Chongqing has concluded 166 telecom fraud cases this year, involving more than 1.8 billion yuan

The picture shows the scene of the press conference.Photo by He Penglei

China News Service, Chongqing, June 21 (Reporter He Penglei) On the 21st, the Chongqing Higher People’s Court held a press conference stating that since 2021, Chongqing courts have concluded 203 cases of telecommunications and network fraud and related cases, 900 of which have been concluded. 790 people were involved in 166 crimes, and the amount of fraud involved reached 1.84 billion yuan (the same below).

According to Zhang Bo, President of the Second Criminal Tribunal of the Chongqing Higher People’s Court, while punishing telecommunications and network fraud crimes in accordance with the law, the Chongqing court also paid attention to source governance and end-of-line attacks, and carried out a full-scale attack on upstream and downstream related crimes, and resolutely cut them off. And destroy the industrial chain of illegal and criminal activities in the telecommunication network Since the beginning of this year, Chongqing courts have accepted 390 cases of telecommunications network fraud and related criminal cases with 1,704 people, and concluded 203 cases with 900 people.

“The city’s courts adhere to the criminal trial policy and philosophy of’emphasize the more important, despise the lesser’, and adhere to the main theme of strict law and strictness in criminal cases of telecommunications network fraud.” Zhang Bo said that for organizing and leading telecommunications network fraud criminal groups Principals, organizers and leaders of telecommunications network fraud criminal groups, and active participants who play a major role in joint crimes shall be severely sentenced in accordance with the law, and severe punishments shall be resolutely sentenced in accordance with the law if the crime is serious. Since the beginning of this year, the city’s courts have sentenced 80 telecommunications network fraud criminals to more than five years but less than 10 years in prison, and 89 telecommunications network fraud criminals have been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison. The severe sentence rate is 9.89%, which is higher than the overall level of criminal cases. About 2.3 percentage points higher.

At the same time, the Chongqing court has also increased its efforts to recover stolen goods from criminals swindling telecommunications networks. We shall resolutely pursue all the property obtained by criminals illegally without setting a time limit, and resolutely prevent criminals from obtaining illegal benefits through telecommunications network fraud. At the same time, increase the application of fines and other property penalties, pay attention to economically punishing and sanction criminals, and resolutely deprive criminals of the economic ability to commit another crime. Since the beginning of this year, the Chongqing court has imposed a fine of more than 62.13 million yuan on criminals in telecommunications network fraud, and all of them have been transferred for execution.

In addition, the Chongqing court also strictly controls the conditions for applying probation and exemption from punishment in accordance with the law, and implements the policy of severely punishing telecommunication network fraud crimes in accordance with the law. Since the beginning of this year, the Chongqing court has applied probation for 206 persons in 86 cases of telecommunications network fraud. There is no exemption from criminal punishment, and the application rate of probation is 24 percentage points lower than the overall level of criminal cases.

It is worth mentioning that while Chongqing courts severely punish telecommunications network fraud crimes in accordance with the law, they also deal with minor crimes, coercion, tricks to participate in telecommunications network fraud criminal activities, and secondary criminals, threatened accomplices, and have Criminals who surrendered, made meritorious services and other statutory leniency punishments, pleaded guilty and punished after returning to the case and actively returned the stolen goods are treated differently and punished with leniency, which fully reflects the appeal of criminal policies.

Zhang Bo said that Chongqing will carry out a three-year national anti-fraud campaign from 2021 to 2023. The Chongqing court will continue to severely punish telecommunication network fraud crimes in accordance with the law, with “strikes” to promote “prevention”, “strikes” to promote “management”, and “strikes” to promote “control”, forming a powerful deterrent to telecom network fraud criminals; Implement the policy of both leniency and strictness, and encourage criminals in telecommunications network fraud to surrender and reform. The Chongqing court will also analyze and study the law and characteristics of telecommunications network fraud crimes in conjunction with trial practice, and promote the strengthening of telecommunication network fraud crimes from the source. (Finish)