Edited by: Zhang Jinhe
On January 22, the topic "Many celebrities participated in movies involving film and television investment fraud cases" became a hot search topic. The case involves 4 companies and 12 movies. The Lanzhou Municipal People's Procuratorate and the Lanzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau both used Weibo to solicit clues.
He Xiaodong, deputy director of the Chengguan Branch of the Lanzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau, is one of the police officers responsible for investigating the case. On January 24, He Xiaodong said in an exclusive interview with a Red Star News reporter that the Lanzhou Public Security Bureau had spent more than two years sorting out the case and investigating the case. The case has now entered the public prosecution stage, and the purpose of issuing another notice this time is to find more victims, include as many victims as possible, and further complete the evidence. " Now we have found more than 2,100 victims. The amount of defrauded ranges from hundreds of thousands to millions. The amount involved is currently more than 700 million yuan. "
Most of the suspects were Film and television company practitioner
According to Red Star News, reporters noticed that the Lanzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau successfully detected a "5·26" major film and television investment telecommunications fraud case in 2021. He Xiaodong told Red Star News reporters that the operating methods of the people involved in the "8·17" film and television investment fraud case soliciting clues are very different from the previous "5·26" case. In the "5·26" case of 2021, the persons involved claimed that they could shoot movies to defraud the victims of their money, but in fact they were some crude short videos and other content . The "8·17" case in which clues were collected this time was involved in the case. The personnel purchased a small portion of the movie shares from regular film and television companies and then subcontracted and sold them at a higher price, which was even more confusing.
He Xiaodong introduced that the people involved in the case actually only bought a small part of the movie, maybe only 10% or less, but they would expand the publicity through the "maritime army" and tell the victims that the movie was about them. Filmed, and then used high profits to defraud the victim's trust.
He Xiaodong said that the persons involved in the case that currently knows all worked in large film companies or film and television companies in the early days, so they are very familiar with the rules of the film industry. "For example, some movies have not been finished yet, but the share of the movie has been resold long ago. It is actually impossible to predict whether the movie can withstand the test of the market in the end, but at this time, the people who resold it have already made money. The pots are full, and individuals who purchase so-called movie shares from these companies involved in the case cannot make a profit at all, and the principal will be directly lost."
Lanzhou police arrested the person involved. Photo provided by Lanzhou Public Security Bureau
85 The 85-year-old victim invested 1.1 million
under the introduction of the "stock recommendation teacher". According to upstream news, Mr. Qiao, an 85-year-old Jiangsu native, is a victim. In August 2019, through phone recommendations, Mr. Qiao added a "stock recommendation teacher" on WeChat. The "stock recommendation teacher" told Mr. Qiao that he could help him get some opportunities to invest in movies through connections. Under the introduction of the "stock recommendation teacher", Mr. Qiao met a film and television project manager. The "stock recommendation teacher" and the film and television project manager told Mr. Qiao that Beijing Eight Millimeters Culture Media Co., Ltd. is a powerful company that cooperates with first-line stars such as Aaron Kwok and Miriam Yeung. Among them, the movie "Mailuren" will become a hit, and it can earn several times the return without any risk. Afterwards, Mr. Qiao obtained the investment income rights corresponding to 0.5% share of the film by paying 1.1 million yuan. The company signed the "Film <麦路人> Joint Investment Agreement" with Mr. Qiao. The relevant investment agreement for
also shows that Party A (Beijing Eight Millimeters Culture Media Co., Ltd.) promises that if this project fails to be released, Party A can fully repurchase Party B’s investment amount corresponding to the actual investment amount delivered by Party B. share, and interest shall be paid to Party B at a standard annualized rate of 8%.
However, the investors did not get high returns as expected. Instead, they started a lawsuit with the film and television company in order to recover their principal.
Lanzhou police issued a document soliciting clues
On January 22, the Lanzhou Municipal People's Procuratorate and the Lanzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau jointly issued a notice to publicly solicit clues for the "8·17" film and television investment fraud case.It is hoped that people who were deceived in this case will bring relevant evidence and materials and report the case to the public security organs on February 29, 2024.
announced that in 2022, the Lanzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau detected a film and television investment fraud case headed by Li Moumou. The criminal gang carefully designed and arranged their words, packaged and used identities such as "lecturer" and "assistant", and used social software such as QQ and WeChat. , uses the form of stock recommendation to attract investors to invest in stocks, and then exaggerates the film production costs and expected box office revenue, leading investors to purchase the film's "income share" to commit fraud, and only uses a small part of the fraudulent amount to pay the film producer to purchase the share. , and the remaining funds were used for fraudulent operations and personal squandering.
The case involves a total of 4 companies, namely Beijing Bammie Culture Media Co., Ltd., Zhongrui Taifeng (Beijing) Culture Communication Co., Ltd., Beijing China Film Xinyi International Film and Television Culture Media Co., Ltd., and Beijing Maifenshi Culture Media Co., Ltd.
"Daily Economic News" reporters called the public telephone numbers of the above companies, but no one answered. According to Qichacha, the above four companies are currently operating abnormally. Among them, Beijing Bammime Culture Media Co., Ltd. has 54 own risks, 20 related risks, and 33 historical risks, and has been marked as a "dishonest person subject to execution" and "high restriction". "Consumption" and "Abnormal Business Operations"; Zhongrui Taifeng (Beijing) Cultural Communication Co., Ltd. has 25 self-risks and has been labeled as "the person subject to execution" and "Abnormal Business Operations".
Picture source: Qichacha screenshot
The case involves 12 movies: "The Van Gogh Project", "The Monkey King: The Monkey King", "Mailu Man", "Rescue from the Furious Sea", "Poet", "Desperate Rescue", "Oppa, You're So Handsome" "The Ruffian Lover", "Money on the Road", "Love You with All My Heart" (renamed "Fist Mom" or "Fist Mom"), "Shanghai Shanghai" and "Luban Underground Palace".
Among them, "Mailu Ren", "Poet", "Money on the Road" and "Punch Out Mom" have been released, with box office of 18.03 million yuan, 1.02 million yuan, 24,000 yuan and 3.99 million yuan respectively.
public information shows that the movie "Mailu Ren" starring Aaron Kwok and Miriam Yeung will be released on September 17, 2020. The movie "The Ruffian Lover" stars Shu Qi. Maoyan Professional Edition shows that the joint production companies of the movies "Mailuren" and "Ruffian Lover" include Beijing 8mm Culture Media Co., Ltd.
"Mai Lu Ren" poster
Film and television investment fraud occurs frequently, exposing the chaos in the industry. In Gao Jun's opinion, film and television investment fraud has been around for as long as film and television financialization has been around. Some non-professional secondary market companies often conduct illegal fund-raising under the guise of investment. "Some film studios may have accepted such investment because they were eager for money, while some film studios were completely unaware." He stressed that formal film investment must be risky, while illegal fund-raising often promises risk-free high returns. "As long as you make sure you make a profit without losing money, most of them are scams."
"Many investors don't know much about the film industry, but when they see the prosperity of the film market and the high growth of box office, they blindly believe that investing in movies will definitely make them successful. Make money. Some criminals take advantage of this mentality of investors and use high returns as bait to commit fraud," Gao Jun added.
Daily Economic News is synthesized from Red Star News, Upstream News, and Daily Economic News (Reporter: Bi Yuanyuan)
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