News from our newspaper (Reporter Wang Zhuo) Recently, the People’s Court of Yuzhong District, Chongqing City made a first-instance verdict on the corruption and money laundering case of Zhang Yang, a cadre of a public institution in Yuzhong District: Defendant Zhang Yang was guilty of corruption and money laundering and sentenced to 19 years in prison. , And fined RMB 7 million.
This case is the first case involving corruption in "self-laundering" in Chongqing.
The Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection clearly stated that it is necessary to intensify the crackdown on corruption-related money laundering.
The Criminal Law Amendment (Eleventh), which was implemented in March this year, revised the money laundering crime clauses and made “self-laundering” after the execution of seven types of crimes a crime. At the same time, it improved the identification of money laundering behaviors and increased the approval of underground money houses. "Payment" settlement method, money laundering, etc., provides a powerful legal guarantee for the effective prevention and punishment of money laundering crimes.
In June 2021, the Chongqing Operation Management Department of the People's Bank of China conducted an anti-money laundering investigation and found that Zhang Yang and others' account transactions were abnormal, and immediately transferred the suspicious transaction clues to the Chongqing Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection. After that, the case was transferred to the Yuzhong District Commission for Discipline Inspection.
After discovering that Zhang Yang might be laundering money, the Yuzhong District Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision took the initiative to coordinate with the public security organs and the People’s Bank of China to set up a task force to carry out joint case handling, and simultaneously investigate Zhang Yang’s suspected corruption and money laundering crimes.
The Yuzhong District Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision insisted on double investigation and double conduct. The task force will focus on tracing the whereabouts of the illicit money in the early stage of the investigation, which will be carried out simultaneously with the investigation of the facts of corruption.
Actively coordinate the assistance provided by the Anti-Money Laundering Department of the Chongqing Business Administration Department of the People's Bank of China, inquired about more than 500 bank accounts involved in the case with more than 20 banks and institutions, and sorted out and analyzed the accounts with the police from the district public security branch.
The Yuzhong District Public Security Bureau was entrusted to conduct 7 online surveys on the 2 computers involved, 4 mobile phones, Zhangyang gambling accounts and gambling websites.
After investigation, in order to conceal the nature and source of the funds obtained from the crime, from March to June 2021, Zhang Yang recharged the public funds collected to a gambling website for gambling and at the same time withdrew cash from the website. His behavior was suspected of money laundering.
"The Zhang Yang case is a result of using the advantages of the coordination mechanism for the pursuit of stolen stolen goods to accurately and effectively crack down on corruption-related money laundering crimes." According to the relevant person in charge of the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee's Office of Fleeing Pursuits, the Municipal Committee's Office of Fleeing Pursuits and Anti-Money Laundering took full advantage of the Joint Conference The role of the two coordination mechanisms is to incorporate the fight against money laundering crimes into the city’s special duty crime international escape and stolen recovery operation, and coordinate the municipal prosecutor’s office, the municipal public security bureau, the Chongqing Business Administration Department of the People’s Bank of China and other member units to exert their respective functional advantages and strengthen communication and coordination. , To jointly establish a precise, efficient, smooth, and coordinated corruption-related money laundering punishment work mechanism, forming a "one game of chess" work pattern.
Since the reform of the supervisory system, Chongqing has realized 10 cases of corruption-related money laundering, involving money laundering of RMB 38,366,700. In particular, the number of clues on corruption-related money laundering transferred to the public security organs this year has reached 18, which is 3.6 times the total number of clues in the previous three years. At present, 5 cases have been implemented, 5 cases have been transferred to judicial organs, and 8 cases have been filed for investigation, and the punishment effect has gradually emerged.