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if you invest 69,8 yuan, you can earn 1.4 million yuan? Since 27, a so-called "14 National Project" with such a propaganda slogan has attracted many people and spread rapidly in many provinces and cities across the country. In fact, this so-called national investment project, which sounds very tall, is a disguised scam, and many people have lost their money for it ... < P > On August 27th, 214, a flustered Laiyang woman walked into the police office of Laiyang Economic Investigation Bureau, Shandong Province. The woman looked trance-like and incoherent, and kept claiming that she had been cheated.

Zhang Xianqun, instructor of the 3rd Squadron of Economic Investigation Brigade of Public Security Bureau of Laiyang City, Shandong Province: In the spring of 214, her classmates came to see her, dressed in mink and driving a Mercedes-Benz, and said, Look, I only went out for more than a year in 212. Look, I'm very rich now. Can you come with me and visit Xi 'an? She thought it was really developing well, so she tried it and made the first payment of 69,8 yuan.

However, this so-called share capital of 69,8 yuan brought her a huge trap instead of the high return advocated by her classmates.

Zhang Xianqun, instructor of the Third Squadron of Economic Investigation Brigade of Laiyang Public Security Bureau, Shandong Province: She sold the store without the consent of her family, and took more than one million yuan in cash to Xi 'an by train. When she really put the money into the MLM account, her classmates turned against each other the next day.

Zhao Honglei, squadron leader of 3rd Squadron of Economic Investigation Brigade of Public Security Bureau of Laiyang City, Shandong Province: We found that this was a pyramid scheme in the name of capital operation and Project 14. In this way, the money of offline personnel is defrauded.

△14 represents the most tempting "high return" in this kind of pyramid scheme-1.4 million yuan

The attraction of this organization is that the organizer will ask the newly-joined members to directly purchase 21 "shares", amounting to 69,8 yuan, which can not only be directly upgraded to "director", but also get 19, yuan in cash back immediately. After becoming a formal "shareholder", every member who develops has a rebate, and the more members who develop, the more rebates they get. If you are successfully promoted to the boss, you can distribute the boss bonus, which comes from 48% of each share. For every member who develops offline, he can get a rebate of 1,5 yuan until the third-generation offline members reach the level of boss. At this time, the first generation members are automatically out, and if they want to re-enter the organization, they must start from scratch. In this way, the MLM organization claims that a member can get a maximum return of 1.4 million yuan through the so-called "capital operation" in a year, which is the "14 Project".

△ In order to be promoted to the boss, the informant paid admission fees to more than a dozen people, including his son and brother

Reporter: Did you drag these dozen people in?

informant: I didn't drag it in either, or I hired someone else to inspect it, and then (that person) stopped doing it, so I took it.

reporter: how many people do you help?

informants: more than a dozen.

reporter: did you pay for all this money?

informant: six or seven hundred thousand.

however, in 214, the informant was kicked out of the MLM organization because he could not pay any more money. At the beginning, in order to raise funds, all the houses in the family have been sold.

△ Shandong Laiyang police set up a task force to crack down on pyramid schemes

After receiving the report, Shandong Laiyang police immediately set up a task force. However, the informant originally joined the MLM organization in Hefei, and the organization had disappeared in Hefei at the time of reporting.

According to the information provided by the informant and the clues held by the police, this MLM organization is a branch of the "14 Project" MLM organization, and the organizer Zhou is from Laiyang. After the leader of the MLM organization in Hefei, Anhui Province was arrested and brought to justice in 214, Zhou moved this MLM organization to Xi 'an, with the goal of developing Laiyang people. By the time of reporting, more than 5 people had been developed. Since MLM organizations will move their activities at the slightest sign of trouble, Laiyang police decided to make a quick decision. But it is not easy to lock this gang.

The police used the clues provided by the informant and the data of the network data platform to lock the list of core members of pyramid schemes one by one.

after the list was confirmed, on September 15th, 214, the police in Laiyang, Shandong province drove more than 1,3 kilometers from Laiyang to Xi 'an, where the MLM organization was active. In the face of a strange case-handling environment, the police have encountered new problems.

Zhao Honglei: They all rent houses, and they are not fixed. They move regularly and continue to rent houses in another place. Maybe they know that he lives here today, and maybe he will move to another place tomorrow.

According to the clue provided by the informant, this MLM organization holds several regular meetings every month. This became the first breakthrough for the police, but it was a headache to determine the meeting place.

