Our ancestors have long told us that drinking, sex, wealth, greed, hatred and delusion will infinitely amplify greed and eventually lead people astray. Life itself is the process of generating and realizing desires without limit. Some people learn to be polite and restrain themse

Our ancestors have long told us that drinking, sex, wealth, greed, hatred and delusion will infinitely amplify greed and eventually lead people astray. Life itself is the process of generating and realizing desires without limit. Some people learn to be polite and restrain themselves, while others become slaves of desire, become too greedy, and ruin their future hastily.

The Tao Te Ching says: " There is no fault greater than desire; no disaster is greater than dissatisfaction. Therefore, contentment is always enough. " Many man-made disasters arise from greed and insufficiency. If you follow the drive of desire and plunder things that do not belong to you, you will be swallowed up by greed.

The protagonist of today’s story is a typical greedy person who is addicted to women. For his own special hobby, he took advantage of his position to defraud 17 million, and even extended his desire to relatives and friends, and ended up in jail.

From a bank elite to a fraud criminal, is it just for prostitution?

An ordinary financial fraud case ended up leveraging the underground industry chain of "stars"?

Let us walk into the story of this peculiar prostitute....

Defrauded Relatives and Friends of RMB 17 Million Just for Prostitution

In February 2015, a woman hurried to the Taizhou City Public Security Bureau to report the crime. She introduced that she was doing business in Shanghai, and was defrauded of RMB 17 million in cash by her aunt and niece, Qiu, under the pretext of financial management. As of the time of reporting the crime, Qiu had been "disconnected" with the money for a long time. The woman asked her relatives and friends, but still could not find any trace of Qiu, so she had no choice but to call the police.

Because the case involved a huge amount, Taizhou Public Security took it very seriously and immediately launched an investigation. On March 6 of the same year, Qiu fled back to his hometown in Taizhou, where he was arrested and brought to justice by the police stationed there. Qiu confessed to the fraud. Unexpectedly, with Qiu's confession, the police had clues to another major sex trafficking case.

Here, I have to mention the protagonist of the story-Qiu. Born in 1986, married and with a stable job, he is a probationary employee of a commercial bank in Taizhou City.

Since joining the company, Qiu not only has outstanding work ability, but is also diligent in his job, which is highly appreciated by his leaders. In the eyes of outsiders, Qiu can be said to have a bright future, and has long since solved the problem of being single. He is happily married with a beautiful wife. However, Qiu has an ulterior "special hobby", that is, he likes beauty. He often uses his free time on business trips to conduct sex transactions in hotels. Therefore, although he makes a lot of money, his wallet is often empty.

If you make one wrong move, you will lose everything. Qiu is a typical case of this sentence. Because of work needs, Qiu often goes to Shanghai on business trips. That night, while Qiu was lying in the hotel, he was so bored that he checked his cell phone.

When he was browsing the web, an advertisement window suddenly popped up: a beautiful woman with cool clothes and a hot figure posed seductively on the screen. Her beautiful face and her attitude of refusing to welcome directly aroused Qiu's curiosity.

Although he knew this was "bad advertising", Qiu was reluctant to turn it off! There is no other reason. The beauty on the screen is the actress Li that Qiu has been dreaming about. Lonely at midnight, Qiu couldn't help but clicked on the chat box of the small advertisement and asked Chen to accompany him. The other party also said very readily: "Ten thousand yuan can be delivered quickly."

Ten thousand yuan is not a small amount for ordinary salarymen, but Qiu has long been dazzled by desire. He thought: "Li is a beautiful actress. If she can really find her, 10,000 yuan is worth it!" Thinking of this, Qiu immediately placed the order and left the room number, and happily waited for Li to visit.

Not long after, there was a knock on the door. Qiu opened the door and took a look, and it turned out to be "Li". Lee appears frequently on TV screens thanks to his role in a popular TV series. Her charming face was deeply imprinted in Qiu's heart.

But when Qiu took a closer look, the girl in front of him felt slightly different from Li on the screen. Qiu comforted himself that maybe he had never seen him, opened the door excitedly, and quickly invited "Li" into the house.

