Under the guise of "Central" and "National", a website named "Media Network under the Rule of Law" made money everywhere from 2013 to 2016 by promoting and opening sub-channels for government agencies. In the webpage, it advertised itself as the host of "Central Social Management Innovation Research Center" and promoted it. The center committed fraud on the grounds of preparation. In the end, the people involved were arrested by the Sichuan police in many places across the country. In March 2018, the second-instance judgments of the four suspects involved in the case came into effect.
A person from the Network Security Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security said that behind the wanton rampage of fake institutions and websites are loopholes in website management, while ordinary people lack channels to distinguish authenticity when faced with fake high-level institutions and officials. Chengdu Business Daily-Red Star Journalist Lu Wangyi
Counterfeiting the website of the central organization was investigated and six government departments in Sichuan were cheated.
Until now, Deng Liangwei still believes that he is promoting positive energy and has done nothing wrong. On December 13, 2018, at the Chengdu Detention Center, the former prison investigator was somewhat poor in the face of the fact that he ran a website posing as a central institution to commit fraud.
In November 2013, she registered a website named "Rule of Law Media Network" in Beijing, which was founded by Liangzhiwei (Beijing) Culture Media Co., Ltd. Through the evidence provided by the police, the reporter found that the website has 21 sections, including comprehensive news, legal system construction, political and legal front, quality and safety, and several local channels. The website claims that the purpose of the website is to "publicize the changing Socialism with Chinese characteristics system, publicize the policy of comprehensively deepening reform, enhance the awareness of the rule of law of the whole people, enhance the concept of the rule of law of the whole people, and carry forward the culture of the rule of law in China". Part of the articles published on this website come from news and editorials published by domestic mainstream media such as Xinhuanet.
In the "About Us" column of the website’s self-introduction, it is indicated that the website is in charge of the "Central Social Management Innovation Research Center" under a central institution.
For more than three years, Deng Liang collected more than 200,000 yuan from six government departments in Sichuan under the banner of many central organizations to help introduce legal publicity on the "rule of law media network". At the same time, it also signed a cooperation agreement with others on the grounds of opening a sub-channel of "Rule of Law Media Network", promising the other party to manage "Rule of Law Media Network", "Guangdong Channel", "Hubei Channel" and "Hunan Channel" respectively, and defrauded the deposit of 100,000 yuan per person.
In April 2016, according to the arrangement of the Ministry of Public Security to rectify the illegal activities of illegal organizations and fake websites, the Netan detachment of Chengdu Public Security Bureau received a clue from the Netan Corps of Sichuan Provincial Public Security Bureau, and the "Rule of Law Media Network" carried out illegal and criminal activities under the name of the Central Social Management Innovation Research Center (to be established), a subordinate unit of a central institution (hereinafter referred to as the "Center", a fictional unit). After investigation, the public security organ closed the website in April 2016 according to law.
Behind the website, a false central organization is drawn.
In the past three years, the "rule of law media network" has been popular everywhere under the name of "Central Social Management Innovation Research Center (chips)". The police found out that there is no "Central Social Management Innovation Research Center" in the country at present, so where did the center come from?
According to the police investigating the case, at the beginning of 2013, He Juncheng, Chu Zhiyong, Weng Yingbin and others in Shenzhen, Guangdong, established the Central Social Management Innovation Research Center (to be established) in an office building in Beijing, and anchored it in an office called China-Africa Jincheng Co., Ltd.
In fact, the "center" has not been approved and put on record by any legal organization, but has privately produced a large number of certificates of the "Central Social Management Innovation Research Center" and distributed them to illegally recruited staff in various places, with counterfeit administrative grades of state organ staff, such as "inspector", "researcher" and "director".
Externally, the "center" lied that it was directly managed by a state agency at the initial stage of preparation, and its office was located in Zhongnanhai. The person in charge was a leader of the central government, and the criminal suspect Weng Yingbin and others were recruited. The two swindled and swindled in the name of central institutions and state leaders.
The review found that the so-called "center" was not officially listed or appointed by a formal organization, but relied on an office called "China-Africa Jincheng Co., Ltd." with a team of people running both the "company" and the "center", and the relevant personnel of the "center" all held privately printed certificates marked "center" anti-corruption investigation room and major case investigation room, and the certificates also indicated the personnel.
In 2015, Chen Mou, a Shanghai builder, was introduced to Chu Zhiyong, who claimed to be the leader of the Central Social Management Innovation Research Center. "Chu Zhiyong said that the Central Social Management Innovation Research Center is under construction, and He Juncheng, the secretary of a national leader, is the head. The renovation of the center office needs to raise funds from the society. If I can contribute to help, I can be responsible for the center ‘ Shanghai Branch ’ The preparation and management work, and obtain ‘ Central Social Management Innovation Research Center ’ The official preparation. " Recalling the original experience, Chen Mou felt incredible. Only after checking Chu Zhiyong’s "work certificate", he remitted RMB 5 million to the private account of the "central leader" and signed a voluntary donation.
