Candid photography equipment is not something that can be sold if you want to

Mondo Technology Updated on 2024-02-28

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Edit watches and bracelets sold by criminal suspects with secret video recording functions.

Use social ** platforms to sell watches and bracelets with eavesdropping and eavesdropping functions. On January 11, after the Tongzhou District Procuratorate of Nantong City, Jiangsu Province initiated a public prosecution, the court sentenced defendants Chen and Ye to 10 months in prison, one year of probation, four months of criminal detention, and six months of probation for the crime of illegally selling special equipment for eavesdropping and eavesdropping, and each was fined.

The smart video bracelet is silent and indicator-free when shooting, and completely concealed ......"In March 2022, Xiao Zhu, who lives in Tongzhou, saw a short ** functional sports bracelet on the Internet, and placed an order to buy the product with a skeptical and verified mentality. After receiving the goods, Xiao Zhu found that the bracelet did have relevant functions, and it was likely to violate personal privacy, so he reported to **.

Due to the possibility of being suspected of a criminal offense, the Tongzhou District Public Security Bureau filed a case for investigation that month, and Chen and Ye were arrested one after another. After arriving at the case, Chen and Ye truthfully explained the process of selling smart video bracelets and watches.

Chen runs a store that sells security monitoring equipment in a computer city in Guangzhou, and sells surveillance cameras on multiple online platforms. One day in October 2021, Chen saw that there were bracelets and watches with secret audio and video recording functions for sale, and the sales were relatively high, thinking that this was a new "business opportunity", so he began to look for people with a source of goods in hand.

After finding a source of goods with the online name of a certain technology watch (under investigation) and Ye, Chen sold smart video bracelets and other goods on the online platform through online stores or live broadcasts, and after the customer placed an order, he sent the customer information to Shangjia, and Shangjia sent the goods on behalf of Shangjia. Under the ** of money, although Chen and Ye knew that the sale of such products was suspected of violating the law, they still continued to take chances. In addition to distributing such goods for Chen, Ye also sells them in his own **.

After the investigation was concluded, the case was transferred to the Tongzhou District Procuratorate for review and prosecution. After review, from October 2021 to March 2022, Chen sold smart video bracelets for an amount of more than 40,000 yuan, making illegal profits of 2more than 30,000 yuan; From April 2021 to May 2022, Ye sold a total of 1More than 60,000 yuan, illegal profit of 1,840 yuan.

After identification, the smart video bracelet and watch involved in the case are all special equipment for eavesdropping and eavesdropping. On December 29, 2023, the Tongzhou District Procuratorate prosecuted Chen and Ye on suspicion of illegally selling special equipment for eavesdropping and eavesdropping.

Prosecutor's Statement:

According to the relevant laws and regulations, China prohibits natural persons, legal persons and other organizations from producing, selling, and using special equipment for eavesdropping and eavesdropping. In business activities, businesses must strictly abide by the provisions of the law, and cannot take risks to produce and sell electronic products with eavesdropping and eavesdropping functions in order to make profits, otherwise they will violate the law. Consumers should also not buy and use special equipment for eavesdropping and eavesdropping at will, and if it causes serious consequences, it is also suspected of committing a crime.

Link to the law:

Article 283 of the Criminal Law [Crime of Illegally Producing or Selling Special Espionage Equipment, Eavesdropping, or Photographic Equipment] Whoever illegally produces or sells special espionage equipment or special equipment for eavesdropping or eavesdropping on photographs shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, short-term detention or controlled release, and/or a fine; where the circumstances are serious, the sentence is between three and seven years imprisonment and a concurrent fine.

Where a unit commits the crime in the preceding paragraph, the unit is to be fined, and the directly responsible managers and other directly responsible personnel are to be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

Article 284 of the Criminal Law [Crime of Illegally Using Special Equipment for Eavesdropping or Eavesdropping] Whoever illegally uses special equipment for eavesdropping or photographing, causing serious consequences, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than two years, short-term detention or controlled release.

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