Zhang Xianqun: She (the informant) provided the place where the meeting was held before, but now it is not needed. Otherwise, I would say that they are very cunning and will not be needed after the meeting.

in order to determine the new meeting time and place as soon as possible, the police decided to use informants to infiltrate this pyramid scheme.

after several days of groping, the police finally got an important message. On September 2th, this MLM organization will hold a new meeting. The time has been set, but the place is still uncertain.

According to the information collected before, the police have mastered five recent meeting places of this pyramid scheme organization, and dozens of police officers are deployed in these five places in batches. Once there is a movement in a certain place, the police from the other four points immediately come to support.

Zhao Honglei: On September 2th, we went to various locations for surveillance, and there was no information until noon. In the afternoon, we got a clue that it might be in one of the hotels.

Finally, the network closing operation was successfully completed. * * * Fourteen MLM personnel were arrested, including 8 bosses and 6 managers. On October 24, the leaders of this pyramid scheme, Zhou and Wang, were also arrested.

△ The network-closing operation was successfully completed. As of November 215, * * * 23 MLM leaders involved in the case were arrested.

On November 3, 215, the first-instance judgment showed that the minimum sentence of 23 suspects was one and a half years and the longest was six years.

My mother is deeply mired in the pyramid scheme and wants to break up with her daughter.

In fact, this so-called "14 Project" is not a new scam. In recent years, MLM organizations with this name have appeared in Guangxi, Anhui and other places. Since 213, local police have cracked a number of pyramid schemes with the "14 Project" as the gimmick.

△ MLM gangs with "14 Project" as gimmicks have appeared in Guangxi, Anhui and other places

In October p>213, the reporter recorded the picture in Hefei for half an hour. Members of MLM organizations are taking turns to brainwash journalists.

MLM personnel: It is called voluntary chain operation. What about this business today? It is very considerate for us. It is a business that can learn, do, teach and earn money. When you learn the primary stage, you will have an income of 1, yuan, at the intermediate stage, you will have an income of 1, yuan, and at the advanced stage, you will have a six-figure income of 1, yuan.

This middle-aged woman talks endlessly and rambles, but she never reveals what this so-called "voluntary chain operation" is for. An hour later, the reporter was taken to another neighborhood nearby. In this three-bedroom and one-bedroom apartment, a man was waiting for the arrival of the reporter.

MLM personnel: here is a one-time investment of 69,8 yuan. You may get money for decades in the future. Through that tool, the five-level and three-level system will ensure that everyone will get the same money and get 1.4 million yuan in total.

This is a picture recorded in Guangxi by a reporter who worked for half an hour in 214. In this picture, the MLM personnel are promoting the so-called "14 Project".

MLM personnel: What is a flying saucer? It is a virtual flying object in the universe and in the air. We use virtual flying objects in the air to represent us, a symbol of virtual economy. Settle it in Nanning, the capital of Guangxi. (Nanning) There is no industry and agriculture is backward. Why are so many banks here? These service personnel should have nothing to do. On the contrary, under the supervision of the China Banking Regulatory Commission, its capital flow momentum exceeds that of all provinces in China. It is because of the effect brought by this virtual project. At present, the country is actively suppressing and advocating this industry.

From the global economy, we talked about China's economy; From the reality of Guangxi's development, it also talks about the development of the western region; From many bank outlets, we talked about a mysterious project called "capital operation" or "14 project". This series of inducements will stimulate new people's strong curiosity about this project.

once you join this pyramid scheme, you will lose tens of thousands of yuan, or you will lose everything and your wife and children.

Xiao Juan's mother is a member of a pyramid scheme. After the police busted the pyramid scheme, she not only didn't regret it, but broke off relations with her daughter Xiao Juan.

Ms. Zhu: From now on, I will draw with you clearly. You are not allowed to go to Danyang, and I am not going to Changzhou. Your father can't shake me. Do you still want to shake me?

△ The rescue action not only failed to change the mother's mind, but caused the mother-daughter relationship to collapse.

Looking at the mother brainwashed by the MLM personnel, Xiao Juan could no longer control her emotions. She suddenly rushed out of the room and went straight to the room where the MLM leader Li Chuanfu and others were.

Xiao Juan: I won't hit him. Have you ever thought about (your daughter)? (Your daughter) Like you? You're in your fifties. You've been in prison all your life. Where's your daughter? I'm only in my twenties!

Here, my daughter Xiao Juan's spirit is almost broken because she loves her mother. On the other side, Ms. Zhu, the stubborn mother, is still eloquent in the face of the police, completely unaware that she is actually a pyramid scheme victim.

Police: Cheat all the money from your relatives and friends, and then in the end, you don't want any affection. This is what happens to you. You don't want to see these consequences.

Ms. Zhu: I don't cheat my friends, relatives or anything.

