China News Service, April 14 (Xinhua) -- Li Ruiyi, head of the Third Criminal Division of the Supreme People's Court, said on the 14th that last year, courts nationwide concluded more than 25,000 telecom and network fraud crimes in the first instance, and more than 61,000 defendants were sentenced.
On the morning of the 14th, the State Council Information Office held a press conference on the progress of cracking down on the crime of telecommunication and network fraud.
The relevant officials of the Ministry of Public Security, the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the People's Bank of China introduced the progress of the crackdown on the crime of telecommunication and network fraud, and answered questions from reporters.
At the meeting, a reporter asked: It is understood that the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and the Ministry of Public Security jointly issued two documents, the "Opinions (2)" and the "Minutes of the Meeting on the "Card Breaking" Action, which provided information for combating electrical fraud. A powerful legal weapon, in addition to issuing relevant documents, what else has the people's court done in combating telecommunication and network fraud?
What are the next work arrangements?
Li Ruiyi responded that the people's court actively participated in the special work of cracking down on telecommunication network fraud and crimes, gave full play to the role of judicial functions, resolutely and severely punished telecommunication network fraud and related crimes in accordance with the law, handled cases well, improved legal norms, and made every effort to recover the stolen goods and restore the losses. , strengthen legal publicity, take multiple measures simultaneously, and achieved positive results.
First, always do a good job in the trial of cases.
People's courts at all levels adhere to the policy of severe, comprehensive and accurate punishment, make full use of existing legal provisions, accurately identify facts, apply laws correctly, strictly grasp policies, and effectively improve efficiency, and have concluded a large number of telecommunication and network fraud crimes. case.
Last year, courts nationwide concluded more than 25,000 such cases in the first instance, and more than 61,000 defendants were sentenced.
Courts in Sichuan, Jiangsu, Beijing, Henan and other places concluded major cross-border telecommunication and network fraud crimes such as "10.18" and "10.30".
Among them, the "10.18" case was rated as the "Top Ten Cases of Promoting the Rule of Law in the New Era".
The trial of the case has achieved good legal and social effects.
The second is to continuously strengthen legal support.
In 2016 and 2021, the Supreme People's Court, together with the Supreme People's Procuratorate and the Ministry of Public Security, successively formulated and promulgated the "Opinions on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in Handling Criminal Cases such as Telecommunications and Internet Fraud" and "Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in Handling Criminal Cases such as Telecommunications and Internet Fraud". Opinions on Issues (2)", normative legal documents such as the minutes of the "broken card" action meeting were issued twice last year and this year.
In response to outstanding problems in judicial practice, the standards for the application of laws have been continuously improved and clarified to meet the needs of actual struggles, and to further standardize and guide law enforcement and case handling.
The third is to fully safeguard the interests of the masses.
The people's court adheres to the people-centered approach, tries its best to recover the property losses of the defrauded people and promotes the trial of the case, and cooperates with relevant departments to thoroughly investigate and recover the funds involved in the case in accordance with the law, urge the defendant to actively return the stolen goods and compensation, and explore the establishment of fraud-related frozen funds in a timely manner according to law. The return mechanism ensures that the funds involved in the case are preferentially returned to the victims, and those that are not enough to be returned in full will be returned in proportion to minimize and make up for the property losses of the deceived people.
Fourth, focus on strengthening legal publicity.
People's courts at all levels regard cracking down on telecommunication and network fraud as an important starting point for "I do practical things for the masses". While handling cases, they actively participate in comprehensive management and carry out legal publicity. Various forms such as “campus” and “send law into the community” are targeted to educate the general public to enhance their awareness of anti-fraud and anti-fraud, and promote the formation of a good social atmosphere.
Li Ruiyi pointed out that in the next step, the people's court will continue to insist on severely punishing telecommunication and network fraud crimes in accordance with the law, continue to do a good job in the trial of cases, and improve the quality and efficiency of the trial. Safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the masses.
In the near future, we will also speed up the research and formulation of evidence norms that adapt to the characteristics and laws of telecommunications network fraud, and further solve the problems of difficult investigation and evidence collection and identification of such cases.
At the same time, a number of typical cases will be released, and the case will be used to explain and explain the law, continue to strengthen publicity and education, and promote the construction of a new pattern of national fraud prevention and anti-fraud.