Rule of Law Online丨The content of the "magic medicine" for eye diseases in the publicity account is so magical

  There is such a drug, which claims to enable the majority of middle-aged and elderly people to be able to thread a needle at the age of 60, read and read newspapers at the age of 70, and even be able to see and hear well at the age of 80 and 90 without wearing reading glasses.

This is what Ms. Tao from Nantong, Jiangsu Province saw on an online public account.

The author of the article is an old Chinese medicine practitioner who claims to have 40 years of medical experience and that he specializes in treating eye diseases.

So, what is the extraordinary medical skill of this so-called "magic doctor"?

  Ms. Tao is from Nantong City, Jiangsu Province. She doesn't remember when she found that her eyes were a little unclear. She guessed that she was old and presbyopic, and she didn't pay much attention to it.

Until early 2021, Ms. Tao's visual function was noticeably worsening.

In her words, when it's serious, you can't tell what's a meter away.

  The victim, Ms. Tao: When I was living, I would get dizzy when I looked up, lowered my head, and worked, and then my eyesight became blurred and I couldn't see what was in front of me.

  One day in April 2021, Ms. Tao saw a tweet titled "40 years of medical practice, teach you a trick to restore vision" on a public account.

The article claimed that a person who was born in a family of traditional Chinese medicine, known as Teacher Zheng, has been a doctor for 40 years. He only saw one kind of disease is eye disease, and he can even cure all kinds of eye diseases fundamentally.

  The victim, Ms. Tao: I mainly suffer from severe eye discomfort recently. He introduced that the side effects are small, and the damage to me is not serious. Moreover, I have high blood pressure, and my blood sugar will sometimes be a little higher. Chronic diseases don't have much conflict.

  Claims that the medicine will cure the disease and have been verified by many hospitals

  This article wrote that as long as you take this teacher Zheng's medicine, the eye poison can be removed in 3 days, the vision returns to normal in 30 days, and the eye disease can be eradicated in 60 days.

In addition, the so-called teacher Zheng also claimed that the medicine he developed was composed of 23 precious medicinal materials, and had been jointly verified by 5 provinces and cities and 8 top three hospitals.

After reading this, Ms. Tao couldn't hold back any longer. She immediately added the so-called teacher's contact information through the QR code in the tweet.

  Let the patient see the diagnosis remotely and the conclusion is alarmist

  The other party said that his surname was Zheng, and he claimed to be an expert in a Chinese medicine clinic in Beijing.

After seeing Ms. Tao remotely, the "Teacher Zheng" asserted that Ms. Tao's vision loss was due to inflammation caused by the accumulation of toxins in the eye.

He also used a lot of professional terms to talk about the root cause of eye disease, and said that if it was not paid attention to, Ms. Tao might go blind, and recommended a mysterious pill to her.

  Victim Ms. Tao: This medicine has a note that it can basically treat various incurable diseases, and it is clearly written that there are no side effects, and then it can be taken for a long time, so I value it more.

  The so-called "Teacher Zheng" said that in her years of practicing medicine, she has seen too many patients like Ms. Tao, who eventually became blind in both eyes due to lack of effective treatment, and was even forced to surgically remove the eyeballs. .

  As soon as the patients began to be tempted, they immediately launched special promotions

  When she heard that her symptoms were so serious, Ms. Tao broke out in a cold sweat.

She immediately expressed her intention to buy medicine to the other party.

"Mr. Zheng" on the other end of the Internet said that there are just preferential places in Jiangsu at present, and Ms. Tao is advised to take advantage of this preferential activity.

  Victim Ms. Tao: This medicine is a box of 198. It depends on its activity. Sometimes it buys three boxes for two boxes, and sometimes buys three boxes for one box. It depends on its activity time, course of treatment, If the symptoms are relatively mild, it is treated once for five courses of treatment. If the symptoms are serious, it may reach ten courses of treatment, and it will continue to take this way in the future.

  Although the price is still high after the discount, patients still buy it

  The so-called "Teacher Zheng" said that Ms. Tao's symptoms belonged to the first stage of virus invasion, that is, mild symptoms, and she could basically recover completely after only five courses of treatment.

Ms. Tao did the math. If you participate in the current promotion of buy three boxes and get two boxes, three boxes are one course of treatment, then five courses of treatment will cost 1,782 yuan.

However, for Ms. Tao, who has just retired, this money is undoubtedly a lot of expenses.

