Chapter 335: Just for this bottle of vinegar of yours, I went to such great lengths!

If in the past, Zhou Yi was very puzzled as to why people would get so angry at the drop of a hat and want to drag you out to beat you up, then now, he understands it very well.

When you cannot understand the motives of many people, you don't need to think about anything else; just consider their interests!

Whichever side one's butt is sitting on, one naturally has to speak for that side; this is a classic.

The other party asked several questions in a row, demanding that he, Zhou Yi, produce evidence, and even said not to bring up those news reports, but to produce substantive evidence of people being arrested and sentenced if he wanted to!

Originally, Zhou Yi hadn't intended to have to argue to a conclusion with the other party; after all, he is not Lawyer Fang.

However, it just so happened that he was just about to report a health supplement fraud gang to the police to get them locked up, so that was no problem; time to start preparing the video.

It's just a pity that a small account will have to be exposed.

Right now, the Public Security Bureau has only just filed the case, so this video will have to be posted a bit later.

Everything is so peaceful; for young people who are busy working every day, health supplement fraud seems to happen in another world.

Just like with telecommunications fraud, those who haven't encountered it also think, "Are those people too stupid? How could they be scammed so easily? If I were just a little more careful, wouldn't that be enough?" and they don't see the need for all kinds of anti-fraud warnings.

However, the fact is that current telecommunications fraud is truly terrifying, and the number of people who fall for it is countless. This kind of thing is impossible to talk about, because once it happens, it's too late to regret it, and it is basically impossible to recover the money.

"Recharge a million back?" Joking aside, if the person who retrieved the account has an ID number, a phone number, and an address, and they themselves didn't have much defense, then that's one thing.

If you really dare to say that about fraud, the fraudster will laugh until their ass splits...

Inside Tiancheng Company, it was still the same as any other day, with morning activities underway.

This kind of activity has a name internally: Desensitization Training.

The original source of Desensitization Training is dog training; those elite police dogs have to undergo this training from a young age. When the puppy is eating, the food is deliberately taken away, letting the puppy, which originally has a natural instinct to guard its food, slowly get used to it. This is the psychology of desensitization.

And the desensitization psychology of these companies is that outside the company, under the gaze of passersby, they must constantly shout and yell, answering the questions of the team leader or Manager, the purpose of which is to get rid of everyone's sense of shame.

To let those Employees who feel that doing this is embarrassing get lost as soon as possible.

"I must achieve the goal of... this quarter, go all out, and I am bound to meet the target!"

A group of young people were shouting there at the top of their lungs; that atmosphere was just a step away from being considered a pyramid scheme.

Wang Rui was naturally among them, shouting just as loudly.

Someone looked over with confusion and asked subconsciously: "What are they doing? Why does it feel a bit scary?"

The owner of the foot massage parlor next to Tiancheng Company spread his hands and said: "Selling health supplements..."

Many people simply stopped to watch, but the salespeople in the group had to keep shouting as they were supposed to; the more people watched, the more crazily they had to shout.

Finally, one stage was completed, and everyone started to rest; after all, shouting too much makes one feel tired.

Beside Wang Rui, a salesperson said with great disdain: "These people are even mocking us. Don't they know how much money we make?"

"Why talk about that? It's only right that we earn our own money."

"Exactly, I'm going to visit a new client today. I heard her husband used to work in a steel mill. There was an accident once, and anyway, it was quite miserable. They were given a large sum of death compensation. That's a lot of money!"

The person next to them heard this and said: "Then you have to seize the opportunity. Let me tell you, these kinds of old people are the easiest to handle. As long as we show them we are a little nicer to them, buying some products is nothing at all."

Everyone chatted, and soon they were about to start shouting slogans again. No one took the words of that bald man from before to heart; even if something happened to the company, we are just employees.

However, at this very moment, suddenly, several cars stopped at the company entrance.

Cars are everywhere on the road, but these cars were different; they all had words like "Police" written on them, and the paint jobs were unique.

And many people got out of the cars, surrounding the crowd and the company's exit without leaving a trace.

The General Manager Zhao next to them hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Comrades, comrades, what is this, what are you doing?"

The leading police officer showed his credentials: "Guangming District Criminal Police Team, nobody move, everyone stay where you are right now!"

"You are Zhao Jianhua, right? Where is that Huang Tiancheng?"

A voice sounded from a walkie-talkie: "Captain, Huang Tiancheng has been secured."

"Good, take all the employees of their company back, and take all the accounts, funds, and other information as well!"