The door to this "new world" was opened and never closed again. After one night, Qiu, who had tasted the sweetness, was out of control. Every time he came to Shanghai for a business trip, he would make a reservation with Li in advance. After going back and forth with Qiu several times, Li introduced his good sister Xu.

The two told Qiu: They are second- and third-tier stars in the entertainment industry, and they often appear in small roles in TV series and movies. Xu's outstanding appearance made Qiu covet, and he quickly paid Li a meeting fee of tens of thousands of yuan, and successfully started a relationship with Xu.

After seeing this, I believe you have already understood that they are not what kind of female stars they are, they are just what people call "peripheral girls"! The actor's identity is fake, but making money by relying on his reputation as an actor is real. Qiu, who was stunned by the beauty, believed in their words and was extremely happy. Obviously, Qiu had long forgotten that his wife at home was pregnant and was quietly waiting for him to come back from his business trip.

It may be that Qiu disguised himself too perfectly. Before he was arrested, his wife knew nothing about his special hobby...

However, with Qiu’s financial resources and income, this kind of "luxury hobby" that can easily cost tens of thousands cannot be sustained for long.

Sure enough, it didn’t take long for funds to run out. In desperation, he began to borrow money from loan sharks and online loans crazily, and continued to invest the huge sums of money in his extravagant squandering.

No one would have thought that Qiu, who seemed steady and steady at work, was well-known in the outer circle. Not only did he spend a lot of money, but he also frequently visited high-end hotels. He was also generous and responsive to girls, and responded to their requests.

In order to support the scene, Qiu bought 9 high-end cars one after another, spending a total of about 4.5 million. Luxury cars such as BMW 7 Series , Porsche , Cayenne , etc. were driven out in turn. However, in the end, 7 of them were sold due to the debt crisis.

In order to satisfy his special hobby, Qiu spends money without batting an eye: He can spend 230,000 yuan to find Shen in Nanjing today, and take a plane to Shenzhen the next day to continue looking for a new girl. This story sounds extremely ridiculous, but it actually happened to Qiu.

Once, when Qiu was transferring money, he accidentally converted the 20,000 prostitution money into 230,000. In order to save face, he refused to recover the money. Because he spends generously, people in the outer circle are happy to play with him.

In 2013, Wang Sicong participated in the "Haitian Feast", making the profession of "peripheral girl" a hot word on the Internet. Qiu once used this to boast that Mo, who had participated in the "Haitian Feast", would fly to his city in order to receive him. Sure enough, as the saying goes, money can make the world go round.

Looking back at Qiu, in his mind, spending a small amount of money to associate with these "high-level" beauties is something worth bragging about, and it also brings him a sense of psychological pride.

From September 2011 to November 2013, Qiu squandered as much as 20 million yuan in funds. He was deeply in debt and was unable to repay the debt. Qiu was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.

On this day, he was scrolling through his mobile phone. Suddenly, a WeChat message from his aunt made him think of fraud. Since Qiu is a bank employee, his aunt Yu often consults him about financial management information and has great trust in Qiu. The two also often communicate through WeChat and are considered relatively close relatives.

Desperate, Qiu planned to "play dirty tricks" on his aunt. He contacted Yu and, as a bank employee, fabricated information such as the serial number of the financial product, investment rate of return and other information.

Not only that, he also told Yu that the target of this product is the local government's infrastructure project. The risk coefficient is very small and the return profit is considerable.

In order to make Yu trust him, Qiu also played the emotional card: he and Yu are related, and this project is only open to VIP customers. After finally getting a quota, of course he would recommend it to his aunt first.

He even suggested that Yu could use the bank's pledge contract to issue an acceptance bill. This would not only not affect the company's capital turnover, but also bring additional income.

Yu was very moved by what Qiu said. The two of them were relatives and were very diligent in their interactions. Qiu had always been respectful and caring to him and would definitely not cheat him.

Although Yu had doubts about the investment method, he readily handed over the funds to Qiu for management. Who would have thought that as soon as he received the large transfer of 17 million, Qiu immediately disappeared without a trace. For nearly a year, Yu tried to find Qiu several times, but to no avail, and finally had to go to the police station to report the case.