  The victim, Ms. Tao: I didn't believe it too much at first, so I bought a few less treatments. I bought three courses of treatment, and I didn't buy all five courses at one time.

  Four days later, Ms. Tao received the medicine sent by "Mr. Zheng" from Beijing by cash on delivery.

Along with the mysterious pills came a white eye patch.

Then, according to the other party's instructions, Ms. Tao began to use these products internally and externally.

  Seems enthusiastic about punching in every day to ask patients about their medication status

  After receiving the medicine from Beijing from the so-called teacher Zheng, Ms. Tao took it on time every day.

During this period, the other party looked enthusiastic and patient, and asked Ms. Tao about her medication every day.

After more than a month, Ms. Tao's medicine is about to finish, so what will be the effect?

  Victim Ms. Tao: If I use it internally or externally or some tips, I think it seems to be slightly improved.

  In order to recover as soon as possible, this time, Ms. Tao decided to give it a go. She bought ten courses of drugs at once.

  The victim, Ms. Tao: Later, he pulled us into a large WeChat group. We were like patients chatting with each other. People in the group all said that it has a very good effect. Some say it looks like it's healed.

  Patients are pulled into the chat group, and all kinds of "good news" are endlessly heard

  Since joining this WeChat group, Ms. Tao has been immersed in various news of recovery every day.

Ms. Sun, who suffered from glaucoma, recovered after two courses of treatment, and Ms. Zhang, who suffered from cataract for two years, regained her light after three courses of treatment. Such good news of recovery will appear in the group every day. After recovering completely, Ms. Tao is very envious. She looks forward to being one of them one day.

  The appearance of the drug "inventor" is another advocacy

  Therefore, after receiving the ten courses of medicine, Ms. Tao took the initiative to propose to the "Mr. Zheng" that the dosage of the medicine should be increased.

The other party said that whether the dose of the drug can be increased, he still needs to ask a more powerful person, that is his 84-year-old grandfather.

The "Teacher Zheng" said that his grandfather is an old Chinese medicine practitioner with 40 years of experience in treating eye diseases, and he is also the inventor of this special medicine. Any incurable disease can be cured by the medicine in front of him.

  The victim, Ms. Tao: The old Chinese doctor came to give us advice, and some recommended us some food supplements, etc., which are quite considerate or should be quite in place, which makes us feel that we still believe in some of his professional knowledge, and some of the professional ones he said, Anyway, we are not very clear, anyway, I think it is in place.

  Patient doubled dose with no benefit

  The thoughtfulness of "Mr. Zheng" and the authority of the so-called famous doctor completely brought Ms. Tao's dangling concern to the ground.

During the communication process, the other party said that the dose of the drug can be increased, and if any discomfort occurs in the future, it must be reduced immediately.

In this way, Ms. Tao increased from 2 pills to 4 pills and even later increased to 8 pills. However, the increase of the drug dose did not bring any improvement to Ms. Tao's symptoms, even the slightest effect before. There is no more.

She asked the "Mr. Zheng" again about the situation.

  The victim, Ms. Tao: Later, she asked me to take another medicine, that is to say, another medicine that will gradually accumulate other curative effects, and then I felt that he was a bit like cheating me, not just this medicine, But there are more and more other supporting medicines, so that the course of treatment I buy will be longer and longer.

  The patient did not get any response to the claims, so he realized that he had been fooled

  The other party promised to clear the eye poison in three days, restore vision in 30 days, and eradicate the eye disease in 60 days.

But she had taken the medicine for nearly four months and thirteen courses of treatment, but there was no improvement, and now she was asked to buy those expensive matching medicines. Ms. Tao was very annoyed. She asked the "Mr. Zheng" for an explanation, but , the warm-hearted "Mr. Zheng" was completely silent, no matter what Ms. Tao said, she would not reply.

In this way, Ms. Tao's first online drug purchase experience ended with such a result, and she immediately called the police.

  Zhao Jie, a police officer from the Criminal Police Brigade of the Haian Public Security Bureau: She also provided the medicines she bought at the time of reporting the case. Our police officers saw that it was obviously some health care products, which could not achieve their so-called therapeutic effects.

  Zhou Zhou, deputy head of the Criminal Police Detachment of Nantong Public Security Bureau: It is true that the common people suffered losses and their health was violated, so our public security organs must destroy the criminal gangs.