Although the evidence provided by Zhou Yi was very detailed, it is still the same saying: the Public Security Bureau must conduct its own investigation; at the very least, they must confirm whether the evidence is true or false.

And after these days of investigation, the situation was already roughly clear.

Seeing that they also seemed to be about to be taken away, these salespeople, who were not very old, suddenly became anxious!

"Uncle Police, we, we are just employees, we didn't do anything, why are we being taken away too?"

"That's right, we don't know anything. Don't touch me, you're hurting me! Who told you to touch me? You're acting like a hooligan!" Wang Rui, who was nearby, shouted there, and had some pushing and shoving with the police officer carrying out the arrest mission.

It was obvious that Wang Rui's usual impression of the police was that of a kind and amiable image, like a neighborhood auntie who often performs mediation tasks, so she forgot that the Public Security Bureau is an armed violent organ empowered by law!

Although most of the time now there must be female police officers present when arresting or interrogating women, to be honest, sometimes you really can't consider that much during an arrest!

For example, today, bringing three female police officers was already quite a few, but they couldn't keep up.

And seeing Wang Rui shouting like that, that police uncle, who was probably nearly fifty, didn't hesitate at all; he pulled out the Silver Bracelets from his waist and put them directly on Wang Rui.

Perhaps these salespeople didn't know it themselves, but the Public Security Bureau had already figured it out clearly before the arrest.

For this type of transaction fraud crime, to be honest, as the salespeople who specifically execute it, there is simply no getting away.

Seeing the Silver Bracelets, Wang Rui felt like a bucket of ice water had been poured over her head on a hot day; she calmed down instantly, and tears began to flow.

"Comrade Police, I didn't commit a crime. I'm just an employee, I didn't do anything..."

"You don't need to speak for now. We will naturally conduct an investigation. The law will not wrong a good person, nor will it let a bad person go!"

With this incident, the group of salespeople stopped talking and stood there obediently waiting.

They did see that the company's old accountant raised his hands very consciously the moment the police got out of the car—yes, that classic gesture from the French. He looked like an old hand who had seen too many situations like this.

Just then, the accountant was taken to the side, and someone asked in a low voice: "Brother Liu, I see you aren't surprised at all. Have you encountered this before? Speaking of which, as employees like us, could we also be in trouble?"

The accountant Lao Liu chuckled: "Do you know there is a prison in Modu called Tilanqiao? Inside, there are two basketball teams: one is Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, and one is Shanghai University. Someone like me, if I work hard, maybe I can go play ball with the old alumni. You tell me if I'm surprised."

The salesperson next to him was instantly stunned.

The accountant didn't say anything more. The young people think too highly of themselves. Ask those who study civil engineering, ask those who study finance and accounting—joking aside, which year do some of them not go in?

The owner of the foot massage parlor next door felt his heart stop for three seconds when he saw a pile of police cars parked at the entrance!

At that moment, he thought of his wife, thought of his son, but even if you were cracking down on prostitution in broad daylight, you shouldn't have brought so many people!

And just aiming at my house, there are many more next to mine, why is it only my house!

It turned out that when the police got out of the car behind, they immediately started controlling the neighbor's house that sold health supplements, which made him breathe a sigh of relief, and he tremblingly lit a cigarette.

He even said in his mouth: "Look, I said these people are no good, damn scammers, doing business should be honest, whatever the quality is, that's what it is!"

Not long after, things were finished at Tiancheng Company, and the boss Huang Tiancheng and General Manager Zhao were both put in Handcuffs.

General Manager Zhao was still arguing there: "No, on what grounds are you arresting us, what did we do wrong?"

No one spoke; since the arrest had begun, there was no need to explain much to him, there would be plenty of time when they got back.

Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, General Manager Zhao became even more furious.

"What exactly is going on, can someone tell me, we are a legitimate Company, we have qualifications, and we have paid taxes, on what grounds are you arresting us?"

A police officer next to him spoke up: "Suspected of Fraud, health supplement fraud, making people impersonate experts, exaggerating illnesses, do you need me to say more?"

What? Health supplement fraud? And it's for a reason like this?

General Manager Zhao suddenly roared: "On what grounds, on what grounds, there are so many health supplement companies in Jingzhou, everyone does it this way, why only arrest us?"

Normally there would be no need to answer their questions at a time like this, but the lead veteran criminal police officer turned his head, looked at his watch, and suddenly asked: "Are you very familiar with them?"

General Manager Zhao was stunned: "This... I can't say very familiar, it's just... why are you asking this?"

