Fraudulent for over 700000 yuan over three years, retired officials claim that spending money can help "establish connections"
Recently, China's procuratorial network announced a fraud case. A retired cadre in Pucheng County, Weinan, Shaanxi Province, falsely claimed that he could help find connections by spending money. Over the past three years, he defrauded others of more than 700000 yuan and then squandered it all.
The indictment shows that the retired cadre, surnamed Zhang, is a retired leader of the Small and Medium sized Enterprise Bureau in Pucheng County.
During the period from 2018 to 2021, he used his identity as a retired leader to falsely claim that he knew other leaders and could "spend money on relationships". Over the course of three years, he defrauded at least 10 people of over 700000 yuan and squandered the stolen money.
The indictment shows that there are various "businesses" that it claims can "spend money on relationships".
He once claimed to be able to help arrange work, thereby defrauding 5 people for a total of 178000 yuan; He claimed to be able to help arrange for his child to go to school and defrauded a victim of 120000 yuan; Fraudulent the victim of 180000 yuan on the grounds of being able to undertake the project; Fraudulent the victim of 20000 yuan on the grounds of being able to handle fire safety inspections.
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It also claimed that it could help a man operate bail pending procedures, thereby defrauding 300000 yuan.
The People's Procuratorate of Pucheng County stated that it used the method of fabricating facts and concealing the truth for the purpose of illegal possession to defraud others of a particularly large amount of money, and prosecuted them for fraud.