Policeman: So you and your daughter today, do you feel normal?

Ms. Zhu: I can't control normal or abnormal now.

In order to get off the production line for high-level development and make their own contributions, a family of three got stuck in it and ended up in prison

In Laiyang detention center, the reporter met the suspect Li. He was arrested in August 215 and was the last member of the 23 MLM leaders to be arrested.

△ Li, a pyramid scheme leader, was originally just a farmer working at home

Reporter: When I was in my hometown, what year was I introduced to this program?

Li: It must be 212. A friend of Laiyang introduced it. At that time, it was described to me that the Hefei country was developing a new lakeside city there, saying that it could set up a company in the past and invest in individual stocks.

Li told reporters that in a few days, he was constantly instilled with the prospect of the so-called "14" national project, and the promise of earning 1.4 million yuan a year moved him. In the end, he borrowed money to pay the shareholding fee of 69,8 yuan.

Li: At the beginning, the main thing was to earn money without a lot of capital (gold). I invested hundreds of thousands or millions in other businesses. That's what I thought at that time. I didn't think about anything else at that time, and I didn't think about how big this business could be, that is to say, the investment in this business was small, only 3,3 yuan each. Then he said, yes, that is to say, you can have three places, and you can introduce three friends.

In this way, Li successfully developed a downline. After half a year, the salesman he brought in at the beginning has far surpassed him in performance.

In p>214, the police in Hefei removed the top management of this pyramid scheme, and the Laiyang criminal suspect Zhou and others decided to move to Xi 'an to continue to develop this pyramid scheme. Li, who had never been promoted to the boss level, also successfully became a boss.

In August p>215, Li was taken away by the police. At present, the verdict of first instance is one year and eight months' imprisonment and a fine of 1, yuan.

On January 13th, 216, another suspect from the "14 Project" pyramid scheme in Laiyang came to the Laiyang Economic Investigation Brigade and surrendered himself.

Zhang xianqun: what's the name of the pyramid scheme you joined?

Xin Mou: 14 (Engineering).

According to the police, Xin has been listed as an online fugitive because of the "14 Project" pyramid scheme. In order to be able to rise to the level of boss, Xin once used someone else's ID card to develop a nominal member by himself. According to Xin's account, this practice is a common phenomenon in this MLM organization.

Xin Mou: He didn't do it himself. I took all his money.

Zhang xianqun: why do you want to do this?

Xin Mou: At that time, it was for (promotion to) manager.

Since p>211, Xin's wife, son and he have joined this MLM organization. In order to rise to the top of this organization as soon as possible, they borrowed usury and sold their home property.

Xin Mou: We just want to give up such a good job and such a high salary to do this thing. An ordinary farmer has no savings yet, so why not gamble on such a good thing?

△ xinmou, his wife and son were caught in a pyramid scheme

in p>214, xinmou and his family moved from Hefei to Xi' an with this pyramid scheme. Although it has been doing pyramid schemes for several years in a row, it has not only failed to earn the huge returns advertised by this pyramid scheme organization at the beginning, but has gone bankrupt.

Now, Xin's wife and son are in prison, and her granddaughter can only be raised by her daughter-in-law.

△ In order to raise funds for shares, the wedding room was sold, and Xin's daughter-in-law had to take her daughter to stay with relatives.

After the "14 Project" pyramid scheme in Hefei was attacked by the police in p>213, Xin's family once returned to their hometown. However, in 214, the family couldn't resist the temptation and came to Xi 'an to join the MLM organization after the transfer.

In September, 214, her husband and mother-in-law were arrested and brought to justice, waiting for them to be punished by law. Although more than a year has passed, she still hates pyramid schemes.

Xin's daughter-in-law: You deserve it. It's not necessarily a bad thing to reflect in it.

reporter: now I feel that I just regret that I didn't pull them back again?

Xin's daughter-in-law: At that time, they were dragged back, and they didn't go through this process. It seems that they have delayed making money again.

reporter: I feel a little possessed.

Xin's daughter-in-law: If they don't experience it, they won't realize it, but they feel brainwashed and want to make a lot of money.

△ The MLM organization has grown to about 5 members in two years, spanning Guangdong, Anhui, Shaanxi, Henan and other provinces, involving more than 3 million yuan

Although 23 major suspects have been arrested, the crackdown on MLM by the police in Laiyang, Shandong Province has not ended.

Zhang xianqun: this is just one of them. The main thing we have cracked down on is that Laiyang nationals within our jurisdiction are like this, but there are still many people who are not from this branch. We are also sorting out the clues one after another and continuing to crack down. We must never let this cancer that poisons society get worse.