Fighting, preventing, controlling, and promoting severe punishment of crimes

  Last year, procuratorial organs nationwide prosecuted 40,000 people for telecommunication and network fraud crimes

  □ Our reporter Zhang Hao

  Today, the Supreme People's Procuratorate released the data and related information on the entire chain of rectification of telecom and network fraud crimes. In 2021, procuratorial organs across the country will prosecute 40,000 people for telecom and network fraud crimes.

At present, telecommunications and network fraud crimes are on the rise, and the related network black production crimes are growing and spreading.

Procuratorial organs adhere to the integration of combat, prevention, management and control, severely punish telecommunications network fraud and related crimes in accordance with the law, and coordinate to promote comprehensive network governance.

  The case-handling data of the procuratorial organs show that there are three basic trends in telecommunications network fraud and related crimes.

  Judging from the number of incidents, the crime of telecommunication and network fraud has declined, and the related crime of cyber crime has risen rapidly.

From 2019 to 2021, procuratorial organs prosecuted 39,000, 50,000, and 40,000 people for telecom and network fraud crimes respectively.

Although the number of prosecutions in 2021 has dropped, it is still running at a high level.

The related cyber crime crimes have grown rapidly, mainly involving crimes of helping information and cyber criminal activities, crimes of concealing criminal proceeds and proceeds of crime, crimes of infringing on citizens' personal information, crimes of buying and selling official documents, certificates, and seals of state organs, and crimes of illegally crossing the country. (Border) crime, etc.

Among them, nearly 130,000 people were prosecuted for crimes of helping information and cybercrime activities last year, an increase of more than 8 times year-on-year, ranking third in all types of criminal crimes; crimes such as transferring fraudulent funds for predicate criminals to cover up and conceal criminal proceeds and proceeds of crime The crime of illegally crossing the country (border) and the crime of infringing on citizens' personal information has also increased rapidly. Last year, the number of indictments increased by 104%, 281%, and 64% respectively year-on-year.

  From the perspective of the persons involved, the "three lows" phenomenon of young age, low education and low income are more prominent.

Among the prosecuted telecommunications and network fraud crimes and related crimes, 85% were under the age of 35, 70% had a junior high school education or below, and 94% had no fixed occupation.

  Judging from the form of fraud, "pretends" are varied and deceptive.

Telecom and Internet fraud involves many areas of daily life, and 50% of them commit fraud under the "pretence" of investment and wealth management, emotional friendship, online shopping, etc., and investment and wealth management fraud ranks first, accounting for 26%.

  During the handling of the case, the procuratorial organ found that there are four prominent problems in social governance, especially network governance, which should be paid close attention to.

First, young people, especially school students, are particularly involved in the case.

Many young people indulge in selling phone cards and bank cards to help fraudsters transfer the material returns brought by the funds, and even make this as a business, falling into the quagmire of crime.

Second, there are frequent cases of minors and the elderly being deceived, and the fields involved are relatively concentrated.

Due to unfamiliarity with network operations and other reasons, cases of defrauding of these two groups of people have continued to occur frequently in recent years.

From the perspective of the deceived areas, minors are mainly concentrated in live broadcast rewards, online games, online shopping, etc.; the elderly are mainly concentrated in pension investment, health care, and emotional friendships for the elderly living alone.

Third, the leakage of citizens' personal information is more prominent, and the industry's "insiders" should be vigilant.

In 2021, procuratorial organs will prosecute more than 9,800 people for crimes against citizens' personal information, a year-on-year increase of 64%. The leakage of citizens' personal information has become the source of telecommunication and network fraud crimes.

In 2021, the procuratorial organs will prosecute more than 500 "inner ghosts" who leaked citizens' personal information, involving communications, banking, insurance, real estate, hotels, property, logistics and other industries.

Fourth, the use of network technology in crimes has lowered the "threshold" of crimes.

Criminal gangs strengthen criminal "technical confrontation" through technical outsourcing and purchasing technical services.

Some technology companies and technicians violated industry norms and professional standards, did not discriminate between service objects and projects, illegally provided technical support, and allowed harmful results to occur.

  In response to these trend problems, the procuratorial organs adhere to the thinking of "full chain attack, precise prevention, and integrated governance", increase the crackdown on telecommunication network fraud and related crimes in accordance with the law, and actively create a "no fraud in the world, and anti-fraud by all people". good environment.

  The procuratorial organs insist on being strict in accordance with the law, strengthen the whole chain of punishment, and resolutely curb the high incidence of telecommunication and network fraud crimes.

Focus on key areas, new methods, and special objects, and intensify efforts to crack down on scams, live broadcasts, online games, virtual currency investment fraud, and fraud against the elderly and minors.

Together with the public security organs, we will make every effort to crack down on cross-border telecommunications and network fraud criminal groups.

Punish all kinds of cyber criminals in accordance with the law, carry out in-depth "broken card" operations, and severely punish "inner ghosts" in the industry for illegally leaking personal information and using virtual currency to "launder money" for fraudsters.

In conjunction with the Supreme Court and the Ministry of Public Security, the "Opinions on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in Handling Criminal Cases such as Telecommunications and Internet Fraud (2)" was issued to further tighten the crackdown on prevention and legal net.

  In terms of policy grasp, distinguish between leniency and strictness to ensure the effectiveness of case handling.

The procuratorial organs insist on focusing punishment on criminal groups, the organizers, planners, commanders and key elements of criminal gangs, card-trafficking gangs, professional "card dealers", and "internal ghosts" in the industry.

In view of the situation that young people, especially school students, become criminal "tools" and accomplices in fraud crimes, adhere to the principle of education, rescue, punishment and warning, implement the criminal justice policy of fewer arrests, prudent prosecution and prudent detention, and jointly formulated and issued by the Ministry of Education. Typical cases, guide to enhance the ability to distinguish and prevent awareness.

  The procuratorial organs have strengthened the governance of the source of complaints during case handling, and actively coordinated to promote comprehensive governance in the network field.

In response to outstanding problems in phone card and bank card management, campus security management, and personal information management in the insurance industry, procuratorial organs in various regions have supervised and strengthened comprehensive governance by issuing procuratorial suggestions, risk reminder letters, and signing memorandums.

Actively explore the case-handling linkage mechanism, promote the establishment of an integrated and intelligent public data platform, and realize the transformation from case-handling supervision to similar case-governing supervision.

  Based on prevention first, the procuratorial organs conscientiously implement the legal popularization responsibility system of "who enforces the law, who popularizes the law", and combines the use of procuratorial hearings to simultaneously explain the law in cases, etc., to enhance the public's awareness of the rule of law on the Internet, and create a good social atmosphere of "anti-fraud by all" .

  Newspaper Beijing, March 2nd