The big pension fraud gang involved in the 200 million yuan case: 600 "experience stores" were opened across the country, and the main criminal once took the lead in raising 30 million yuan to buy a h

The big pension fraud gang involved in the 200 million yuan case: 600 "experience stores" were opened across the country, and the main criminal once took the lead in raising 30 million yuan to buy a hotel

More than 600 "experience stores" have been opened across the country, offering free gifts and free health classes. All activities ultimately boil down to selling health care products, and the price is only four to five hundred yuan. Recently, the Zigong City Public Security Bureau in Sichuan Province The Gongjing Branch of the Bureau cracked a major pension fraud case under the supervision of the Ministry of Public Security, arrested 39 suspects in the main case, seized tens of thousands of health products and health equipment involved, and eliminated a large-scale pension fraud case based in Henan that spread to 18 provinces across the country. A pension fraud gang involving nearly 200 million yuan!

↑Investigation scene

Red Star News reporters learned that from October 2021 to July 2022, the pension fraud gang has successively opened "free trials" in 18 provinces across the country. There are more than 600 stores. By providing free travel, emotional companionship, consumer rebates, health lectures, inducement talks, etc., they trick the elderly into buying health products such as "Bear Bile Powder" and "Rhodiola Rosea" with fictitious effects and inflated prices. Make huge profits from it.

According to reports, this case is also the health care product-type pension fraud case that has the widest coverage, the largest number of victims, the highest level of personnel involved, and the largest amount of money involved since the Sichuan Zigong police investigated the pension fraud case.

Bringing out a major case:

Two departments jointly raided the health care product warehouse

Bringing out the pension fraud gang

An accidental raid The inspection revealed the "evil veil" of this pension fraud gang that radiates across the country.

On April 7, 2022, the Market Supervision Bureau of Gongjing District, Zigong City, Sichuan Province received a report from the masses saying that a large number of health care products and health equipment were stored in a factory warehouse in Dongqiao Community in the jurisdiction. The origin and purpose are questionable. Immediately, the Gongjing District Market Supervision Bureau and the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Gongjing Public Security Bureau launched a surprise inspection of the reported warehouse.

“We were all surprised when we opened the warehouse.” The policeman handling the case recalled that in the warehouse with an area of ??about 200 square meters, various health products and health equipment were densely stacked. After an on-site inventory, there were 55 categories of health products and health equipment such as bear bile powder and rhodiola rosea, totaling more than 5,000 pieces. Two suspects, Zhai and Yang, were intercepted at the scene.

Are the sources of these health products and health equipment compliant, and are their uses legal? It has become a question pursued by market supervision, public security agencies and other departments.

↑Health products investigated in a warehouse in Gongjing

Gongjing police investigation found that Zhai and Yang were both about 40 years old, and they were from Zigong, Henan Youwo Technology Group Co., Ltd. He is the market person in charge and warehouse manager of the city area, and his online manager Li Moumou is the area manager. Since October 2021, the Zigong District personnel of "Youwo Health" headed by Li Moumou have purchased "Bear Bile Powder" and other health products from Liaoning Guoxiong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. for storage, and then stored them in Zigong, Leshan and Meishan, Sichuan , Ya'an and other places use so-called "experience stores" to bundle and sell products to the elderly at prices much higher than the market price, thereby profiting from them.

After comprehensive analysis and judgment, the police believe that the behavior of Li Moumou and others has been involved in the crime of health care products and pension fraud. On July 8, 2022, the Gongjing District Branch of the Zigong Municipal Public Security Bureau opened a case for investigation on the grounds that "Li Moumou and others are suspected of fraud." As the investigation deepened, the police discovered that the case became more and more serious. After being reported step by step, the case was supervised by the Sichuan Provincial Public Security Department, and the Gongjing Public Security Bureau took the lead. A task force composed of provincial, municipal, and district criminal investigation departments was established to carry out the investigation. The project code was "4.7" Health Products for Elderly Care Fraud.

