, and his daily job was to answer calls. A basic salary of 3,000 yuan per month, plus a 4% business commission.

The next day, Liu Dun came to the company according to the address she mentioned and then conducted an interview. It was Deng Qiuxia who interviewed her. After passing the interview, Liu Dun conducted training on the sixth floor of the "Famous High Center", and Deng Qiuxia was the training teacher. The main content of the training is how the teaching staff answer the phone, how to promote drugs for rheumatism, and some common sense of pathology in rheumatism and bone diseases. The most critical training content of

is to teach them how to impersonate directors, experts and deans of the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine Orthopedics and the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine Science to fraudulent patients. After the

training, Liu Dun generated an average of more than 10,000 yuan in revenue to the company every month, and the commission he received was more than 400 yuan.

is different from the Mandarin operator represented by Liu Dun. The team leader Zhang Guanghua is an old employee of Deng Qiuxia. He followed Deng before the establishment of Guangzhou Elitao Trading Co., Ltd.

Zhang Guanghua's basic salary is 5,000 yuan, the commission is 1%, and the general commission is more than 1,800 yuan. Zhang Guanghua remembers that the company generated about 120,000 in May, about 230,000 in June, and only half a month in July.

committed fraud, exaggerating the condition made the other party afraid

After everything was ready, in March 2015, with the broadcast of rheumatism treatment advertisements invested by Chen Shaoming on various satellite TV stations, scams kicked off.

TV advertisements falsely advertise the products "Tai Chimen Cold Treatment Post", "Yu Tai Doctor", "Wei Gukang" and "hot compress bags" for equipment and traditional Chinese medicine products, exaggerating the treatment function and medicine to cure the disease, and reserved telephone numbers starting from 400 for the audience to contact. There are more than 40 employees in

5 groups, waiting in Room 3A01 and Room 3A02 of the office building of Guangzhou "Minggao Center". Some viewers call the reserved phone number, and the operator will say to them: "Please wait, and the director (expert or dean) will consult you." The company's business manager then assigns the numbers of these caller IDs to the team leaders of each group, and then assigns them to the specific operators.

After the operator used the company phone to call the consultant, he pretended to be a staff member of the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing Institute of Orthopedics, Beijing Orthopedic Treatment Center, etc. They claim to be directors, experts or deans and promote and portray their identities.

After gaining the trust of the consultant, the operator consulted the consultant by establishing a case file. They registered the basic situation, address, and contact information of these people one by one, and helped them analyze their condition and treatment methods. After

, the operator exaggerated their rheumatism condition, causing them to feel fear. Subsequently, the operator will introduce drugs for treating rheumatism, such as "Tai Chimen Cold Treatment Tips", "Yu Tai Doctor", "Wei Gukang", and "Hot Compression Pack", and exaggerate the efficacy and function of the product for rheumatism.

Some patients do not have the financial ability to pay for the drug. The operator gave an example: the patient died of having no money to treat the disease or not in time. Some operators also told these patients that if the company's drugs are not followed up after treatment, it will lead to lesion activation and increased blood pressure. Ultimately, these patients can only buy the company's medicines and devices.

crime process, delivery and payment collection are linked

After someone was deceived, Guangzhou Elitao Trading Co., Ltd. sent their names, addresses, drug names, quantity and contact numbers to Beijing Car Fan Lianxun E-commerce Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Car Fan Company") through QQ email.The company has signed an agreement with Beijing Kailian Information Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Kailian Company"), which includes information such as express parcel packaging and order making.

Car fan company packages the "Tai Chi Gate Cold Therapy Post", "Yu Tai Doctor", "Wei Gukang", and "Hot Compression Pack", and then ships it to the Beijing SF Express Express Dazhongsi Branch, which is delivered by the courier. At the same time, the car fan company transmits information about the sent fraudsters to Kailian Company. Before this, Beijing SF Express signed a monthly settlement agreement with Kailian Company.

When the deceived person receives the express, he handes the cash to the courier. Subsequently, the money was transferred to the monthly settlement account by Beijing SF Express according to the agreement. After Kailian Company confirms that the victim has paid, it will remit money to the account provided by Yuan Xuehai according to the agreement. After receiving it, Yuan Xuehai used online banking to transfer the stolen money to three accounts, including Chen Shaoming's account.

From the end of 2015 to the beginning of 2016, four criminal suspects with Chen Shaoming as the core were arrested one after another.

On November 4, 2016, the People's Court of Xiaochang County, Hubei Province pronounced a verdict: Chen Shaoming and others were all guilty of fraud and were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from two years, four months to twelve years and six months, and were given economic penalties of varying amounts.

On January 12, 2017, the Xiaogan Intermediate People's Court finalized the ruling and upheld the original verdict.

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