Beijing News (Reporter Zhang Jingshu Correspondent Fu Yiming) ** Di called himself a "great immortal", and said that people were unwell as "snake demons" possessed, and successively defrauded 2.2 million yuan. After the party called the police, Di was arrested by **. Recently, the Shunyi District People's Court of Beijing heard the case of Di's suspected fraud, and finally sentenced him to 11 years and six months in prison and a fine of 120,000 yuan.
The Beijing News reporter learned that Hua's mother had been unwell for a long time, and after being introduced by a friend, she got acquainted with Di, who lied that she was possessed by a "fairy family". After the two sides met for the first time, Di said that Hua's mother had a "snake demon" in her body, which caused her mother's bad luck and even brought disaster to the family. Di said that "pressing the hall" (depositing the money in the bank card and putting it under his "ancestral hall") could help Hua's mother get lucky, and successively defrauded Hua of 1.7 million yuan and lived in Hua's home. After that, Di lied that Hua's sister would have a disaster, and if she wanted to resolve it, she needed to transfer 500,000 yuan to the "blessed person", that is, Di himself, and the "blessed person" would then return it in full.
After Hua's sister transferred 500,000 yuan to Di, she did not repay the loan, so she called the police. Subsequently, Di was seized, and after identification, Di had full capacity for criminal responsibility, but he was used to using "divine power" to defraud, and the stolen money had also been squandered.
After trial, the Shunyi court held that the defendant Di had fabricated facts, concealed the truth, and defrauded others of their property for the purpose of illegal possession, and the amount was particularly huge, and his conduct constituted the crime of fraud and should be punished in accordance with law. In view of the fact that the defendant Di X was able to truthfully confess the facts of the crime after being brought into the case, and voluntarily admitted guilt and accepted punishment, the Shunyi court gave him a lenient punishment in accordance with law.
In the end, the Shunyi court convicted the defendant Di of fraud and sentenced him to 11 years and six months in prison, deprivation of political rights for two years, and a fine of 120,000 yuan. The verdict is now in force.
According to the judge's analysis, in this case, Di X fabricated the fact that he was "possessed by an immortal family", making the victim believe that he could do it for himself and get lucky, and thus defrauded a large amount of money, and his behavior met the characteristics of the crime of fraud by fabricating facts and concealing the truth, and according to the relevant provisions of the "Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Law in Handling Criminal Cases of Fraud", where the value of public or private property is more than 500,000 yuan, it shall be found that the "amount is particularly huge" as provided for in article 266 of the Criminal Law where the sentence is to be 10 or more years imprisonment or life imprisonment, and a concurrent fine or confiscation of property.
The judge reminded that it is necessary to believe in science, distinguish between right and wrong, and completely break the feudal superstitious thinking. It is human nature to hope that the family is healthy, but we must not pin our hopes on feudal superstition and vainly seek to "cure the disease" by "asking God and inviting immortals".
Edited by Peng Chong and proofread by Fu Chunchou.