Browsing short videos and watching live broadcasts are common ways of leisure and entertainment nowadays, but while shortening the distance between people, the "routines" hidden behind them must be carefully screened... Anchor Liu is packaging his financial strength in the live broadcast room With a strong personality, he used various names to defraud fans of money. In June 2024, after a public prosecution by the Shanghai Jinshan District Procuratorate, Liu was sentenced to 12 years in prison for committing fraud and fined RMB 2. One hundred and fifty thousand yuan.
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The expensive anchor
The story begins in July 2021. Mr. Chen accidentally came across the anchor Liu on a short video app. He was telling content about humanities and history in the live broadcast room. It happened to be Mr. Chen was very interested in this kind of knowledge. After stopping to watch, he added Liu’s WeChat account through the live broadcast room, and Liu also attracted Mr. Chen into his fan 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. ” revealed his wealthy living status, and even showed his check for 18 million during the live broadcast. As the number of people in the group chat gradually approached full capacity, Liu would send red envelopes worth thousands of yuan in the group and mail fruits to his fans. After such interactions, Mr. Chen and others also believed in this man who seemed to be full of knowledge and worth. Expensive anchor.
A "friend" with many conditions
"I have 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 wonder how Liu, who had always shown "generous spirit", 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.
Since then, Liu often asked Mr. Chen for help for reasons such as needing loans, paying off credit cards, and paying 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.
A revealing scam
"My mother passed away and I needed to pay the final payment for the cemetery." Hearing the anxious and sad tone of the other party, Mr. Chen transferred the money to Liu without much thought. However, according to what the other party said, Liu was still there on the day of his mother's funeral. When the live broadcast started at home, all the previous scenes came to mind, and Mr. Chen suddenly felt that the other party was cheating.
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 careful examination by prosecutors, the truth emerged. During the 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. In the name of imported medicines, he defrauded an unspecified number of people out of more than 3 million yuan. The amount was extremely huge, and his behavior constituted the crime of fraud.
Prosecutors said
Criminals use online live broadcasts to carefully weave traps, or induce rewards in the name of making friends, falling in love, etc., or use false claims to carry out fraud step by step. They look beautiful and handsome and have various effects, but they are actually liars. The purpose of the "personality" of packaging design is to gain the trust of the victim.
The prosecutor reminded everyone that the Internet is not a place outside the law, and the procuratorial organs severely crack down on illegal and criminal acts committed using the Internet. Online live broadcast operators must strictly abide by the law and consciously enhance their awareness of the rule of law. Viewers of live broadcasts should also stay sober and rational, improve their screening abilities, and be careful when making friends online. If you find violations or illegal activities, please report them in time to build a clean online environment.
Correspondent Wang Baishun Xinmin Evening News reporter Tu Yu
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