China News Service, Changzhi, April 23 (Reporter Li Tingyao) The reporter learned from the Public Security Bureau of Changzhi City, Shanxi Province on the 23rd that the local police cracked a series of fraud cases of purchasing grain, more than 50 farmers in 4 counties and districts were deceived, and a 17-member criminal gang be destroyed.

The suspect filled a cart with corn and used the trick of "ghost scales" to defraud more than 10 catties of corn for each weighing.

　　Strange harvest shrinks

　　Ren, who lives in Dabaotou Town, Changzi County, Changzhi, is a big grain farmer, and selling corn is his main source of income.

On April 3, three grain sellers from other places came to the village, and the prices they offered were higher than in previous years. Ren called them home and planned to sell the dried corn for a good price.

　　The three grain vendors had a clear division of labor, and quickly loaded the corn into the trolley and weighed it.

　　A few days later, when Ren went to sell the remaining corncob, he found that this year's corncob was more than last year, but the money he got from selling corn a few days ago "shrinked" instead.

Discovering that he was deceived, he hurried to the Zhangzi County Public Security Bureau to report the case.

　　Investigate leads to criminal gang

　　The police from the Criminal Police Brigade of the Zhangzi County Public Security Bureau immediately started work and found out the vehicle model and other vehicle information that the suspect was driving when purchasing food.

By reviewing the surveillance video along the way, the police mastered the driving trajectory of the suspect vehicle, and immediately squatted in the area where it might appear.

　　At the same time as the police began to work, more and more farmers came to report the crime.

After sorting out the case, the police found that the suspect's physical characteristics, clothing, means of committing the crime and the target of the crime were the same, which should have been committed by the same group of criminals, so they jointly investigated the case.

　　After many days of scouting, the suspect was finally locked.

On April 16, the police attacked and all 17 suspects were arrested.

　　The trick is hidden in the "ghost scale"

　　During the interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime of defrauding by means of the "Top Wheel".

　　When the criminal gang was buying grain, they filled a cart with corn and put it on the scale. They pressed the wheel of the cart against the wheels of the iron pound, so that the weight displayed on the scale would be less than the actual weight.

He defrauded more than 10 catties of corn for each weighing, and the accumulated amount of fraud was more than 200,000 yuan.

　　At present, 17 suspects have been taken compulsory measures in accordance with the law on suspicion of fraud, and the case is under further trial.

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