The elderly acquired the "collection" at high prices and crimes.

"This kind of jade can be used as a heir family treasure" "You can appreciate in the short term, the company sells stable and earns" ... After seductive publicity, a large number of counterfeit coins, calligraphy and paintings, and jade are acquired by many elderly people with heavy funds for millions of yuan. The old -age money was all deceived. On September 6, the Changzhi Public Security Bureau posted information to the society. The police broke a fraud gang with a fixed model to deceive the money of the elderly with a fixed model. The amount involved exceeded one million yuan.

Wang, a 71 -year -old man who lives in Changzhi City, likes antiques, jade and other collectibles. He often goes to the antique market. In December 2020, when she passed a collection shop called "Huadingge", she was attracted by the clerk with the sip of "you can receive a small gift" by the clerk. Essence In the small stores, many elderly people were surrounded by and listened to the clerk's endless introduction. "Our collections have authoritative certificates, which is a bit expensive, but the value of investment should not be missed, and we can also sell and auction on behalf of them. After purchasing, we can appreciate in the short term. I bought a "baby".

About a month later, Wang received a call from the store manager: "One of the aircraft carrier Baoxi you collected was seen by Boss Zhang, but Boss Zhang wanted 4 at one time. Sell ​​at a high price. "As soon as he heard this, Wang had almost no hesitation, so he took out 120,000 yuan from the pension money to buy 3 collections in one breath, waiting for" making a lot of money ". However, since then, the manager has always been pushed for various reasons. Until the day in August this year, Wang suddenly found that his WeChat was hacked, and the "Huading Pavilion" also closed. After the family learned, they quickly contacted the professional institutions to identify it before they found that the collections purchased by the elderly were all worthless stalls. On August 15, the elderly accompanied the family members to the Public Security Bureau of Changzhi Public Security Bureau to call the police.

The police intervened in the investigation and contacted the other six deceived old people. But until this time, these victims have not realized that they have been deceived and are still trapped in scams carefully designed by scammers.

On September 1, the police of the task force arrested the four members of the criminal gang Lu Mou and Xing. A large number of counterfeit coins, calligraphy and paintings, jade articles such as coins, calligraphy and paintings, and evidence were seized on the spot, and evidences such as gang accounts and victims were at the same time. After verification, as many as 100 people were deceived. After investigation, from May 2020 to July 2021, the suspect Lu and Li Mou jointly invested in the opening of Huadingge Culture and Art Co., Ltd.. The two recruited employees such as Xing and Wang to buy cheap crafts at low prices , Counterfeit famous calligraphy and painting and inferior jade products, and make false appraisal certificates. After that, they carefully packed and high -priced prices to sell to the elderly groups, claiming that the "collections" could be appreciated in a short period of time, obtained several or even tens of times high returns, and falsely promised commodity repurchase and deposit on behalf of them. After investigation and verification, the criminal gang had committed more than 20 cases, and the total value of the case was more than one million yuan. At present, the work of the case, arrest, pursuit of losses, and stringing and deepening of the case is undergoing tense work.

Shanxi Evening News reporter Xin Ge

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