"Nothing, just calculating that the time is about right, maybe you'll be able to see them in a while, actually we have to thank you for this sentence, after all, everyone does it this way."

What?

General Manager Zhao instantly understood the meaning of this sentence and was left stunned on the spot.

This is the difference between how the Public Security Bureau does things and how individuals do things; maintaining social order is not just about investigating a health supplement company because someone reported it as problematic.

And because of this sentence General Manager Zhao said in the evidence provided by Zhou Yi, that everyone does it this way, so what is the problem.

If you have the ability, go and arrest all the health supplement companies in Jingzhou!

Since you said so, if we don't arrest a few, wouldn't we look like we have no face.

After a careful investigation, it was discovered that the problem was indeed very serious; the fraud in recent years has become increasingly sophisticated, and the targeting has become more and more obvious.

For example, scams targeting college students or prospective college students, or targeting housewives—those who stay at home to look after children and don't work, but hold the power over the family economy—or just like these now, scams targeting the elderly.

Among them, health supplement fraud belongs to one type of elderly care fraud.

At least according to the situation the veteran criminal police officer understood, Jingzhou is still okay; in other places, there are too many elderly care fraud scams, such as "investment for elderly care," "housing for elderly care," "elderly care banks," etc., all staring at the pension money and houses of those elderly people.

The health supplement industry is relatively speaking not one where that many are directly charged with Fraud; most are civil acts with a fraudulent nature, which is what was said before—the core is to make money, not to swindle money.

Such a situation is no longer something the Zhonglou Street Police Station or the Guangming District Branch can handle; now this is already a special rectification action, supervised by the Provincial Department, handled by the Municipal Bureau, and combined with the Market Supervision Department, a large-scale special rectification action launched against the health supplement industry in Jingzhou City!

Those that reach the level of Criminal Law are handled by the Public Security Bureau—arrest those who should be arrested, sentence those who should be sentenced; those that don't reach that level are handled by the Market Supervision Department—fine those who should be fined, revoke the licenses of those who should be revoked!

This is also the reason why the two departments often join forces; there won't be any fish that slip through the net, anyway, there is always something waiting for you!

Soon the people were taken to the nearest place to begin interrogation.

General Manager Zhao also got his wish and saw his "old friends."

Originally they were all bright and shiny bosses, but now they were all gray-faced and dejected, wearing Silver Bracelets, and the glory of the past was gone.

Everyone does it this way, so it's right?

The police comrade will tell you that a crime is a crime; it won't stop being a crime just because many people do it!

And the most nervous ones were the young sales staff like Wang Rui.

Originally they all held the mentality of saying "we are just working for others," but as a result, they slowly discovered that the situation was not right.

Wang Rui sat on the Regret Chair, but what appeared on her face now was not regret, but confusion.

So when the interrogation personnel sat down, she hurriedly asked: "No, comrade, me, did I also commit a crime? I really was just working for others, I didn't know what their Company was doing."

The interrogation personnel shook their head and said: "Wang Rui, right? Actually, there is no need to say much; we have the most evidence against you. You say you didn't know anything, that's not right, you knew quite a lot!"

"For example, those so-called experts were not experts at all, you knew that, doesn't that count as swindling people? Alright, to be precise, you don't count as having committed a crime yet, you are just a criminal suspect."

"Now, I ask, you answer!"

We don't have any inexplicable right to silence; here with us, "leniency for confession, severity for resistance," it's that simple.

The interrogation personnel began to ask questions one by one, like peeling a cocoon, and finally, Wang Rui collapsed.

She sat there crying bitterly, saying that she didn't realize at all that this was a crime, she just felt that swindling people like this was definitely wrong, but she really didn't know it was a crime.

At this moment, she thought of Zhou Yi and that bald man surnamed Fang; the other party had reminded them more than once before, saying don't do it, doing this will cause problems, but no one was willing to listen.

After all, the commission for selling these products was high!

Going to other companies, one simply couldn't earn this much money.

So, the ways to make money are all in the Criminal Law; if you say this is wrong, it seems it's not wrong...

"At this time you know how to cry? Many of the elderly people you once sold things to were counting on that bit of pension money to live; later, after their children found out and looked for you to get a refund, you wouldn't give it, some elderly people even wanted to commit suicide!"

"Did you really not know?"

Wang Rui was crying a mess, and the interrogation personnel also sighed; this girl's age was about the same as their daughter's, young, but they don't know that what they might feel is a small matter can bring huge pain to others.

Previously, a very young boy sat here, only a sophomore in college, coveting the bit of money others gave, using his own bank card to help others "Running Points," and in the end, he also went in.