  After investigating the courier tracking number provided by Ms. Tao, the informant, the police found that the delivery to her was in Beijing.

According to this shipping location, the police found that many people in Nantong City had recently received express delivery from this shipping location.

  Zhao Jie, a police officer from the Criminal Police Brigade of Haian Public Security Bureau: We found some victims. According to their reports, the suspects on the other side all claimed to be teachers, and some of the professional terms they spoke to them were all the same. It's all the same, it can be said to be a thousand illnesses.

  Follow-through investigation found more victims suffered the same way

  After Ms. Tao spent tens of thousands of yuan on multiple courses of treatment, the so-called expert changed her face and stopped replying to messages.

Among the victims returned by the police, like Ms. Tao, Mr. Ge, who was also in Nantong, had the same experience. He also suffered from eye diseases for many years, and also met a genius doctor who claimed to be able to treat eye diseases on the Internet.

  Client Mr. Ge: I usually have blurry eyes and poor vision, which has a great impact on my life, and I can't see a lot of things clearly.

  Like Ms. Tao, Mr. Ge met the so-called teacher Zheng after reading a popular science article on the so-called treatment of eye diseases in a public account.

But this time, this teacher Zheng has transformed himself into a so-called "national doctor", claiming to have been practicing medicine for 40 years.

He is 80 years old this year, and because of the drugs he developed, so far, he can still chat with Mr. Ge on his mobile phone without reading glasses.

  The client Mr. Ge: It attracted me. The effect of the medicine is amazing. He showed us various certificates, and then gave us pennants and medals. I believed him.

  After adding the contact information of the old Chinese medicine practitioner, the other party not only recommended a special medicine for the treatment of eye diseases to Mr. Ge, but also claimed that it was developed on the basis of the ancient recipes of the predecessors, and the other party also stated that he was the one the first beneficiary of the drug.

  The client Mr. Ge: I think what the old Chinese doctor said is so good, I can still accept it. I think it will definitely help my eyes. I think since it is so amazing, why did he put it on WeChat to promote it instead of putting it on the big screen? People in pharmacies or hospitals also had this idea. Later, he pulled us into a group. Many patients told me that this drug was good, and I believed it.

  The so-called old Chinese medicine doctor told Mr. Ge that their center is currently engaged in activities in the Jiangsu area, with unprecedented efforts. Each box is only 198 yuan, buy three boxes and get two boxes, and there are only 10 places in Nantong, and the current activity has entered. Countdown.

In order to catch up with this event, Mr. Ge immediately paid the other party 1782 yuan for four courses of medicine.

  The client Mr. Ge: I followed the instructions of his old Chinese medicine practitioner on how to take it. I took it for about half a year, and the effect was not obvious. Then I asked them again, and then they recommended me other medicines. It seems that the effect is still average. My child asked me if you were fooled, would this medicine work?

Then I started to wonder.

  After Mr. Ge stopped taking the medicine, the so-called old Chinese medicine practitioner still recommended him various medicines for eye diseases every day, but Mr. Ge remained unmoved.

  Mr. Ge: After being deceived, I can only admit that I am unlucky. I don’t think I would call the police for a few thousand dollars.

  The amount involved in the special sale of fake health products exceeds 300 million yuan

  The police found that many middle-aged and elderly people who were deceived did not report the crime because of self-confidence.

As the investigation deepened, a company in the guise of health care products surfaced.

The company also has several subsidiaries that specialize in the sale of fake medicines and health care products.

More than 100,000 people across the country fell into the scam, and the total amount involved reached 300 million yuan.

  Zhou Zhou, deputy head of the Criminal Police Detachment of Nantong City Public Security Bureau: We have started the investigation since we received the report from the victim, so the first step in the investigation should be to identify the location of the criminal.

  Lock down the suspect and uncover the "camouflage" of the company involved

  According to the clues provided by the victim, the Nantong police quickly locked a man surnamed Guan and his wife Wang, based on information such as the flow of funds, courier information, and chat records.

After investigation, the two suspects registered a health industry type company in Beijing.

  Zhao Jie, a policeman from the Criminal Police Brigade of Haian Public Security Bureau: The fraud gang has many members and is widely distributed. The headquarters is located in Beijing, and various sales companies are located in Baoding. Some sales companies in Baoding directly contact the victims. Each sales company submits orders. Distributed and shipped by the headquarters.

