Xiangzhou District People’s Court of Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province made a first instance judgment on two cases of transnational telecommunications network fraud according to law on the 7th, sentenced 45 people including Zhong Peicheng and Yang Shengbin to fixed-term imprisonment of three to 15 years, imposed a fine of 20000 yuan to 1 million yuan, and ordered them to return and compensate the losses of the victims.
The court found that since 2017, 45 people including Zhong Peicheng and Yang Shengbin have successively joined the fraud group established by “Fa Dong” and “bin Dong” in Cambodia, served as the management personnel, telephone operator and “computer hand” of the fraud group, made voice calls to Chinese residents by using telecommunications network technology, and pretended to be the staff of judicial organs, Fictitious victims need to be examined, asset preservation and other false facts because their personal bank account involves money laundering, and implement fraud activities. From January 2017 to July 2019, he cheated more than 400 victims, totaling more than 60 million yuan.
The court held that the above 45 defendants defrauded unspecified people’s property for the purpose of illegal possession. The amount of fraud was particularly huge, and their acts constituted the crime of fraud. According to the role and circumstances of the defendants in the joint crime and their attitude of pleading guilty and admitting punishment, a judgment shall be made according to law.
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(source: Xinhuanetco.Ltd(603888) )