Old tricks:

Get free gifts and attend lectures to induce the elderly

False propaganda to sell "health products" at high prices

Introduction from the police handling the case , the fraud methods of Li Moumou's gang are the usual old routines. By handing out flyers and verbal invitations, gang members used gimmicks such as free gifts and free health classes to attract the elderly to designated stores to participate in promotional meetings; and then used rhetoric, promotional videos, etc. to fabricate and exaggerate "bear bile powder", etc. Health care products have medicinal effects and can cure diseases, which induces the elderly to buy them.

"Generally, they will claim that the market price of bear bile powder is three to four thousand yuan per box, and the active price is only five to six hundred per box; but it needs to be purchased according to the course of treatment, three boxes per course of treatment. "The police revealed that the "bear bile powder" and other health-care strains sold by Li Moumou and others were a primary wild animal product produced by Liaoning Guoxiong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., and had no medicinal function; the market price of similar bear bile powder products It’s only a few dozen yuan/box.

Take the experience store set up by Li Moumou in Zigong as an example. As of the time of the incident, "Youwo Health" had 14 stores in Zigong, and each store attracted an average of 90 elderly people to attend classes every day. . The police have currently verified that from October 2021 to April 7, 2022, 14 stores in Zigong sold a total of more than 2 million yuan in various health products and health equipment such as "bear bile powder".

The police handling the case introduced that Li Moumou is in his 40s, a native of Anhui, and has been engaged in the health care product sales industry. In 2018, Li Moumou joined "Youwo Health" and became the owner of a store. Later, he became Zhou Moumou's assistant and managed all stores in Sichuan until the incident.

Extremely large gang:

More than 600 "free trial" stores have been opened across the country

The amount involved is nearly 200 million yuan

The police handling the case are at After in-depth investigation, it was confirmed that the illegal and criminal activities of Li Moumou and others were not only in a single province, but also hidden behind them was a criminal gang that carried out health care product and pension fraud with "Youwo Health" as its core.

This group, headed by Qiao, Zhou, Huang, Li, etc., has long been developing a "regional manager-downline dealer-experience store" model in many provinces and cities across the country, by providing Free travel and sightseeing, emotional companionship, inducing words, offline and online teaching by fake experts, and prescriptions of traditional Chinese medicine are used to trick the elderly into buying fictitious effects and false prices through free gifts, consumer rebates, conference marketing, and health lectures. High-end health care products, seeking huge profits.

The police handling the case introduced that the case involved a wide geographical range, many people were involved, and the amount involved was huge. It caused heavy losses and impact on the elderly group, and it is a type of health care pension fraud crime that is currently being targeted. In order to promote the in-depth investigation of the case and ensure that the case is thoroughly investigated, after reporting to the superiors, in August this year, the case was listed as a case listed for supervision by the Ministry of Public Security, and on August 17 of the same year, a nationwide cluster attack was launched to unify the network. .

The police further found out that the "Youwo Health" pension fraud gang has opened and operated more than 600 "free trial" stores in 18 provinces including Henan, Sichuan, and Chongqing, and the core suspects downstream* There are more than 400 criminals involved, and the amount involved is nearly 200 million yuan. Among them, there are more than 90 stores in Sichuan, more than 10,000 victims were involved, and the amount involved was more than 10 million yuan.

So far, the "Youwo Health" pension fraud gang has been uprooted. At present, the main criminal suspects Qiao, Zhou, Huang, Li and others in this case have been arrested by the procuratorate and are all detained in the detention center; more than 400 clues have been collected nationwide and all have been handed over to the local police Carry out crackdowns and investigations; the joint task force is carrying out follow-up investigations in an orderly manner.

The mastermind behind the scenes:

Recruited dozens of "disciples"

Once took the lead in raising 30 million yuan to buy a hotel, which closed within a month

< p>Red Star News reporters learned that this case is a health care product-type pension fraud case that has the widest radiation range, the largest number of victims, the highest level of personnel involved, and the largest amount of money involved since the Zigong police investigated the pension fraud case.

The police handling the case said frankly that in order to handle the case well, before sorting out clues and interrogating the suspects, the police specifically consulted a lot of relevant information on elderly care products, sales skills, insights into the psychology of the elderly, etc. The motive, modus operandi and response thinking of such criminals in trying to avoid attack are prepared for precise interrogation.

