"Passage into a prestigious school"?
swept away more than 500 yuan from many parents.
The illegal gains were actually used to reward the female anchor.
On February 18, Mr. Wang went to the Panguang Road Police Station of the Baoshan Branch of the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau to report that he had been defrauded of 700,000 yuan in "consulting fees" for his children through a friend's introduction to an education consulting company.
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It turned out that after Mr. Wang's son entered primary school in September last year, he always wanted to help his son "operate" a prestigious school, so he found Xia, who was engaged in education consulting, through multiple introductions. Xia claimed that he had a "way" to help his child apply for the transfer qualification of a prestigious private school across districts. Mr. Wang signed a contract with him and paid 700,000 yuan in advance for "dotting the relationship", and Xia promised to help him complete it within one semester, and if it was not completed, he would be refunded in full.
A few days later, a man who identified himself as "Mr. Xu" contacted Mr. Wang to guide him on the transfer procedures and materials, but when Mr. Wang's materials were ready to be handed in, "Mr. Xu" delayed for various reasons. Until the recent spring semester, there was still no hope of transferring, and Mr. Wang had no choice but to ask for a refund, but Xia suddenly lost contact.
*The investigation found that the school text messages and emails received by Mr. Wang can be made public on the Internet**, and the bank transfer records show that after the suspect Xia received Mr. Wang's advance payment of 700,000 yuan, he transferred the money to several other unfamiliar accounts several times, and these accounts were all parents who had financial disputes with the suspect Xia because of the transfer or enrollment. On February 28, Baoshan** arrested Xia at his residence.
According to Xia's confession, "Mr. Xu" is played by himself, and the so-called "doorway" and "relationship" are all fabricated out of thin air. For a long time, he took advantage of his parents' eagerness to study to defraud the down payment, and made illegal profits of about 5 million yuan, some of which were returned to the parents who were previously deceived in installments. This method of "tearing down the east wall and making up the west wall" continued until the East Window incident, and other illegal gains were used by Xia to reward female anchors, personal squandering and repaying debts.
Shanghai ** said that it will continue to tighten various social control measures, strengthen the investigation and rectification of risks and hidden dangers, severely crack down on outstanding illegal crimes, and make every effort to ensure the continued safety and stability of the overall social situation.
Shanghai News Broadcasting is synthesized from Xinmin Evening News.
*: Shanghai News Broadcasting.