actress met a fan who spent a lot of money in the live broadcast room, and then gradually developed into a lover. In order to help him get out of the "difficulty", he not only used his savings for many years, but also fabricated lies to defraud fans of more than 3 million yuan. Little did he know that her "boyfriend" whom she had been dating online for three years was actually a woman...
A "poor" actress
defrauded enthusiastic fans of more than 3 million yuan
Zheng, who was born in the 1980s, is an actor with a professional background in Beijing. He has appeared in TV series and variety shows, but his acting career has always been tepid. With the rise of the live broadcast industry, she became an anchor after being introduced by a friend. The journey of being a host is not as smooth as expected. Fortunately, fans are quite considerate, and Zheng is used to sharing his life with them.
One day in August 2022, Zheng chatted with fans in the live broadcast room, recalling his career as an actor, and mentioned that he was living in poverty now and owed online loans. "The money the company owes me has never been paid. I work hard every day to pay off the debt, and I still have to provide living expenses for my family..." When talking about the sadness, Mr. Ma, a Shanghai fan, added Zheng on WeChat and transferred money to her 1 Ten thousand yuan to encourage her to live a good life. It turned out that this Mr. Ma was also encountering something unpleasant. He happened to click into her live broadcast room and heard some complaints.
In the next few days, Zheng shared her story with Mr. Ma every day, and gradually Mr. Ma became her loyal fan. Every time Zheng broadcasts live, Mr. Ma will come to the live broadcast room to support him. At the same time, in order to help Zheng get out of her financial difficulties, Mr. Ma was even more generous and lent her more than 600,000 yuan one after another. But after a period of time, Mr. Ma discovered that Zheng’s capital hole seemed to be getting bigger, the number of times he borrowed money continued to increase, and the amount of money he needed was also increasing. Mr. Ma felt that something was abnormal, so he proposed to let Zheng first Return some of the money.
Zheng readily agreed, and then said that the company owed her more than 1 million yuan in wages that had not yet been settled. If the money was returned, she could return it to Mr. Ma, but she would need Mr. Ma to help her pay another amount of money to unfreeze it before she could get her wages back. . In order to dispel Mr. Ma's doubts, Zheng also introduced Mr. Yang, a Beijing fan, to Mr. Ma. Since Mr. Ma had met Mr. Yang in Zheng’s live broadcast room before, and after learning that Mr. Yang had also lent money to Zheng and verified the true purpose of Zheng’s loan, he considered Zheng’s identity as an actor. I felt that she should be able to repay the loan, so I gave up my doubts and lent her more than 400,000 yuan.
Not long after, Zheng burst into tears and said that his cousin Lu Ziqi was controlled by the underworld and needed a ransom, so he had to spend money to "find someone to clear the relationship." Mr. Ma couldn't bear it and lent her money one after another. Together with the previous money, he lent a total of more than 2.4 million yuan, but did not wait for a penny to be repaid. Only then did Mr. Ma completely suspect that he had been deceived, so he called the local police.
Chat records between Mr. Ma and Mr. Zheng.
After hearing that Mr. Ma reported the crime, Mr. Yang also quickly reported the crime. He said that between September 2021 and December 2022, he heard from Zheng that "his cousin was tortured by the underworld and needed to borrow money to save others", "his cousin's bank account was controlled, and he urgently needed funds to repay loans and pay social security" and "need to "Transferring money is used to manage relationships with banks" and other situations, and more than 880,000 yuan was transferred to them one after another.
Regarding being a "witness" for Zheng, Mr. Yang explained that he saw bloody gauze wrapped around Zheng's wrist in the live broadcast room, and was afraid that she would commit suicide because of her thoughts, causing all the money he had borrowed to be "wasted." , so Zheng asked him to help testify, and he agreed.
Met "Mr. Right" during live broadcast
Didn't know that the "boyfriend" was actually a woman
On December 12, 2023, Zheng was arrested. She confessed that she was cheating money to help "Lu Ziqi", but her cousin was fake, " Boyfriend” is true.