↑The investigation site at a warehouse in Gongjing

This crackdown and investigation not only stopped at the store and store manager level, but also went deep into the core level of the pension fraud industry. As the main suspects, Qiao, Zhou, Huang and others are the leaders of the "Youwo Health" pension fraud gang. They jointly planned and executed the management model, marketing methods, personnel of the entire criminal gang. Arrangements and distribution of benefits, etc.

Zhou Moumou, about 40 years old, is from Leshan, Sichuan. He once worked as a middle school teacher and was mainly involved in the formulation of national market development, management and profit distribution. According to clues obtained by the police, Zhou Moumou has dozens of "apprentices" in the industry. He once took the lead in raising more than 30 million yuan to buy a hotel somewhere in Sichuan, but it closed within a month due to poor management.

Qiao, in his 40s, is from Henan. He once worked as a chef and has been in the elderly care and health care products industry for more than 10 years. In the "Youwo Health" pension fraud gang, Qiao is at the head, with an annual salary of millions, and is mainly responsible for national market development and management, formulating profit distribution methods, etc.

Huang, in his 30s, is from Sichuan. It is said that this person is the best at training and is proficient in all the upstream, midstream and downstream aspects of pension fraud, from organizational structure to marketing routines, to practical rhetoric and the psychology of the elderly. Huang only trains people in the industry, and the cost of teaching one course is as high as 3 million yuan, so he is known as the "Huang God of Wealth" in the industry.

At present, the above-mentioned main criminal suspects have truthfully confessed their criminal facts to the police, and have been arrested by the procuratorate in accordance with the law and detained in the detention center, awaiting trial.

↑Some suspects were brought back to Zigong

Police reminder:

This is a major typical case of pension fraud across the country

We hope to improve the prevention of elderly care Ability to deceive

The police handling the case said frankly that the first difficulty in cracking down on the case lies in the analysis and judgment of clues. The gang's stores have implemented a strict membership screening system. It usually takes three to four health classes, gift collection, etc. to target the elderly. Strangers are not allowed to enter the store. At the same time, many stores have formal and legal procedures and products as disguises, teaching at wrong times and selling at wrong times, which is difficult for market supervision, public security agencies and other departments to detect.

Secondly, the gang has a huge network level and a strong sense of anti-investigation, making it relatively difficult to fix evidence.

All false propaganda courseware, videos, and materials involved in the case will be deleted, destroyed, or hidden after class that day; offline and online meeting or training records of gang members will be cleared in a timely manner, and their daily operations and communication groups such as WeChat and DingTalk will be Chat and conference groups are temporarily formed and disbanded promptly after use, which brings great difficulties to the public security organs in investigating and collecting evidence.

Finally, closing the net is more difficult. During the investigation work, the police found that the gang is mainly based in the head office, with downstream area managers, regional managers, and store managers located all over the country. A single move can affect the whole body. It is difficult to close the network and crack down on it. Unified deployment and command are required. Achieve the goal of deep penetration.

The police handling the case said that this case is a typical case of pension fraud related to the sale of health care products and is the focus of the national pension fraud special operation. Its modus operandi is highly concealed, involves a wide area, involves many people, and involves a huge amount of money. It also has the characteristics of a strong cross-regional series of group crime cases, and its social impact is very bad.

↑At the investigation site of Zhengzhou Youwo Company

During the case handling, the police found that most of the defrauded elderly people used their pensions to buy health care products. The amount of money defrauded was as high as more than 200,000 yuan, and the elderly with a certain spending power were targeted through membership systems, points consumption incentive systems, etc., until all their pensions were emptied, seriously infringing on the personal and property safety and social stability of the elderly victims.

According to reports, this case is also a major typical case discovered since the launch of the national pension fraud special operation. The criminal group has a clear hierarchy and the modus operandi is particularly concealed. The successful detection of this case will serve as a strong deterrent to health care product fraud-type pension fraud crimes across the country. At the same time, the Zigong police also hope to further improve the elderly's ability to recognize and prevent fraud.

Photo courtesy of Zhou Xiaobo, Red Star News reporter Yuan Wei, police

Editor-in-chief Ren Zhijiang, editor He Xianfeng