93 people unearthed in a criminal case involving corruption and "protective umbrella"
The National Anti-criminal Office Issued 4 Listed Supervision Cases
□ Our reporter Zhou Bin and Dong Fanchao
Defrauding and embezzling land development compensation of more than 500 million yuan; arranged for his father, wife, brothers and cronies to be elected to the "two committees" of the village, and held the grassroots government for more than 30 years; committed looting and committed 1 death...
On December 25, the National Anti-criminal Office held a press conference on the supervision of listed cases, and announced the Beijing Gaofuxin case, the Hebei He Jinshan case, the Jilin Zhang Yongfu case, and the Guangxi "Three Brothers" case. The circumstances of the case are shocking.
Black money is clear to recover stolen goods
[Basic case] Since 2001, the evil criminal group headed by Gao Fuxin has repeatedly carried out illegal and criminal activities around the old city reconstruction and land development projects, relying on the company actually controlled by it, using the relationship between relatives and friends and economic interests as the link.
During the reconstruction and demolition of the old city of Miyun, the group resorted to arbitrarily beatings, demolishing houses and other means to do evil, bullying the people, and seriously disrupting the local economic and social order.
Through false listing of households to be demolished, forged demolition agreements, and false reporting of land development costs, more than 500 million yuan was defrauded and embezzled in compensation for land development.
The group also bought and colluded with state officials and heads of rural grassroots organizations, and used their positions to facilitate joint embezzlement and deception of state-owned assets.
A total of 45 people were investigated and dealt with in this case, including 2 bureau-level officials and 14 division-level officials.
In November 2020, the court sentenced Gao Fuxin to life imprisonment and confiscated all personal property in the first instance; sentenced other 16 group members to imprisonment ranging from 12 to one year.
Five public officials were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from 20 to three years for corruption and bribery.
After the verdict was pronounced in the first instance, none of the defendants appealed.
[Experience and Practice] Persist in "black wealth" and clear the bottom, and spare no effort to recover the stolen goods.
The task force concentrated its efforts to comprehensively check the property involved, find clues about the property involved in the case, seize the opportunity to recover the damages, seize more than 680 million yuan in real estate, freeze equity, and deposits. The property seized in this case can basically recover all the losses.
Persist in a high-pressure posture and make every effort to arrest the main culprit.
After the incident, Gao Fuxin and other principal offenders absconded in fear of crime. The public security organs relied on modern scientific and technological means to strengthen research and judgment tracking, comprehensively using policy education, urging and persuading investment, and offering reward notices to increase the pursuit. It took 8 months to finally arrest Gao Fuxin in Xiamen, Fujian. Arrested and brought to justice.
Adhere to the coordination of discipline and law, and thoroughly investigate and investigate crimes on duty.
Strengthen the simultaneous registration and coordination of relevant political and legal agencies and discipline inspection and supervision agencies, increase evidence collection, comprehensively investigate and thoroughly investigate the "relationship network" and "interest chain", effectively purify the social environment and purify the political ecology.
Remote verification to eliminate interference
[Basic case] From 1987 to 2019, He Jinshan took advantage of the convenience of his power and the influence of family power to recruit family members, relevant public officials, and prisoners to serve for him. He formed a triad organization in Handan, Hebei, known as the local The "South Tyrant".
By illegally joining the party, falsifying academic qualifications, and falsifying age, many members of the organization entered or promoted illegally, infiltrating the party and government units.
He Jinshan took advantage of his position as secretary of the local village party branch, township cadre and other powers and family influence, to force the town party committee to change the established personnel arrangements, and arrange his father, wife, brothers and cronies to be elected to the village’s “two committees” to control the grassroots government Up to 30 years.
Under the influence of the grassroots organization controlled by He Jinshan and the main leader of the county housing construction department, the organization carried out illegal and criminal activities such as loan sharking, illegal transfer of land use rights, and embezzled collective assets, state-owned property and other people's property.
Through illegal business establishment and illegal operation, illegal control of local heating, water supply and other industries is formed, and illegal and criminal activities such as disrupting official duties, opening casinos, and extorting are carried out.
In September 2020, the court sentenced He Jinshan to 25 years in prison and confiscated all personal property.
The verdict was upheld in the second instance.
[Experience and Practice] Adhere to the coordination of discipline and law.
Handan City adopted off-site verification methods to eliminate interference for later investigations. The municipal and district disciplinary inspection and supervision agencies and the public security agencies jointly set up a task force to simultaneously file the case and thoroughly investigate 93 people involved in crime, crime, and "protection umbrellas", including the division level. 7 cadres.
Persist in handling cases according to law.
The three-level procuratorial organs of the provinces and municipalities coordinated and deployed the case-handling forces, stationed in the front line of the public security case, and guided the in-depth excavation of the evidence involved in the case.
The judicial organs formed a special trial team to creatively convene a "small + large" pre-trial meeting to realize the substantive trial of the court.
Insist on precise wealth management.
