Source: The Paper
Humanities and history anchor Liu claimed to be from a high-profile family and owned more than a dozen Shanghai real estate properties. Later, he continued to borrow money from fans in the name of buying medicine for illness and paying wages to employees. On the day of "mother's funeral", Liu actually broadcast live at home.
html On June 30, The Paper reporter learned from the Shanghai Jinshan District People's Procuratorate (hereinafter referred to as the "Jinshan District Procuratorate") that recently, after a public prosecution by the court, Liu was sentenced to 12 years in prison for committing fraud and was sentenced to 12 years in prison. A fine of RMB 250,000 was imposed.The anchor claims to be "worth a fortune"
In July 2021, Mr. Chen accidentally came across the anchor Liu on the Douyin app. He was talking about humanities and history in the live broadcast room. Mr. Chen happened to be very interested in this kind of knowledge and stopped. After watching it, he added Liu's WeChat account through the live broadcast room, and Liu also pulled Mr. Chen into his fan group "Chinese History Group".
"My father is a professor, and my mother is the vice president of a hospital. I own more than a dozen properties in Shanghai, as well as several companies and yachts..." Liu often "accidentally" in the live broadcast room and among fans. He revealed his wealthy lifestyle and even showed off a check worth 18 million yuan during a live broadcast. As the number of people in the group chat approached full capacity, Liu would send out red envelopes worth thousands of yuan in the group and mail fruits to his fans. Under such interactions, Mr. Chen and others also believed in this knowledgeable and wealthy person. Anchor.
There were many situations, so he started to borrow money.
"I have a heart disease and have undergone bypass surgery twice." Not long after, Liu privately contacted Mr. Chen to request a loan on the grounds that he was sick and needed to buy imported medicine.
Mr. Chen couldn't help but think about how Liu, who had always shown "luxury and arrogance," would ask him to borrow money. However, Liu later explained that his bank card had been temporarily frozen due to live broadcast violations, participation in online gambling, etc. He also said that he had a piece of land worth 100 million mortgaged in the bank, and that the mortgage would expire soon. Withdrawing money from the bank and returning it, Mr. Chen believed in Liu and transferred one million yuan to Liu from his savings.
The victim transferred 1 million yuan to the defendant. All pictures provided by Jinshan District Procuratorate
Since then, Liu often asked Mr. Chen for help for reasons such as needing to pay off credit cards and pay wages to employees. Liu's "personality" was solidly created in the early stage, and Mr. Chen also repaid part of the money during the interaction with Liu. Therefore, based on his trust in Liu, Mr. Chen transferred money to him many times, and the two parties became more familiar with each other.
On the day of "my mother's funeral", the live broadcast was still going on
"My mother passed away and I needed to pay the final payment for the cemetery." Hearing Liu's anxious and sad tone, Mr. Chen transferred the money to Liu without much thought. But according to Liu, on the day of his mother's funeral, he was still broadcasting live at home. All the previous scenes came to mind, and Mr. Chen suddenly felt that he might have encountered a scam.
then contacted other people in the group and discovered that Liu had borrowed money from many fans for the same reason, but none of them had been returned. Mr. Chen suddenly realized that he decided to call the police. In January 2023, the police summoned Liu to the case for investigation. After he arrived at the case, he confessed to the facts of his crime.
After review by prosecutors, the truth emerged. During a live broadcast on the Internet, Liu falsely claimed that he had multiple properties, private jets, etc., making people mistakenly believe that he had strong financial strength, and later used it to see a doctor and buy imported medicines. In other names, he defrauded an unspecified number of people out of more than 3 million yuan, a particularly huge amount, and his behavior constituted the crime of fraud.
The victim presented a banner to the prosecutor in charge.
In June 2024, after a public prosecution by the Jinshan District Procuratorate, Liu was sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined RMB 250,000 for committing fraud. Recently, the victim, Mr. Chen, presented a banner to the prosecutor in charge that read, "Enforce the law impartially and fight against fraud, and eliminate harm for the people and warm people's hearts."
