How many people were convicted in Haidian mega-transnational telecom fraud case?

2065438+On August 4, 2008, the Haidian District People's Court of Beijing made a first-instance judgment on the defendant Zhang Cen and other 40 people's extraordinarily large transnational telecom fraud cases. The court sentenced 40 defendants, including Zhang Cen, to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from 3 years to 12 years for fraud, fined them, and deprived some people with serious crimes of political rights. All the above 40 people were escorted back to China from Kenya by the Beijing Public Security Bureau organized by the Ministry of Public Security on August 20 16. Among them, 5 people, including Zhang Cen, are residents of Taiwan Province Province.

The Haidian District Court found that from September 20 14 to September 20 1 10, 40 defendants, including Zhang Cen, left Kenya to join the telecom fraud group. Telecom fraud groups make voice group calls to Chinese mainland residents by using telecommunication network technology. After the victim answered and dialed the phone, some defendants pretended to be the staff of the medical insurance bureau or the medical insurance center as the first-line operators, some defendants pretended to be the public security personnel as the second-line operators, and some defendants pretended to be the staff of the procuratorate as the third-line operators, similar to the victim's disclosure of personal medical insurance card information or fraudulent use of false facts suspected of committing crimes. In the name or reason of judicial review, asset preservation and other needs, induce the victim to transfer or remit money to the designated bank account, and then transfer money to the victim's electronic bank account through remote control and other technical means to defraud the relevant victims of money. After investigation, the telecom fraud group successively defrauded 20 victims, including Chen Mou and Zhao Moumou, totaling RMB 1.22 million.

The court held that 40 defendants, including Zhang Cen, left the country to join a telecom fraud group for the purpose of illegal possession, and used telecom network technology in partnership to impersonate state organs and other staff members. Deceive the victim to transfer or remit money according to the defendant's request by revealing the victim's personal information, being suspected of violating the law and committing crimes, and needing to cooperate with the fund investigation, so as to defraud the victim of money. The amount is extremely huge, which constitutes a crime of fraud and should be punished according to law. Defendant Zhang Cen and other 40 people formed a relatively fixed criminal organization to commit fraud for * * *, which is a criminal group. Among them, 10 is the principal offender and 30 are accomplices. During the trial of the case, the judicial organs guaranteed the defendant's right to defense and other litigation rights according to law. For the defendant who did not hire a lawyer, the court appointed a legal aid lawyer according to his own wishes, and the lawyer fully expressed his defense opinions. All defendants can truthfully confess their crimes, and plead guilty and repent. Another 10 defendant returned the illegal income with the assistance of his family. The court made the above judgment according to the facts, nature, circumstances and social harm of each defendant.

According to Jiang Nan, a judge of the Second Criminal Court of Haidian District Court, telecom fraud is a fraud committed by using telecommunication network technologies such as telephone, SMS and Internet. It is not only a popular expression of criminal means, but also a legal term. Sentencing is obviously heavier than ordinary fraud, and the standards of conviction and evidence are different, so as to achieve a severe blow. Telecom fraud has a fast iteration and diversified means. Basically, it is a gang that commits crimes and travels overseas. "One, two, three" division of labor is accurate. Because of its developed black production and cross-regional crimes, it is difficult to investigate and deal with it and to crack down on it. In addition, telecom fraud involves a high degree, with hundreds of victims in many cases. On the one hand, because the amount of victims is small, some cases are less than 10 thousand yuan, which is not far from the cost of safeguarding rights, so the victims did not report the case. On the other hand, some scams are hidden, and the victims mistakenly think that civil disputes have not been reported.