Some raise the price of disinfectant by nearly 20 times, and some sell masks that are moldy and expire after 10 years ...
[People's livelihood perspective] Economic crimes related to epidemic situation
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During the epidemic prevention and control, epidemic prevention supplies became the market's most sought after. Some lawbreakers are eager to smoke their hearts and take the opportunity to produce and sell fake and inferior masks, medical alcohol, disinfectant and other products for illegal gains. Similar cases have occurred frequently in various places. At present, the procuratorial organs throughout the country have been involved in handling more than 1,000 economic crimes that interfere with the epidemic prevention and control.
The poor-quality disinfectant was sold to the government's epidemic prevention headquarters, and the price of masks with a purchase price of 12 yuan was raised to 128 yuan ... Recently, the highest prosecution released a batch of typical cases of economic crimes involving epidemics. Such economic crimes not only seriously disrupt market order, medical order and social order, but also seriously infringe on the health and safety of the people, especially front-line participants in medical care and epidemic prevention. Many cases involve basic supplies such as masks, disinfection water, protective clothing, etc., which are more direct and harmful.
Inferior disinfectant was sold to the epidemic prevention headquarters
At present, epidemic prevention materials are particularly important for prevention and control. However, some criminals are motivated by the desire to produce and sell fake and inferior masks, medical alcohol, disinfectant and other products for illegal gains.
On January 25, Yang of Xiaogan, Hubei, seeing that the local epidemic situation was relatively serious and the epidemic prevention materials were in short supply, and they negotiated with Gui to do epidemic prevention materials business. Gui will be responsible for organizing the supply of goods and Yang will be responsible for sales. On January 27, Guimou purchased 30,700 kg of "Weilan" brand 84 disinfectant from Shijiazhuang and shipped it to Xiaogan on January 31.
On the same day, when Yang and Gui received the goods, they found that the batch of 84 disinfectant was inconsistent with the "Weilan" brand trademark brand, manufacturer and product qualification certificate. And this batch of disinfectant is not pasted with the trademark, but the trademark logo is placed separately from the goods, the trademark is not trimmed, and the proper "cancel" word cannot be seen.
Knowing the above, Gui and Yang still sold 2,000 kg of disinfectant to the epidemic prevention headquarters of a town in Xiaonan District, Xiaogan City, and sold 4,000 kg to the epidemic prevention headquarters of another town in Xiaonan District, and sold 24,000 kg. Drug dealer Liu, a total sales amount of 148,000 yuan. The drug dealer Liu sold 10,000 kilograms to an epidemic prevention headquarters in Xiaogan, and 10,450 kilograms to a drug store in Xiaogan.
On February 1, 10,450 kilograms of 84 disinfectant of the drug store were seized and detained by the Market Supervision Administration of Xiaogan City. It was identified that the chlorine content in the batch of "Jilan" brand 84 disinfectant solution did not meet the standards, did not meet the requirements of national standards, and was a substandard product. The market supervision and administration bureau of Xiaogan City transferred the case to the public security organ for investigation, and at the same time copied it to the procuratorial organ. On February 20, the Procuratorate of Xiaogan City arrested Gui and Yang for the crime of selling fake and shoddy products.
Cases of illegal profit-making using epidemic prevention materials
"During this period of epidemic prevention and control, epidemic prevention supplies have become the market's" hot-selling goods "and are also likely to be the object of illegal profit-making." Zheng Xinjian, director of the Fourth Procuratorate of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, said from the local procuratorial organs, Such cases occur frequently.
The reporters sorted out typical cases and found that among such criminal subjects, there were both chain pharmacies, pharmaceutical companies, and people with related backgrounds, as well as people who temporarily took notice and made huge profits during the epidemic prevention and control.
The items involved were concentrated in scarce supplies such as masks, disinfectants, alcohol, etc. "Some are 'three non-products' of unknown origin, some are products that have expired for many years, and some are products produced by overworking and working in black dens," said Zheng Xinjian.
In addition, such cases are sold more online. The criminals use network channels to sell across regions, with fast settlement, fast delivery, and fast delivery, which involves a wide range and makes it difficult to obtain evidence for handling cases.
The crimes of such crimes are terrible and harmful, and it is shocking. Judging from the handling of the case by the procuratorial organs, in addition to Xiaogan's Yang and Gui, who sold inferior disinfectant to the government's epidemic prevention headquarters, other criminals sewed two or three layers of gauze together to pose as disposable medical masks, and some of them were expired. A 10-year-old moldy face mask.
The reporter learned that the procuratorial organs across the country are currently involved in and handling 1,286 2,251 economic crimes that prevent and control the epidemic. Among them, 427 were involved in the production and sale of counterfeit and inferior products, 427 were involved in the production and sale of counterfeit drugs, 2 were involved in the production and sale of inferior drugs, and 2 were involved in the production and sale of inferior medicines. , 285 crimes against the sale of counterfeit registered trademarks and 262 illegal crimes against 161.
Comprehensive consideration of the actual situation in handling price crimes
On January 21, Zhang and Jia, the actual controllers of a large pharmacy chain company in Tianjin, decided to raise the prices of epidemic protective equipment and drugs sold by the company's pharmacies, take advantage of the epidemic prevention and control to make huge profits, and notify the store managers to implement .
Subsequently, the company's 7 pharmacies increased the prices of more than 20 kinds of epidemic protective supplies and medicines and sold them to the public. Among them, the price of masks that were priced at 12 yuan was raised to 128 yuan, and 84 yuan that was priced at 2 yuan before the epidemic occurred. The price of disinfectant was raised to 38 yuan. Within only 6 days from January 21 to January 27, the illegal business amounted to more than 1 million yuan, which seriously disrupted the local epidemic prevention order. On February 24, the Tianjin Jinnan District Procuratorate decided to approve the arrest of four persons, including Zhang, on suspicion of illegal business operations.
On February 10, the Supreme Law, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Ministry of Public Security, and the Ministry of Justice issued opinions stating that during the epidemic prevention and control, acts of driving up prices and profiteering were convicted and punished in accordance with the law in accordance with the law of illegal business operations.
"There are many kinds of behaviors that raise prices, and the social hazards are quite different. The behaviors of simply raising prices are not all of the nature of raising prices. Therefore, we must highlight the key points." Zheng Xinjian said that for those who obtain illegal supplies and increase resale through illegal means, And the use of market advantages to promote the price of basic living products too high too fast rise bad behavior, and so on, should focus on cracking down, severe punishment according to law.
At the same time, Zheng Xinjian mentioned that in grasping individual cases, factors such as the profit motive and extent of the actor, operating costs and market price transmission, and the livelihood costs of operators and their employees during the epidemic prevention period should be considered in a comprehensive manner. The nature of the conduct ensures that the crime is punished and punished in accordance with the law.
Lu Yue
Lu Yue