About the case of virtual currency "azalea" Illegal fund-raising "swallowing golden flowers"!

Blockchain, virtual currency, mining machine ...

Charming "concept"

Attract investors to invest years of hard-earned money.

But I watched it go up in smoke.

In May, 20021,the Qingpu District People's Procuratorate of Shanghai held a formal trial against eight defendants, including Zhou Xing, on suspicion of fund-raising fraud and illegal absorption of public deposits.

The travel service company has set up a "blockchain" investment scam.

In 2005, Zhou Xing founded a cuckoo aviation service company in Shanghai, which is engaged in air tickets, high-speed rail tickets and hotel reservations. In order to expand the industrial chain, he found his sister Zhou Lan as the deputy general manager of the company.

In 20 14, when the internet industry was booming, Zhou Xing found someone to develop a "one-click boarding" APP, which was very convenient for customers to book tickets on the software. At the beginning of 20 18, he saw that the concept of "blockchain" was hot, so he found Liguo Liu, a software developer, developed the "Cuckoo Travel Chain" APP, organized a large-scale presentation, and recruited "investors" to participate. He described the "cuckoo travel chain" as "a software comparable to Alipay and WeChat".

Due to the lack of professional knowledge, "investors" listened to Zhou Xing boasting that the daily income of saving value in the software reached 5‰, which was much higher than the bank deposit, so they downloaded and recharged it one after another. From June 20 18 to June 20 12, Zhou Xing and others illegally absorbed public deposits of1500,000 yuan through the "cuckoo travel chain".

The capital chain is broken, and the new pedometer can actually "mine"

The "cuckoo travel chain" is essentially a Ponzi scheme to rob Peter to pay Paul. The company's expenses are quite large, and Zhou Xing also misappropriated some funds. By the beginning of 20 19, the company's capital chain was almost broken.

At this time, Zhou Xing remembered Fei Tao, an execution object outside prison suspected of illegally absorbing public deposits. Fei Tao immediately suggested that the popularity of "virtual currency" attracted gold, and the two hit it off. Zhou Xing handed a sub-function of Du Fu's Travel Chain, Pedometer, to Liguo Liu to develop an independent software called Mining Machine, and publicized to customers that Du Fu Group will soon launch a brand-new virtual currency, Du Huafu, which will be listed on the internationally recognized VVBTC exchange. Investors only need to spend 50,000 yuan to buy a pedometer named "Mining Machine", and get "Rhododendron" by recharging and accumulating steps in exchange for "Rhododendron Coin".

The so-called "excavator" is actually just a pedometer with a cost of tens of yuan. Fei Tao then founded Du Fu Business School and gave lectures in Beijing, Jiangsu, Hubei, Yunnan and other places once a month, attracting more than a thousand "investors" each time, and the so-called "mining machines" also rose to 200,000 yuan each.

The market value of "Du Fu Coin" is also manipulated by Zhou Xing and others in a black box. In order to attract more investors, Zhou Xing speculated the price of Du Fu Coin from the issue price 1 yuan to the price near 20 yuan. A large number of middle-aged and elderly "investors" are in high spirits, selling cars, houses, swiping credit cards and borrowing money, and constantly increasing investment. When the last wave of "leeks" came into play, Zhou Xing and others began to close the net.

2065438+At the beginning of August 2009, Zhou Xing manipulated the "cuckoo coin" to dive sharply, and at the same time restricted the trading and reselling of "investors". As of August 30th, 20 19, "Du Fu Coin" has dropped to 10 cents per share.

Investors lost all their money to the procuratorate to guide conviction and sentencing.

From 20 19, Zhou Xing and others took away a lot of money and squandered it, and invested Du as the legal representative of the company. After the incident, the "Du Fu Lou" was even more deserted, and investors who had nowhere to go complained to the procuratorate.

Sheng Wang, the prosecutor in charge, received more than 65,438+0,000 petition letters in a few months. He screened out 357 interviewees and answered them by phone one by one, with more than 2 1 batch visit 100.

After a comprehensive investigation and verification, the prosecutor believes that Zhou Xing and others violated the relevant provisions of the state financial management, illegally absorbed deposits from unspecified social objects, and disrupted the financial order. At the same time, their so-called "overseas listing" and "daily appreciation" are fabricated, deliberately defrauding the victims of money, and the purpose of illegal possession is obvious. The procuratorate approved the arrest of Zhou Xing and others on suspicion of illegally absorbing public deposits and fund-raising fraud.

Because Zhou Xing and others emptied the data of all the equipment before fleeing, the public security organs could not obtain evidence for a time. Procuratorial organs and public security organs hold seminars to judge the audit caliber together with auditors. It is believed that the amount involved in this case should be based on the corporate accounts of several companies actually controlled by Zhou Xing and others, and the auditors should be instructed and coordinated to re-audit the accounts, and finally the amount involved in this case will be increased to 3 1 10,000 yuan, and the evidence will be successfully fixed.

Treat the victims differently and deal with them one by one to help them recover and recover.

From May to August, 2020, eight principal criminals were arrested, but they were still lucky and desperately denied it. Starting with Du, the legal representative of the company, the public prosecutor analyzed and judged the eight people involved one by one, focusing on explaining the law to them and urging them to plead guilty and admit punishment. Subsequently, several principal criminals confessed their crimes one after another, and prosecutor Sheng Wang fully grasped the sentencing circumstances and made accurate sentencing suggestions.

After explaining the law, Du voluntarily returned the stolen money. Prosecutors in Sheng Wang learned through arraignment that Fei Tao bought a Mercedes-Benz Maibakh car with stolen money and asked the public security organs to seize the car in time according to this clue, so as to recover the victims' losses to the maximum extent. In addition to the eight principal offenders, the prosecutor also prosecuted 24 staff members of the marketing departments of Du Fu Group all over the country. At present, five indictment letters have been issued and 1 person has been arrested.

At the trial of the case, the public prosecutor invited seven victims' representatives to appear in court, setting a precedent for the victims of fund-raising cases in Qingpu District Procuratorate. At the scene of the trial, the prosecutor presented a large number of videos, photos and other evidence in court. The trial lasted for two days until late at night, fully revealing the essence of the defendant's fund-raising fraud and illegal absorption of public deposits.

Prosecutor Sheng Wang received a banner from the victim. He said, "As a prosecutor, it is my duty and mission to safeguard fairness and justice and crack down on crime severely. "Justice for the people" is not an empty talk. In the future, I will do my best to get justice for the victims, popularize the law for the public and do practical things for the people! "

In July, 20021year, the case was selected as "Excellent Case (Case) of Shanghai Procuratorate Implementing No.3 Procuratorial Recommendation" because it was successfully handled and effectively prevented and resolved financial risks.

(The people involved in the article are all pseudonyms)

Prosecutor's statement

Behind every fund-raising fraud case, there is a real tragedy of losing money and losing money. The public, especially middle-aged and elderly people, must not be blinded by interests, and must not believe that the world will lose pie.