In June 2020, a fan who called himself Lu Ziqi broke into Zheng’s sight. In several consecutive live broadcasts, Lu Ziqi expressed his love for Zheng by giving gifts, with a total reward of more than 200,000 yuan. Impressed by the other party's generosity, Zheng quickly added Lu Ziqi's WeChat account.
Lu Ziqi said that his family was in business and was well off. He often regarded himself as the rich second generation, but this was not the main reason that impressed Zheng. In Zheng's view, Lu Ziqi was "sweet-mouthed" and could provide emotional value to her when she was unhappy. In addition, she was going through a divorce at the time and needed emotional comfort, so she soon started dating online.
But after becoming lovers, Lu Ziqi changed his previous generosity and frequently asked Zheng for "help". He said at one time that he "had gambling debts and needed funds to get out of trouble", and at the same time said that he "owed loan sharks and his account was blocked." "Locked", and soon "was controlled by the underworld" and asked Zheng to transfer money. Zheng transferred nearly one million yuan to him one after another, and his savings were quickly emptied. At this time, she thought of Mr. Ma and Mr. Yang, the enthusiastic fans she had met during the live broadcast, and conspired with Lu Ziqi, planning to do misfortune to the fans to gain sympathy and thus defraud money.
"Most of the reasons for defrauding money were told to me by Lu Ziqi." In order to make the reasons more reasonable, Zheng would complete the details and then send them to Mr. Ma and Mr. Yang. He also made up stories about selling blood, cutting wrists, and that his younger brother was seriously ill. , loan sharking, debt collection and other lies. "Actually, I also felt that Lu Ziqi's excuses were very bizarre at the time, but I had already given him too much money. I couldn't believe that these were all fake. I could only continue to raise money for him according to what he said, and I wanted to get rid of him as soon as possible. Get my money back there," Zheng said after arriving at the case.
Screenshot of the chat between "Lu Ziqi" and Zheng.
On February 22, 2024, "Lu Ziqi" was captured by the police. To everyone's surprise, not only was this person not a rich second generation, but she was even a woman.
Divorced female nurse seeks friends online
She defrauds both concern and money
"I have a thick voice. I said I was a man online and no one suspected it." Jin is a nurse in Lanzhou, Gansu. According to her account, She saw the name Lu Ziqi while reading a novel and used it directly. When I started "online dating" with Zheng, it was during the epidemic, so I had a reasonable excuse to avoid meeting in person. And every time Zheng asked for a video, she would find reasons to refuse, and gradually Zheng stopped mentioning it.
Jin said that he worked very hard on weekdays and had almost no friends in reality. After the divorce, he was so depressed that he wanted to commit suicide. Therefore, she packaged herself on the Internet, became friends with the anchors by giving them gifts, and enjoyed their care. The reason why I started dating Zheng online was that I thought they were the same age and divorced and had something in common. I also thought she was financially well-off and wanted to defraud her of her money.
After review, from June 2020 to December 2023, for the purpose of illegal possession, Jin made up the identity of a rich second-generation male "Lu Ziqi" to get to know Zheng, and quickly gained Zheng's trust with a huge "reward" during the live broadcast. After fabricating various reasons to defraud Zheng of more than millions of yuan, he and Zheng used the same method to defraud Mr. Ma, Mr. Yang and others of a total of more than 3 million yuan, of which more than 1.98 million yuan was transferred from Zheng to Jin's account; From June 2020 to December 2023, Zheng transferred a total of more than 7.35 million yuan to Jin. The above money was all used by Jin for personal squandering such as rewards on the live broadcast platform.
The scene of Jin’s court hearing.
The scene of Zheng’s court hearing.
On May 11, 2024, the Shanghai Yangpu District Procuratorate prosecuted Zheng on suspicion of fraud in accordance with the law. The case is currently under further trial.
html On June 14, the Yangpu District Procuratorate prosecuted Jin on suspicion of fraud in accordance with the law. On July 17, the court publicly announced that the defendant Jin was guilty of fraud and was sentenced to 12 years in prison, deprived of political rights for two years, and fined 200,000 yuan. His illegal gains will be recovered, and his personal belongings used in the crime will be confiscated. .Source: Procuratorate Daily Justice Network
