It was clearly stated that the moving fee was several hundred yuan, but when he arrived at the scene, he asked for several thousand to tens of thousands of yuan.

The People’s Court of Changqing District, Jinan, Shandong, recently opened a trial against a criminal gang that carried out extortion in the name of a moving company. In the first instance, 19 defendants including Liu Shaorong were sentenced to five to six months in prison, three months in detention, and fined. .

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"Talu move" sits on the ground and starts

260 yuan moving fee changed to 5,000 yuan in a flash

  The clue to the case came from a police situation handled by the Jinan police in September last year. At around 5 pm one day, someone called the police and claimed that the moving company had blackmailed money.

  Wang Xi, first-level sergeant of the University Town Police Station of the Jinan City Public Security Bureau, Shandong: A company in the University Town Commercial Street, Changqing District, Li Mou reported to the police that the moving company he contacted from the Internet, claiming to be an employee of the Ant Moving Company, was moving In the process of asking for 5,000 yuan moving expenses, Li suspected of being blackmailed.

  Upon receiving the call, the police rushed to the scene to investigate and understand both parties. However, both parties had their own opinions on moving costs.

  Victim Li: I communicated with the salesman about the things to be moved, a sofa, a coffee table, and a table. The total cost is 260 yuan.

  Li said that this move is to move the furniture to another building in the same community, and the moving company can carry the furniture over.

However, the moving company sent six people to drive in two cars and could not help but move the furniture onto the car. Zhangkou asked Li for 5,000 yuan.

He also said that the original 260 yuan was just a fare.

  Victim Li: At that time, the moving company gave me a list. It cost 100 yuan to move 1 meter. My place is less than 100 meters. If it is 2 kilometers, it will not be able to reach tens of thousands.

  Subsequently, the police verified the identity of the movers. They fraudulently used the name of a regular moving company, led by Liu Shaorong and Li Chengli.

The police combed through the related disputes they had dealt with and found that a moving dispute also occurred two months ago. Among them, Liu Shaorong, Li Chengli and others asked for high moving fees.

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Online low-cost shopping

31 cases of extortion by moving

  Police investigations found that Li Haiguo and Wang Zhaofei were responsible for Liu Shaorong and others. After they registered a name similar to a regular moving company on a certain website, they took the job at a low price online. If someone was fooled, they would forward the victim's information to Liu Shaorong. The others, they organize and implement extortion, and after they succeed, the profits of both parties are divided.

  After sorting out the 110 moving customer information in the WeChat of the persons involved, the police finally identified 31 victims and verified 31 racketeering cases.

  In these cases, Liu Shaorong, Li Chengli and others brought their own vehicles, and each looked for and matched workers to set up a moving team.

When moving, two cars can be installed in one car, and three cars can be installed in two cars.

Its purpose is to ask customers for expenses in the name of vehicle fare, labor cost, etc.

If customers have objections to the charges, they will yell at the scene and threaten with soft violence.

  Hu Junjie, a policeman from the Criminal Police Brigade of the Qing District Bureau of Public Security of Jinan City, Shandong: It is said that some people bully migrant workers, bullies, and morally kidnap the victims. Some people even hold weapons nearby, causing a kind of damage to the victims. Mental threat.

  Liu Shaorong and others caught the victim's anxiety about moving and settling down, and forced them to pay according to their requirements.

The money obtained by extortion is divided among the criminal gangs in proportion.

  Hu Junjie, a policeman from the Criminal Police Brigade of the Qing District Bureau of Public Security of Jinan City, Shandong Province: For those who provide information online, 20% of the benefit fee will be withdrawn, and the convened workers will participate in the distribution of the spoils at a ratio of 15% to 25%.

The remaining cost backbone personnel own it.

  Bian Peifeng, leader of the third squadron of the Criminal Police Brigade of the Qing District Bureau of Public Security of Jinan City: This criminal gang committed 31 crimes and the amount of extortion involved was more than 100,000 yuan.

In the judgment of the first instance, the defendant Liu Shaorong was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment and a fine of 130,000 yuan. The defendant Li Chengli was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment and a fine of 90,000 yuan. The remaining defendants were sentenced to two years’ imprisonment and nine Between one month and three months of detention, he was sentenced to a corresponding fine.