With regard to the seized 330 million yuan of property involved in the case, the judicial authority carefully reviewed the nature of the source of the property and its relevance to illegal and criminal activities, and strictly distinguished illegal income from legal property. At the time of the judgment, it assessed 19 properties, 4 land, and 15 vehicles and other property involved in the case were confiscated.
Umbrella wealth and dig deeper
[Basic case] Since 1997, the underworld organization headed by Zhang Yongfu has been entrenched in Gangyao Town, Longtan District, Jilin City, Jilin Province for a long time, and has continuously expanded to the periphery of Jilin City.
The main members of the “two committees” of Hashma Village, Gangyao Town, Longtan District are all controlled by Zhang Yongfu. The organization excludes dissidents through threats, intimidation, and serious injuries. Zhang Yongfu’s wife and brother, brother-in-law, and 26-year-old son are appointed as village directors and villagers. The party branch secretary has controlled and controlled the grassroots government for more than 20 years.
The organization monopolized the local breeder, broiler sales market, forestland contracting, mining and other industries, violently suppressed competitors, and illegally undertook the government's 200 greenhouse projects, of which 76 greenhouses later collapsed.
In order to achieve the purpose of obtaining illegal benefits, the organization has repeatedly committed crimes such as intentional homicide, intentional injury, and intentional destruction of property. It has repeatedly instigated and coerced more than 100 villagers to illegally petition, and besieged relevant provincial agencies and municipal and district governments.
Through bribery and other means, we have corroded Cui Zhenji, the former chairman of the Jilin CPPCC, and Hou Changfu, the former director of the Shulan City Public Security Bureau, and many other leading cadres of party and government organs to provide shelter for their criminal activities.
In November 2020, the court sentenced Zhang Yongfu to life imprisonment and confiscated all personal property in the first instance.
[Experience and Practice] Persist in coordination and linkage, and work together to tackle tough problems.
The Provincial Public Security Department took the lead, designated the Tonghua City Public Security Agency to conduct remote investigations, and transferred more than 100 capable police to form a task force to tackle tough problems.
The courts and procuratorates strictly control the quality of cases to ensure that they are iron-clad cases that can stand the test of law and history.
Insist on making money together, dig deep and investigate thoroughly.
Discipline inspection and supervision organs and relevant political and legal organs “dual special teams” jointly handled cases, strictly investigated and dealt with the corruption and “protective umbrella” behind them. A total of 44 cases were filed and investigated, including 1 department-level cadre and 5 department-level cadres, who were transferred to judicial organs6 people.
Persist in the simultaneous investigation of the case and the inventory of the assets involved, set up a special class for joint disposal of assets involved in the political and legal, taxation, finance, market supervision and other departments, and carry out the "seven must check" of the real estate, vehicles, and bank deposits in the case, and a total of them were sealed , Detain 220 million yuan of assets involved in the case and completely eradicate the economic foundation.
Catch fugitives in one go
[Basic case] Since 2008, triad organizations headed by Li Long, Li Jun, and Li Feng have been entrenched in Nanning and Bobai, Guangxi for a long time. They have used the same township and kinship as the link, and registered the company as a cover. They have been engaged in illegal activities for a long time. criminal activities.
The three Li brothers used methods such as wining over fellow villagers, gathering the same people, forming a community of interests, etc., and organized a total of 15 illegal and criminal activities such as robbery, fraud, opening casinos, and implementing "routine loans". One person died due to robbery; use Use violence, threats or "soft violence" to illegally collect debts and intervene in economic disputes.
Among the 15 illegal and criminal activities, there were 12 joint crimes involving more than 10 people, with a maximum of 80 people at one time.
The assets involved in the case were seized by the public security organs after the incident amounted to 659 million yuan.
In October 2020, the court sentenced Li Long and Li Jun to life imprisonment and confiscation of all personal property in the first instance. The 23 defendants including Li Feng were sentenced to imprisonment ranging from 25 to one year and six months.
[Experience and Practice] Raise the level to handle cases in remote places to achieve precise strikes.
The Public Security Department of the Autonomous Region has adopted measures to upgrade investigations and handle cases and designate jurisdictions. The Nanning public security organs are the mainstay, and police from Baise, Laibin, Yulin and other places are deployed to handle cases.
The procuratorial organs intervened in advance to guide investigations and obtain evidence, tighten the chain of evidence, improve the quality and effectiveness of case handling, and lay a solid foundation for legal convictions and sentencing.
Efforts to arrest the fugitives and resolutely catch them all.
The public security organs lasted nearly 20 months to arrest and pursue 125 suspects involved in the case.
By organizing grassroots police forces, mobilizing community cadres, and persuading others, Li Gui, the main fugitive suspect, was forced to voluntarily surrender in August 2020, and the criminal organization was wiped out.
Adhere to the coordination of discipline and law, dig deep into the umbrella net.
Disciplinary inspection and supervision organs cooperated closely with public security organs and filed the case simultaneously. By analyzing the flow of funds and colliding with the network, they dug up 23 "protective umbrella" clues. Now 7 people have been filed and investigated, including 1 department-level cadre.
Beijing, December 25th