Sure enough, after the police used advanced criminal investigation methods, Qiu was quickly arrested. According to his confession, he obtained 17 million through fraud, and 3 million of them had already been spent by him as prostitution funds. What

didn't expect was that after this kid took the money, in order to make up for the lie as soon as possible, recover the funds and earn profits, he decided to give it a try. Therefore, Qiu invested all the remaining money in the futures market .

Unexpectedly, the futures market was very turbulent during that period, and Qiu had an inaccurate grasp of the rules of the international futures market, which led to the failure of futures investment. So far, only a small amount of the money is still in his account.

3 million for prostitution, the policemen were shocked when they heard it. It turned out that after Qiu received the money, he frequently traveled in and out of Shanghai, staying in five-star hotels every time. He also traveled in luxury cars. With a wave of his hand, he could attract a bunch of peripheral girls.

According to Qiu's own recollection, in the past ten months, the number of contacts he had was as high as more than 160. At the most exaggerated time, he could call 5-6 people a day. However, as the case progressed layer by layer, the police began to wake up: "This case is by no means as simple as a huge fraud and sex trafficking."

Uncovering a large-scale "star underground industry"

In Qiu In his confession, the women he came into contact with were all so-called second- and third-tier entertainers, with names like actors, singers, and hosts in the entertainment industry. However, actual investigation revealed that these people all belong to a very large online group: they use the aura of "star status" to package themselves, but they are actually what is called "peripheral women."

Moreover, as the police investigation deepened, everyone discovered that the outer circle had long been hatched into a mature pornography industry chain.

These so-called "actors, models and Internet celebrities" are all packaged by the team. The steps of the fraud are also very clear: first rent an office building and name it "XXX Cultural Communication Co., Ltd.", then decorate an interview room, hire a few staff, and the company is set up. The women on the periphery are responsible for serving as senior leaders of the company. After following the process of

, the peripheral people all have famous names. If you look through their resumes, they are all marketing directors, CEOs, and project leaders of a certain company...

What's even more exaggerated is that they will even "gild" these peripheral women in all aspects. They will first take a few portrait photos, pay someone to forge search terms, and fabricate that they have appeared in some popular film and television works, ranked in the Miss Asia beauty pageant, and have been nominated for some heavyweight awards, etc.

Peripheral girls have achieved a single income of more than 8,000 yuan through "gold plating". They can receive 4-5 orders a day, with each order not less than 5,000 yuan. The characteristics of these people are also very distinct. Most of them live in first-tier cities, have exquisite and colorful makeup, and maintain their appearance through medical beauty . Their lives seem to be very exquisite, but they have no serious jobs and often fly around the country.

Qiu told the police: These women have "clearly marked prices", ranging from several thousand to tens of thousands, and the most expensive ones are even as high as hundreds of thousands. And the outer circle has its own unspoken rules - "the price per night cannot be less than 5,000." This is a "rule" that everyone must abide by.

At the same time, the outer circle claims to be involved in high-end gaming, and is located in countless cities across the country. Most of its services are entrepreneurs and other high-end people, which is jaw-dropping.

Women who have been in the outer circle for a long time will form a WeChat group if they have the resources, and introduce girls step by step. The group has thousands of members, and they have been engaged in criminal activities for a long time.

"Among them, Li Moumou has three mobile phones, and there are dozens of groups in one mobile phone. Each group can have up to 500 people. There are overlaps between groups and everyone shares resources." The policeman handling the case said, "Everyone only invites people they know or trust into the group. After new people join the group, as long as the customer likes and agrees, it is OK."

There are so many "ways" in the sex trade. In the Internet age, various means are increasing day by day.

As the police peeled off the cocoon, the surrounding secrets gradually surfaced... Among them, Xiao Ya (pseudonym) and Liu Jing (pseudonym) became the focus of the police.

They all have similar characteristics: they are young and beautiful, graduated from prestigious schools, but for different reasons, they "enter the sea" and join the outer circle to fight.

