Man bought more than 50,000 gold and silver jewelry pawns in 2,000 A man used "gold and silver" jewelry to defraud, and successfully defrauded five pawn shops of a total of 140,000 yuan in just two months. Recently, the man was sentenced to 4 years in prison and fined 70,000 yuan for fraud.
It is understood that the man's surname is Zhao, and since 2022, he has observed that some people around him have used "gold and silver" jewelry to defraud and obtain huge profits. Inspired by this "success", Zhao spent more than 2,000 yuan to buy some "gold and silver" jewelry from the Internet. This kind of jewelry is plated with ** on the outside, but the inside is actually silver, which is difficult for non-professionals to distinguish.
Zhao committed the crime for the first time and chose a pawnshop in Nanjing. He pawned the "gold and silver" jewelry to the pawn shop with pure gold ** and obtained 5A high pawn payment of 30,000 yuan. However, after the agreed redemption period, Zhao lost contact. When the pawnshop owner could not contact Zhao, he decided to cut the jewelry for inspection, and it turned out that the inside was actually silver.
In the next two months, Zhao traveled to 5 cities and defrauded 5 pawn shops with the same means, defrauding the amount of up to 140,000 yuan. He used all the money he had swindled out for travel and personal consumption.
* After receiving the report, an investigation was quickly launched and Zhao was successfully arrested. During the interrogation, Zhao confessed to his criminal acts. He said that the reason why he embarked on the road of crime was because he was influenced by the people around him and greedy for temporary profits.
The court held at trial that Zhao used the method of fabricating facts and concealing the truth to defraud others of property for the purpose of illegal possession, and the amount was huge, and his behavior constituted the crime of fraud. According to the relevant provisions of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, the court sentenced Zhao to 4 years in prison and a fine of 70,000 yuan.
The case has attracted widespread attention from all walks of life. Pawnbroking industry experts said that pawnshops should strengthen their ability to identify pawns when receiving pawns and use professional equipment for testing to prevent similar frauds. At the same time, members of the public should also be vigilant against buying gold and silver jewellery from unknown sources for small profits to avoid being deceived.
This incident also reminds us once again that integrity is the cornerstone of social life. Any attempt to obtain ill-gotten gains through fraudulent means will eventually be severely punished by the law. We should establish correct values, abide by laws and regulations, and jointly maintain an honest and just social environment.