[Explanation] 188 yuan "divination" to answer a question, 2999 yuan can do "dharma things" to "cut peach blossoms", whether it is to save feelings or prepare for IELTS, in nearly a year, the woman spent 1.47 million yuan to ask the master to do it After more than 400 "legal events", not only did they break up with her boyfriend, but the two "masters" were also sentenced for fraud.
On April 1, the Beijing Xicheng Court heard the case.
[Explanation] Due to a bad relationship, Gai, a 21-year-old girl, met Lei and his wife, Sun, who ran an online store and did amulets through the Internet.
Lei claimed to be able to tell fortunes, be able to do things, and change his fortune, and said that Gai's boyfriend was "possessed by ghosts" and needed to do things to resolve it.
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How did you introduce (to the victim) the efficacy of doing "dharma activities" and buying these amulets?
For example (introduction) amulets for safety, fortune, and transport, including some have the effect of emotional harmony, the word "dharma" is more targeted, for example, two people have broken up, after the "dharma" is done , the feelings of the two will be reconciled.
Did you deceive her with fictitious facts?
have.
What facts are you making up?
An exaggeration is to do "dharma things" to make the feelings reconcile, but in fact it can't be achieved.
[Explanation] In addition to saving feelings, the "Master" also claims that doing "dharma things" can help with studies.
At the trial scene, the defendant also revealed the truth.
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Do you think her academic achievement is the result of your "dharma work"?
no.
what is that?
She took the IELTS test at that time, and the next day (test) IELTS, (the day before) let me do it, and the next day IELTS test score was very good.
Is that your role in doing "legal things"?
no.
She plays better on her own.
[Explanation] In the past year, the two defendants performed "dharma services" for Gai, asking for amulets more than 400 times and collecting 1.47 million yuan.
When Gai said he had no money, he still persuaded Gai to ask his family for money, pre-collect wages from the internship unit, and perform "legal services" on credit, on the grounds of "negative energy", until he was discovered by Gai's parents.
After appraisal of the value, the various amulets ranged from 20-30 yuan, and the items that Gai bought at a high price were worth 275 yuan.
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(Sold to her) including a series of Gumantong, then amulet and so on.
How much did you sell her for these things?
The cheapest is more than 4,000, and the most expensive should be more than 500,000.
What is more than half a million?
A pair of tigers.
[Explanation] The first-instance judgment of the court held that the defendants Lei and Sun, for the purpose of illegal possession, fabricated facts to defraud other people's property, the amount was particularly huge, and violated the property rights of citizens. .
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The verdict is as follows: 1. Defendant Lei committed fraud and was sentenced to ten years in prison, two years of deprivation of political rights, and a fine of RMB 100,000.
Second, the defendant, Sun Mou, committed the crime of fraud and was sentenced to five years in prison and a fine of RMB 50,000.
[Explanation] The judge reminded the general public to be wary of fraudulent activities that use feudal superstition as a means, and do not believe in superstitions such as methods to eliminate disasters.
[Concurrent] Liu Jie, Judge of the Criminal Division of the People's Court of Xicheng District, Beijing
Tomb-sweeping Day is coming soon, remind the general public that we should pay attention to distinguish which are scams and which are normal customs and activities of this tradition.
If you find such a situation like this case, you are tempted to consume step by step, and there are such situations as fictitious facts, you should seek the help of the judicial authorities in time, and report the case in time, so that we can better recover. loss, to avoid further expansion of our losses.
(Reporter Shan Lu reported in Beijing)
Responsible editor: [Cheng Chunyu]