Man pretends to be a reporter and sends 200 blackmail letters to 4 listed company executives
On February 23, reporters from Huaxi Metropolis Daily and cover news learned from China Judgment Document Network that recently, the People's Court of Shuangliu District, Chengdu City announced a criminal verdict.
From the end of March to mid-April 2020, the defendant Fu Mouqing pretended to be a news reporter for the purpose of extorting money and collecting information (including names, addresses, photos of personnel, etc.) of executives of listed companies, and produced 200 extortion letters. The content claims to have the private secrets of the blackmailed object, and to blackmail the blackmailed object.
In the end, the court sentenced Fu to the crime of blackmail and extortion, sentenced to ten years and six months in prison, and fined 150,000 yuan.
In this case, the 32-year-old Fu Mouqing only had a high school education. His blackmailers were all executives of listed companies, but he was successful many times.
Send 200 blackmail letters
Four company executives fooled
According to the verdict, at about 9 o'clock on April 12, 2020, the defendant Fu Mouqing drove to the railway station branch of Yueyang City Post Office in Hunan Province and delivered 200 blackmail letters at the same time.
On April 15, 2020, Wu Mou, deputy general manager of Aopu Home Furnishing Co., Ltd. received a letter of extortion.
On April 17 of the same year, Wu transferred 335,000 yuan to Fu Mouqing.
And Wu was not the last victim.
On April 17, 2020, Ye Mou, chairman of Zhejiang Tailin Biotechnology Co., Ltd., received a letter of extortion.
On April 22 of the same year, Ye Mou transferred 335,000 yuan to Fu Mouqing.
On April 18, 2020, Xu, chairman of Guangda Special Materials Co., Ltd., received a letter of extortion. On that day, Xu entrusted secretary Qian to transfer 335,000 yuan to Fu Mouqing.
On April 21, 2020, Chen Mou, the chairman of Ruima Precision Industry Co., Ltd. received a blackmail letter. On that day, Chen commissioned his sister to transfer 335,000 yuan to Fu Mouqing.
On April 17, 2020, Li, the chairman of Chengdu Leading Drug Development Co., Ltd., received a letter of extortion, forcing him to transfer 352,000 yuan.
But Li was not fooled, and instead reported the case to the public security organs.
So far, Fu Mouqing's blackmailing behavior was terminated.
After the incident, the public security agency froze Fu Mouqing's bank account, which actually froze RMB 942,000.
Extortion proceeds of 1.34 million yuan
Spend 300,000 yuan on financial products
On April 29, 2020, Fu Mouqing was criminally detained by the Shuangliu District Bureau of Chengdu Public Security Bureau on suspicion of racketeering and was arrested on May 29 of the same year.
It is understood that after Fu Mouqing received the transfer of 1.34 million yuan from the 4 victims, he spent 100,000 yuan and purchased 300,000 yuan of financial products.
The court held that the defendant Fu Mouqing pretended to be a journalist and extorted property from many people by exposing the privacy of others for the purpose of illegal possession. The amount was extremely large, and his behavior had constituted the crime of extortion and should be investigated for criminal responsibility in accordance with law.
The People's Procuratorate of Shuangliu District, Chengdu City prosecuted the facts and found the charges, and the court supported it.
In accordance with relevant laws and regulations, the court ruled that the defendant Fu was sentenced to ten years and six months in prison for the crime of extortion and a fine of 150,000 yuan.
The balance of the deposit in the frozen bank account and the 28,500 yuan of illicit money temporarily deposited in the court account were refunded to the victims Wu, Ye, Chen, and Xu, respectively, and 335,000 yuan each. The insufficient part was continued to be recovered and the four victims were refunded.