Everyone feels this doesn't count as anything, everyone feels it shouldn't be making a mountain out of a molehill, and everyone does it this way—is everyone doing it this way right? No, it will only lead to one result: everyone goes in together.

These sales staff had their first lesson in society, only this lesson's price was a bit too painful.

In the words of Lawyer Fang, generally speaking, in this kind of situation of fraud, if you are talking about positions like HR or finance, then it's indeed not certain that they will have problems.

But if you are talking about frontline sales, the kind that directly connects to customers, even if he went to help defend them, it would be very troublesome!

After a series of interrogations, basically everyone arrested was placed under Criminal Case detention, and at the same time, the official account began to release corresponding news.

The grassroots police comrades began to go everywhere to guide those elderly people, conducting legal education for them, and telling them what would happen next.

At the entrance of Tiancheng Company, many elderly people who rushed over in a hurry were all confused at this moment.

"Young man, are these people really scammers? Didn't they have those experts from Ruiyin Hospital? They even gave us a diagnosis, saying that if I didn't eat their products, I wouldn't live much longer." The elderly person who had confronted Zhou Yi before asked.

The young police officer patiently persuaded: "Elderly person, that expert is also fake; whatever Expert Shen or Expert Zhang, those are all fake, they haven't even been to college."

As he spoke, the young man took out some photos from the time of the arrest, and the group of elderly people finally reacted.

So this so-called Tiancheng Company was all a scam!

Liu Nainai was fine; she understood Zhou Yi relatively well and knew he was the type of person who took things seriously.

Wang Nainai didn't even know what to say at this moment; that young man had said these people were scammers and that he wanted to make them feel the dignity of the law, and she had thought the young man was just boasting at the time, but it turned out he had really done it!

At home in the Guangming Peak Residential Quarter, Zhou Yi received a call from Lao Yang again.

"You kid, every few days you stir up some trouble, and this time is the same: health product fraud, and such a large-scale health product fraud at that. This must be used to properly popularize the law, so get ready; I will send you the materials and such."

Now it was Zhou Yi's turn to be dumbfounded.

"Large-scale? Brother Yang, even with that company arrested, there weren't many people, right? Does this count as large-scale?"

Lao Yang chuckled as he told him about the special operation, and then Zhou Yi was stunned.

So, I originally just thought about getting the people in one company locked up, and inadvertently I almost sent an entire industry's worth of people in?

"We have currently cracked five health product fraud companies, arrested two hundred and twenty-three people, and all of them have been subjected to Criminal Compulsory Measures. What do you think? There are thirteen more companies about to face Administrative Penalty and be ordered to rectify within a time limit. You tell me if this scale is large or not!"

Zhou Yi was numb, completely numb; if this were publicized, many people would again feel that he, Zhou Mouren, sends people to prison at the drop of a hat.

But this matter was different from before; he really wasn't to blame!

"The video will be released in these two days, and the Propaganda Department will cooperate with you to carry out legal publicity. At that time, we will explain the scams of health product fraud to everyone in detail!" said Lao Yang.

"Alright, you start working on it first, and I'll contact you later."

Hanging up the phone, Zhou Yi started thinking about how to make this video; he had originally planned to use Stick Figure Animation for everything.

Well, it's easy to handle now; just use this video to reply to that person called "Health Expert Liu Heping." I went to the trouble of finding evidence to reply to you, and I didn't hesitate to send one-third of the health product companies in Jingzhou to prison. Just tell me if this bottle of vinegar of yours is enough to be taken seriously!

At the same time, inside many law firms in Jingzhou City, there were some heartbroken people; their children had gone out to work just fine, but now they had actually committed crimes and were going to be sentenced!

Few parents could accept this kind of thing.

Over five thousand, so for my monthly single-chapter post, I won't write any summary; I'll just briefly explain the legal content involved in the events of the month to everyone. After all, I can't write a single chapter for every event, as that would make everyone annoyed. However, I will declare in advance: first, when I, Lao Jiu, was a Lawyer before, I wasn't an expert, not even a second-rate one, otherwise I wouldn't have changed professions. Second, there is a specialization in every trade, and for many things, I am actually just a dabbler, not much better than everyone else. Therefore, it is highly likely that unprofessional explanations will appear, and I hope everyone will understand. Please still take the statements of big shots like Luo Laoshi as the standard. Thank you, everyone.

Thanks to another new big brother, Feimaowuyu, and Luanhong Yanyue, thank you to the three big brothers for the tips, thank you.

(End of this chapter)