9 yuan mask raised to 49 yuan, sentenced to sale

Hubei police detected a number of criminal cases involving epidemics

□ Our reporter Liu Zhiyue

□ "Legal System and News" reporter He Zhengxin

□ Our correspondent Zhang Bing

The disposable masks with a price of 9 yuan per bag were raised to 49 yuan. More than 6,000 bags were sold in two days. The illegal profit was more than 150,000 yuan ... Recently, the Dongbao District People's Court, Jingmen City, Hubei Province, tried the case publicly according to law. And sentenced in court that a drug company committed an illegal business crime and was fined 500,000 yuan; the defendant, Du, was found guilty of illegal business and sentenced to 10 months in prison.

On January 23, the Jingmen Market Supervision Department conducted a law enforcement inspection on a local drugstore company based on the complaint report, ascertained the fact that the client, Du, raised the price of selling disposable masks, and transferred it to the public security organ after administrative penalties were imposed. After preliminary investigation and evidence collection, Jingmen Police opened a case for investigation of suspected illegal operation of Dumou on February 7 and criminal detention of Dumou the next day.

It is understood that Dumou is the assistant general manager responsible for sales of a drug company in Jingmen City. On January 21st, Dumou learned that masks in Jingmen Market were out of stock after the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia outbreak, and decided to increase the price of masks being sold in the company's stores. According to Dumou's arrangement, company employees purchased disposable medical masks purchased for 9 yuan per bag from the original retail price of 18 yuan per bag to 49 yuan per bag for sale. The next day, Mr. Du arranged for the company's employees to adjust the retail price of the masks again to 28 yuan per bag in urban stores and 29 yuan per bag in township stores.

Police found that from January 21st to 22nd, a certain pharmacy company's store in Jingmen City, where Mr. Du is located, raised the price of disposable masks by more than 6,200 bags and made an illegal profit of more than 155,700 yuan.

On February 14, Jingmen City Public Security Bureau transferred Du's suspected illegal business case to the procuratorate for review and prosecution. On February 24, the court heard the case publicly and judged in court.

According to the relevant person in charge of the Economic Investigation Corps of the Public Security Department of Hubei Province, since the first-level response mechanism for major public health emergencies was launched in the province, medical masks, protective clothing and other epidemic prevention materials have been in short supply. Market Order. In accordance with the unified work deployment, the public security and economic investigation departments in Hubei have concentrated their superior forces in investigating such crimes as soon as possible.

On February 1, the Jiang'an Branch of Wuhan Public Security Bureau received a report from a company that during the donation of medical supplies, the unit purchased a batch of inferior medical protective clothing and protective masks. After investigation, in the case of knowing that there is no qualification for operating medical devices, Liu and his company shareholders purchased a large number of fake and inferior masks and protective clothing at the price of 0.7 yuan / piece and 6.5 yuan / piece, respectively, and then passed the WeChat group to different The price sold masks and protective clothing to caring donors, earning illegally more than 1.13 million yuan.

During the operation, the Jiangan Police seized 120,000 medical masks, 3,000 medical protective clothing, 500 goggles and other fake and inferior anti-epidemic materials in Liu's warehouse, preventing a batch of counterfeit products from entering the market.

In addition, the Economic Investigation Department of the Yichang Public Security Bureau strengthened collaboration with market supervision and other departments to proactively dig for clues about counterfeit and inferior materials involved in epidemic prevention and control, verified 381,000 masks that could not provide relevant certificates and their legal sources, and inflowed in the batch The market was intercepted in time; the economic investigation department of Xiangyang Public Security Bureau actively mobilized the masses, actively collected clues for selling "Three None" masks through the Internet, seized 8,140 "Three None" masks, and arrested 3 suspects; Xiaogan Public Security Bureau The economic investigation department and the market supervision department cracked a case of selling counterfeit 84 disinfectant, and seized nearly 1,000 barrels of counterfeit disinfectant on the spot.

Up to now, the Hubei Public Security Economic Investigation Department has invested a total of nearly 1,600 police forces, quickly investigated and dealt with 11 cases of various economic crimes involving epidemics, cracked down on more than 10 criminal suspects and dealt with more than 200 practical matters for the masses. The police seized more than 4.6 million fake and inferior masks and more than 300,000 sets of inferior protective clothing, involving a total of more than 6.6 million yuan.

Drafting / Gao Yue