1675 people were arrested in fraud cases involving epidemic situation
On April 8, the Supreme Procuratorate held the eighteenth batch of guiding case press conferences to inform the national procuratorate about the work of combating cybercrime.
As of April 7, procuratorial organs across the country have reviewed and approved the arrest of 2,718 3,275 criminal cases involving epidemic situations, 1,862 2281 public prosecutions, of which 1,588 1,675 people were detained for fraud and 881,926 people were prosecuted.
Outbreaks involving cybercrime
Mostly for counterfeiting, selling fakes, rumours
At the press conference, Miao Shengming, director of the First Procuratorate of the Supreme Prosecutor, introduced the relevant situation of the national procuratorate in combating cybercrime.
He said that in recent years, cybercrime has spread rapidly, and the number of cybercrime cases handled by procuratorial organs has increased substantially year by year, with an average annual growth rate of more than 34%. "From 2018 to 2019, the procuratorate approved the arrest of 89,167 suspects of cybercrime and filed 105,658 public prosecutions, up 78.8% and 95.1% respectively over the previous two years. The high incidence of cybercrime has become the norm, and these crimes have seriously violated the people The safety and legal rights and interests of the people ’s lives and property. "
Miao Shengming said that at present, in order to serve the protection of epidemic prevention and control and the overall situation of economic and social development, procuratorial organs actively perform procuratorial functions and crack down on a large number of criminal crimes involving epidemic prevention and control.
He introduced that there were more cases of this epidemic, the main reason is that the epidemic-related cybercrime is prominent. In all cases of epidemic-related cybercrime, the Internet has the largest number of crimes such as fraud, counterfeiting, and selling rumors.
"It is worth noting that, thanks to the convenience and concealment of online communication, the number of fraud crimes has increased significantly during this epidemic. As of April 7, the national procuratorate approved the arrest of 1,588 fraud cases and 1,675 prosecutions, and prosecuted 881 cases. 926 people, the number of arrested cases and the number of prosecuted cases accounted for 58.4% and 47.3% of all epidemic-related criminal cases, respectively. "
Another batch will be released this year
Typical cases of electronic fraud
The Beijing Youth Daily reporter learned from the press conference that the procuratorate will deepen the crackdown on telecommunications network fraud, online pornography gambling, online routine loans, and other popular online crimes, and severely crack down on violations of citizens ’privacy, data security, and theft of data secrets in accordance with the law. And all kinds of cyber crimes that hinder the prevention and control of the epidemic.
Miao Shengming said that the "Guidelines for Procuratorial Organs to Handle Telecommunications Network Fraud and Infringement of Citizens' Personal Information" will be revised and improved, and a special analysis and judgment will be made on the legal application of online gambling crimes.
"This year, the Supreme People's Procuratorate intends to publish a batch of more typical cases of telecommunication network fraud crimes to better play a guiding and warning role."
He said that cyber crimes often involve large amounts of money and a large number of victims. For cyber crime cases, it is necessary to strike precisely and properly dispose of them. In dealing with cases, we must conduct a special review of the money and money involved in cyber crimes. Urge public security organs to seize, seize, and freeze the stolen goods and crimes of cyber crimes according to law, and to recover or indemnify the illegal gains and their fruits in accordance with the law, and maximize the recovery of the losses of the victims.
"Due to the epidemic situation, the delayed start of school in many places, many students have taken online courses at home. For the convenience of teaching management, teachers and parents have established a learning group. Some criminals sneaked into the learning group and changed their nicknames and avatars to the same as the teacher. The style of payment, in the name of paying the information fee and training fee, scams the money of parents and minor students. "
Miao Shengming said, "We believe that this kind of robbery, especially criminal acts committed against children, is of a serious nature, bad plot, and very harmful. The procuratorial organs will resolutely and severely crack down."
At the scene, Zhang Xiaojin, deputy director of the First Procuratorate of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, said: "Here, we also strictly warn the criminals, and anyone who tries to take advantage of the epidemic prevention and control to make unjust gains will be severely punished by law."
Text / Reporter Meng Yaxu