A girl from a prestigious school enters the trap for money Greed kills people

Xiao Ya said very frankly when being interrogated by the police: "The conditions of our family are not bad, but compared with the classmates who drive sports cars to school, I feel uncomfortable. I want to be like them."

She came into contact with this circle by chance at the beginning, and she was unwilling to see others making a lot of money. She was not only young and beautiful, but also highly educated. She was worse than them in every aspect. Why did they earn more? This unbalanced mentality is prevalent in this circle.

When she first accompanied a guest, Xiao Ya was very timid and only wanted to eat and accompany her around for entertainment. But at the end of the day, the guest generously gave her 10,000 yuan.

With the transfer of 10,000 yuan, Xiao Ya began to feel dizzy. It was too easy to make money in this business. Then , she made up her mind and began to accept attempts to change. She also learned how to figure out the customers' mentality and earn more "tips".

was later packaged by a professional team, and she transformed into a movie actress and a professional host. The company not only hired a team to help her shoot promotional videos, but also hired navy writers to "prepare" fake news for her on the Internet.

In order to match her fake identity, Xiao Ya learned business etiquette, equestrian, wine tasting, golf and other socialite skills at her own expense. She also used plastic surgery to make herself look like a certain celebrity. When Qiu met Xiao Ya for the first time, he couldn't even tell who was the original image and who was the imitation.

These efforts have made Xiao Ya's worth rise, and her expenses have also increased from 10,000 to 30,000 to 50,000. In the most outrageous case, Xiao Ya even charged 150,000 yuan.

Soon, Xiao Ya’s “original intention” of joining the industry was realized. A benefactor gave her a BMW Z4 sports car generously. In less than a year, Xiao Ya drove a sports car and was dressed in luxury goods. The home is filled with expensive clothes, shoes, and bags.

She also used the "flesh money" she earned to start her own business and became the first generation of micro-business. The selling point of her business is "selling facial masks in a sports car." After all the hard work, Xiao Ya is now a successful woman.

She was even invited by her alma mater to give a speech to her junior students on how to successfully learn from . When the police caught her, she still had more than 5 million in deposits in her account.

When the police arrested Liu Jing, they were also shocked by her luxurious life: the house was filled with luxury gift boxes piled high, furniture worth hundreds of thousands, and the dressing room was scattered with cosmetics and skin care products from top international brands.

At a young age, she drove a luxury supercar, spent money and wine every day, and went to South Korea many times to undergo plastic surgery. "In this industry, beauty is the key to making money. I have to take good care of my job." Liu Jing explained her frequent plastic surgery.

is a successful young beauty to the outside world, but to the outside world she spends time in strangers’ beds. Does it really matter to Xiao Ya and Liu Jing? The answer to is no.

Although they live a glamorous life on the surface, this twisted life makes them live like zombies. Because they are afraid that others will know that they are engaged in illegal activities, they have drifted away from their friends and family over the years. They live in fear every day and can only numb themselves through non-stop shopping.

Liu Jing is a girl from a rural background. She comes from a poor family and worked hard to come to Shanghai to study. In order to get the life she wanted, she chose to embark on a dirty road of making money.

However, Xiao Ya is just the opposite. She comes from a superior family and is a star in the minority. After going to college, she has a bright future and is envious of her classmates with better family backgrounds. Due to the loss of competition and greed, she accidentally joins the outer circle. Qiu, on the other hand, failed to resist the temptation of beauty and was addicted to the "false preferential treatment" bought with money, and finally embarked on the road of making money through fraud.

Liu Jing, Xiao Ya, and Qiu have completely different life experiences, but they are merely connected together by the peripheral underground industrial chain, and they jointly swallow the bitter pill of fate. What is that thing that keeps pushing them into the abyss? It's deformed vanity and ever-expanding greed.

We ridicule the peripheral sales methods and skillfully use network tools to create an intricate and huge network. However, the essence of their existence is that they can "read people's hearts." technology is just a means, but greed and desire have been buried deeply in people's hearts since ancient times. Once they are not controlled, they will slide into a terrible bottomless pit...