The maximum tuition fee for a student is 80000 yuan! 6 people create a black industry chain to expose children | enrollment | students

"Choose randomly from key primary and middle schools"

"Let the child win at the starting line"

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A complete range of enrollment advertisements on social media platforms

Have you ever been tempted?

Enable children to attend a good school

It is the wish of many parents

However, there is such a group of criminals

Seize the psychological desire of parents to learn

Creating a Black Industry Chain to Scam Money

Fraudulent hundreds of parents for over 8 million yuan within six months

Recently, the Congtai District Procuratorate of Handan City, Hebei Province

Conducted a fraud case on the grounds of enrollment

Six people including Shi have been approved for arrest in accordance with the law

The agreed admission notice has not arrived yet

"It's already mid September, why hasn't your child's admission notice come yet?" On a day in September 2022, Wang Mama from Congtai District, Handan City anxiously called Li. "Don't worry, the admission to key schools is one month later than other schools, wait a little longer." Li hung up the phone. Listening to the busy sound on the other end of the phone, Mrs. Wang fell into a state of fear and unease.

Two months ago, Wang's mother accidentally saw someone on her social media circle who could help students from outside the area apply for school admission procedures. They not only have official student status, but also do not need to take exams. At first, Mrs. Wang didn't believe it and thought about how such a good thing could happen. However, with more and more information in her social circle, such as "randomly selecting key elementary and middle schools" and "letting children win at the starting line", Mrs. Wang became tempted. In order to get her child into a prestigious school, Mrs. Wang contacted Li through WeChat.

"Don't worry, we are looking for the leaders of the Education Bureau to handle countless students. If we cannot handle it, we will issue a full refund." Li assured Wang's mother confidently while constantly urging her to pay. "If you are not confident, I will arrange for you to meet with our leaders another day. If there are no problems, I will pay the child's school selection fee." Wang hesitated for several times, but still transferred 35000 yuan of "school selection fee" to Li.

As the start of the school season in September approaches, there has been no news of the child's enrollment. Every time I call Li, the other party always excuses her with reasons such as the leader in a meeting, the inspection team checking, and the procedures being approved. Watching other children have already enrolled in school, while her own child can only stay at home, Wang's mother becomes increasingly anxious and uneasy. When calling Li again, his phone unexpectedly stopped working. Wang's mother reacted and called the police.

After investigation, it was found that Wang's mother's experience is not an isolated case, with over 200 parents also being scammed by Li and others. On October 16, 2022, the public security organs filed an investigation against six individuals, including Shi and Li.

The black industry chain has surfaced

Shi is an employee of the Education Bureau of Handan City. After investigation, in March 2022, Shi told Li that he could obtain admission quotas for various key primary schools, middle schools, and high schools in Handan City, provided that a deposit ranging from 3000 to 10000 yuan was collected. After the students received the admission notice, the remaining "school selection fee" would be paid.

In order to earn referral fees from it, Li approached Guo at an additional price of 2000 yuan per student, and asked Guo to be responsible for external publicity and introducing students to handle enrollment matters. Guo claimed to know the main leaders of the Education Bureau of Handan City in order to make a profit, and added 2000 to 5000 yuan per student as his introduction fee based on the deposit collected by Li and Li. Guo not only introduced students to Li and Li himself, but also contacted Qin, Zhang, and others to find more sources of students and earn more referral fees. In order to earn referral fees, Qin and Zhang posted information on WeChat groups and social media that allows them to apply for admission quotas for various key primary, middle, and high schools in Handan City.

After investigation, from April 2022 to October of the same year, Li, Li, Guo, Qin, and Zhang successively collected "school selection fees" totaling over 8 million yuan from hundreds of parents of students. "This case not only involves a particularly large amount of fraud, but also has formed a black industry chain." According to the investigating prosecutor, the division of labor among the six individuals is clear: some are responsible for promoting and spreading advertisements, searching for sources of students; Someone is responsible for collecting student information; Someone impersonated a driver from the Education Bureau and met with parents to gain trust, each performing their own duties and cooperating with each other. The initial deposit of 10000 yuan required by Mr. Shi, after being repeatedly increased by Mr. Li and others, resulted in a maximum admission fee of 80000 yuan for a student. The remaining funds are collected as referral fees, and intermediaries at each level illegally profit hundreds of thousands or even millions of yuan, which are used to repay personal debts and consumption. As of the incident, there are still several million yuan that have not been refunded to the parents of the students.

Help the victim recover the damage and urge the suspect to plead guilty

On May 25th this year, the public security organs transferred six individuals, including Shi and Li, to the Congtai District Procuratorate for approval of arrest on suspicion of fraud.

"We have made full use of the investigation supervision and cooperation platform, and have held several joint meetings with the public security organs to intervene in the case in advance and guide the investigation and evidence collection. According to the prosecutor in charge, due to the involvement of many victims, the court has conducted multiple discussions on the charges, joint crimes, determination of criminal amounts, and extraction of key evidence in the case after intervening in advance.". The undertaker prosecutor suggested that the investigators take the "learning trust" of WeChat friends circle and the flow of the victim's funds as the starting point, access the WeChat background data, follow the steps to find the true identity and address of the relevant suspect, and capture the suspect as soon as possible after fixing the evidence to prevent him from escaping or transferring the criminal proceeds.

In order to investigate the facts, cut off the chain of fraud crimes, and fully utilize the procuratorial function of the handling prosecutor, improve the evidence chain within the review period, fully listen to the opinions of the victims, go deep into the education bureau and schools to retrieve evidence materials, investigate whether there are illegal activities of interest transfer, and whether there are phenomena of using power for personal gain and illegally processing student registration. The relevant investigation is currently underway. In addition, the court also collaborated with the public security organs and banking departments to seize the funds involved in the case as soon as possible, and tried its best to recover the victim's gains and losses.

After careful examination of the case file and multiple supplementary evidence, the facts of the case have been basically clear, and the evidence has formed a complete chain. Faced with the prosecution's interrogation, Shi and six others voluntarily confessed to their crimes and voluntarily turned in their illegal gains. On June 2nd, the Congtai District Procuratorate of Handan City approved the arrest of Shi and six others on suspicion of fraud. At present, the case is being further processed.