  Zhou Zhou, deputy head of the Criminal Police Detachment of Nantong City Public Security Bureau: In addition, all his fraud links have been carefully designed, and he has specially hired legal consultants to avoid legal strikes.

  Under the guise of "ancient prescriptions", salespeople pretend to be famous doctors and experts

  The police investigation found that the so-called health industry group headed by the criminal suspect Guan Mou, under the guise of the so-called "ancient prescription", the sales staff acted as various so-called famous doctors and experts to defraud the victims.

  Zhou Zhou, deputy head of the Criminal Police Detachment of Nantong Public Security Bureau: That is to say, no matter what kind of eye disease you have, such as glaucoma, presbyopia or what kind of disease, he provides the name of an old Chinese medicine expert to recommend a medicinal material to you. Not medicine, some are just a drink or drink to deceive.

When treating eye diseases, they mainly adopt the practice of treating one thousand diseases and one medicine.

  Not only that, but the criminal gang will also invite directors and screenwriters to carefully craft short commercials for publicity in some places.

  Zhou Zhou, deputy head of the Criminal Police Detachment of Nantong Public Security Bureau: In this case, several advertisements showed old Chinese medicine practitioners and experts, including the descendants of so-and-so ancient secret methods, the only descendants, including the husband and wife, mother and child in the advertisement of diet products We have searched for these related people, most of them are professional actors.

  Purchasing from the upstream and then selling them at a high price on the packaging network

  After multiple investigations, in July 2021, the Nantong police dispatched more than 450 police officers to go to Beijing and Baoding, Hebei to carry out centralized arrests.

  More than 720 people involved in the case were arrested at the scene, and a large number of so-called eye disease treatment, weight loss and other goods were seized.

Among these goods, some are medicines that the suspects bought from upstream and then repackaged, some are health care products, and some are "three-nothing" products that they don't even know what they are.

  Zhao Jie, a police officer from the Criminal Police Brigade of Haian Public Security Bureau: The cost is very low, usually about 5 yuan a pack, and they sell very expensively, usually 50 to 100.

  Zhou Zhou, deputy head of the Criminal Police Detachment of Nantong Public Security Bureau: The suspects should know that the so-called health care products they sell, including diet pills, are ineffective, because we asked the suspects at the scene of the arrest, did you give them to yourself? My parents have bought this kind of health care products, including some suspects who are relatively fat at the scene. I asked if you have ever taken this weight loss drug, they have not even taken it themselves.

  Exaggerating the efficacy of the drug and giving it a special gift has become a trick for fraud

  According to the account of the criminal suspect Guan Mou, when the fraud is committed, the sales staff will remotely diagnose and treat the victim as various experts. No matter what the victim says, the prescriptions prescribed are of the same type.

The suspect Guan Mou confessed that the pills, which are supposed to be concentrated from 23 precious medicinal materials, are actually some products they bought in the market for the treatment of eye diseases. After a little treatment, their value doubled instantly.

And their magic weapon to attract the attention of the victims, in addition to those fabricated stories and those expert identities, is to exaggerate the efficacy of drugs and give them special gifts.

In Guan's words, as long as the gifts are delivered in place, there is no business that cannot be done.

  Zhou Zhou, deputy head of the Criminal Police Detachment of Nantong City Public Security Bureau: When he was selling, he even used whether there are side effects from eating it as a criterion for whether you have enough food and whether the medicine is enough. He is a criminal gang for profit. , he is trying to get more money, so he sells the things he doesn't care if you eat it or not, or whether it hurts the body or not, he just sells more of his products.

  Tao Feng, deputy director of the Nantong Public Security Bureau: The criminal gang in this case operates in a corporate model. By exaggerating the efficacy of fictitious drugs, they wantonly deceive the public under the banner of promotion on many platforms.

As of the incident, the case involved more than 100,000 people across the country, involving a total amount of more than 300 million yuan.

  At present, 118 people including Guan have been prosecuted by the procuratorial organs, and more than 100 criminal suspects have been transferred for review and prosecution, and the case is still under further investigation.

  Zhou Zhou, deputy head of the Criminal Police Detachment of the Nantong Public Security Bureau: Don't trust the so-called videos you see on the Internet, or the propaganda made by so-called experts.

Because it inevitably has some exaggerated propaganda elements, it is still necessary to go to a regular hospital for medical consultation.