Sanxiang *** December 11 (full ** reporter Wang Zhifang correspondent Liu Zhixin) "related" can get low-rent housing, but you must first pay the prepayment fee, lottery fee, decoration deposit and "dotting fee" ......In this case, will you believe it!Today, the reporter learned from the Suxian District Procuratorate of Chenzhou City that the woman Zhu defrauded 25 people in this way, and the amount involved was more than 670,000 yuan.
In November 2022, the victim Pang wanted to apply for low-rent housing and met Zhu through a friend's introduction. Zhu said that he had a relationship to apply for low-rent housing, and promised to divide the house at the end of the year, and the two parties also signed an agreement on this.
After that, Zhu asked Pang to transfer 11,600 yuan in the name of prepayment, lottery fee, decoration deposit, etc. A few months later, Pang found that the application for low-rent housing was hopeless, so he asked Zhu for a refund. Zhu has been delaying again and again for various reasons. Pang called the police after realizing that he had been deceived.
After investigation, in 2017, Zhu learned about the application process when he went through the application procedures for low-rent housing at the Chenzhou Housing and Urban-Rural Development Department, and he thought of "helping others" to apply for low-rent housing to obtain benefits. From 2019 to 2022, Zhu received money from 25 people including Chen and Cao on the pretext of helping to apply for low-rent housing, and defrauded more than 670,000 yuan by taking people to see the house falsely, promising the delivery date at will, and fabricating chat records. After receiving the money, she neither helped anyone apply for low-rent housing, nor did she get a full refund as agreed until the East Window incident.
In the end, the Suxian District Procuratorate of Chenzhou City prosecuted Zhu for fraud, and the court sentenced him to ten years and six months in prison and a fine of 30,000 yuanContinue to recover more than 670,000 yuan of Zhu's illegal gains and return them to the victims.
Reminders
When applying for "low-rent housing", do not trust "related households".
Low-rent housing and public rental housing are all social security housing, and the procedures for application, review, and rent allocation are regulated by corresponding systems. Applicants must apply truthfully through formal channels, and do not trust all kinds of "related households" and "intermediaries". If you encounter such "****, you must be vigilant, report to the housing security department in time or call 110 directly to call the police.
According to the relevant provisions of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, whoever defrauds public or private property, and the amount is relatively large, is to be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, short-term detention or controlled release, and/or a fine;where the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, a sentence of between 3 and 10 years imprisonment and a concurrent fine is to be given;where the amount is especially huge or there are other especially serious circumstances, a sentence of 10 or more years imprisonment or indefinite imprisonment is to be given, and a concurrent fine or confiscation of property.