"Chengye website is defeated by Yee website"
The combination of "rule of law media network" and "central social management innovation research center" is to get what they need. In the view of Liu Chang, deputy head of the Fourth Brigade of the Network Security Detachment of Chengdu Public Security Bureau, Chengye’s website failed, "If there is no one on the website ‘ About us ’ I don’t know when this case will be broken. "
At the beginning of 2014, Deng Liang met Chu Zhiyong, who claimed to be the deputy secretary-general of the Central Social Management Innovation Research Center (to be established). After Chu Zhiyong reported to He Juncheng, he got the "approval" signed by Chu Zhiyong that the "rule of law media network" belonged to the Central Social Management Innovation Research Center, and was appointed as the deputy director of the network management department of the center’s anti-corruption research office. From then on, he declared that the "rule of law media network" was ". Borrow the background of the central government to carry out activities such as "legal publicity", collect money everywhere by issuing self-made news interview cards and opening local channels on websites, and collect money in the name of "Liangzhiwei (Beijing) Culture Media Co., Ltd.".
At the same time, the "Central Social Management Innovation Research Center (to be established)" also packages itself through the "rule of law media network" to whitewash its false identity. "People in the center will make others believe it through self-introduction on the website." Liu Chang told reporters that in this case, the other party added a word "chip" after the "Central Social Management Innovation Research Center", which brought a little confusion to handling the case and collecting evidence. "Because there are many seals and certificates in the units under construction, even in the departments under construction, there are instructions and approvals from relevant leaders, including letters submitted to higher authorities."
"In front of He Juncheng, when we flashed the police documents, the other party also flashed the so-called ‘ Central Social Management Innovation Research Center (to be established) ’ The documents of the leaders also let us come out to follow them and introduce me to the project. " Liu Chang said. The "center" is eager to publicize its identity through the website, so it lets the website use the name of the central organization or even the leader in the "About Us" column.
In April, 2016, Sichuan police arrested four major suspects, including Deng Liangwei, in Chengdu, and seized the seals involved, the steel seal machine and the privately printed Press Work Permit (blank) of 300 Yu Ben. In the following two months, Chu Zhiyong, Weng Yingbin and He Juncheng were arrested by the police in Beijing and Shenzhen respectively.
On March 30, 2018, the Qingyang District People’s Court in Chengdu, Sichuan Province heard the case and sentenced four defendants, including He Juncheng, Chu Zhiyong, Deng Liangwei and Weng Yingbin, to fixed-term imprisonment and fines.
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Online fraud lacks channels to verify the authenticity of websites.
According to the relevant personnel of the Ministry of Public Security, a large number of websites, online groups and online accounts with titles such as "Central", "China" and "National" once appeared on the Internet in China, most of which have nothing to do with legal organizations such as central state organs and national social organizations. The contents published by these websites and online accounts are mixed, and it is difficult to distinguish between true and false, which easily confuses netizens. Some websites and online accounts also carry out fraud, extortion and other illegal and criminal activities under the banner of the central and state organs. "The pattern of crime in internet plus is the most common," said a person engaged in network security.
Xiao Mou, the manager of a science and technology system company in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, met with the "leader of the center" for the first time at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. He said that Lu claimed to be the nephew of the former national leader, and said that the "Central Social Management Innovation Research Center" under construction was a ministerial-level unit, with a national leader as the highest responsible person and He Juncheng, the secretary of the former national leader.
Subsequently, a school checked the other party’s "work permit" and inquired about the relevant information of the "Central Social Management Innovation Research Center" and its personnel through the "Rule of Law Media Network", and was convinced of the center. After learning that the center needed funds to donate in the preparatory stage, a school generously invested 5 million yuan to seek a part-time job in the "center".
A staff member of a government department in Sichuan who paid the publicity fee to the "rule of law media network" revealed to reporters that it is difficult to tell the truth from the other party’s documents and websites. Since the website is open and still under the banner of the central government, they feel that it can play a publicity role.
For ordinary people and grass-roots government departments, there is a lack of effective verification channels in the face of those who claim to be central-level institutions. "You check online, can you find the phone number of the central institution? There is nothing we can do. " A policeman from the Netan detachment of Chengdu Public Security Bureau said helplessly.
Reporters searched the Internet for the information of several central-level institutions, but they couldn’t find their telephone numbers. At the same time, there were many posts asking about these telephones trying to verify or report things.
suggestion
Establish a website reference database to clean up websites that are not worthy of the name.
An industry insider told reporters that there are currently more than 5 million "running" websites in China, and there is a phenomenon that a large number of registered domain names do not match the actual names of websites, but this phenomenon has been neglected and has not been improved for a long time.
According to the relevant personnel of the Ministry of Public Security, after combing the relevant network groups and accounts, it is found that from the way of account counterfeiting, the photos of leaders and staff of state organs are mainly used as avatars, the names of central institutions are used as nicknames, and the introduction of central institutions is used as personal descriptions of accounts. The identity background of the personnel is mainly students, migrant workers, disabled people, unemployed youth and retired soldiers.
The relevant personnel of the Ministry of Public Security suggested that in order for people to check the authenticity of a website, an authoritative database must be established for everyone to check at any time, and at the same time, existing websites should be cleaned up and websites with inconsistent domain names and actual names should be closed.