A family of five surnamed Wang in Taichung City was defrauded when they bought gold in a group. They were in debt of nearly 10 million yuan and ended up in a desperate situation. After being questioned by the prosecutor, the beautician surnamed Zhang and the group purchaser surnamed Li were restricted to their residence and Li was released on bail of 150,000 yuan, which made the outside world question whether the prosecutor was lenient with the suspects. In recent days, the Taichung District Prosecutor’s Office summoned 6 people including pawnshop and silver shop operators to appear in court. It is suspected that new evidence was found. Today (14th), the group purchaser surnamed Li was detained and brought to court. It is believed that she is suspected of three crimes including fraud. There is a risk of destroying, forging evidence, colluding with evidence and repeatedly committing crimes. After the interrogation, the court applied for detention and no contact.
A family of five surnamed Wang and his wife who run a military and police supplies store in Fengyuan District were found to have committed suicide at their residence on the 2nd of this month. All five people were found dead in a room on the second floor of the store. The police found that a family suspected that they joined the gold group buying group run by a woman surnamed Li under the introduction of the eldest daughter’s classmate, a beautician surnamed Zhang, and used credit cards to buy gold to earn commissions, and sold all the gold they bought to a pawnshop operator in Fengyuan.
The Wang family invested for about a year, and their debts far exceeded the commissions they earned. Later, Ms. Li claimed that the Wang family’s account was listed as a warning account and demanded compensation of 5 million yuan from the Wang family for breach of contract. She also took the Wang family to Changhua to borrow 2 million yuan from a bank by mortgaging their house. The Wang sisters also pawned their cars and motorcycles at the pawnshop, and they were suspected of being deceived and in debt of tens of millions of yuan.
On July 4, the special task force notified the beautician surnamed Zhang (35 years old) and the gold group buyer surnamed Li (45 years old) to come to the case to explain. After the interrogation, the prosecutor informed Ms. Zhang to restrict her residence and Ms. Li to pay bail of 150,000 yuan. The prosecutor launched another search on the 10th of this month and summoned a total of 6 people, including the person in charge and employees of the pawnshop and jewelry store, to come to the police station to explain. After the interrogation, the pawnshop owners Lin (52 years old), Zhang (39 years old) and the jewelry store owner You (44 years old) were listed as defendants of fraud and money laundering, and all were released without bail.
The Taichung District Prosecutor’s Office launched the third wave of investigation today, commanding the special task force police to arrest Ms. Li and bring her to court. Based on the evidence found, the prosecutor believed that Ms. Li was suspected of committing crimes such as fraud, forgery, and intimidation. There were sufficient facts to believe that there was a risk of destroying, forging, and altering evidence, and there were sufficient facts to believe that there was a risk of colluding with accomplices or witnesses, and there was also a risk of repeatedly committing the same crime. There was a need for detention, and the court was requested to detain and not to see her.
The Taichung District Prosecutor’s Office emphasized that before this case, the first and second waves of searches were launched on July 4 and 10 respectively, meticulously analyzing files and evidence, checking financial flows, and continuously interviewing and verifying case-related personnel day and night since the incident. So far, more than 30 people have been investigated. The task force holds special project meetings every day, rapidly carries out various investigative actions, preserves all evidence, and devotes all its efforts to the investigation. This agency will continue to firmly implement the law enforcement stance of fighting fraud to the end and eradicating all evil, severely punish fraud crimes, and will never allow criminals to go unpunished.
