Under the guise of selling black tea, they carried out pyramid schemes and declared that their company was a state-supported project. After the investment, you will get a high rebate, attracting many people to invest in black tea and develop offline. Two women, Sun Mou and Jiang, were accused of organizing and leading pyramid schemes. On August 20 18, Fangshan court held a hearing to hear the case.
According to the introduction of the public prosecution agency, a tea company in Hunan established a MLM network service platform from August 20 14 to March 20 16. Since September 20 14, the defendants Sun Mou and Jiang were introduced and registered as members of a tea company in Hunan to conduct pyramid schemes in their own black tea shops. In the store, the two claimed that a tea company in Hunan was a national support project, with high rebates as bait to attract victims to invest in black tea and develop offline.
The public prosecution agency believes that Sun and Jiang directly or indirectly develop off-line personnel, and the level is above level 3. Sun received a kickback bonus of 6.5438+0.76 million yuan, and his membership level in the tea company was "honorary director". Jiang received a rebate bonus of more than 950,000 yuan, and his membership level in the tea company was "provincial agent".
The public prosecution agency believes that the criminal responsibility of the two defendants should be investigated for organizing and leading pyramid schemes. During the trial, Sun told the court about the marketing methods of the tea company.
She said that the company mainly has two marketing methods: one is to invest, with an investment of 5,000 yuan, you can become a "tea customer" member, and if you invest more, you will become a higher-level member such as a "tea merchant" or even an "agent"; The other is the way to develop members, that is, "getting ahead." Old members who have invested some money can develop two members each, and so on. Two members develop other members and other members develop more members.
"The more people pull, the higher the rebate". Sun confessed that the tea company has a certain level management system, and members will get corresponding rebates according to different levels. The higher the membership level, the more rebates.
Jiang explained to the court the specific time when the company's rebate was abnormal. "In the beginning, kickbacks were normal. By the beginning of 20 16, the company said that it would take its senior members to travel abroad, give all members a month's holiday and stop all operating projects. There has been no rebate since then. "
In view of the fact that the defendant Jiang had surrendered himself, the public prosecutor suggested that Fangshan Court sentenced the defendant Jiang to five years and seven years in prison and fined him. The defendant Sun was sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than six years but not more than eight years and fined.
"I'm sorry, we were wrong. We are really sorry for always trusting and investing in our customers. We just want to make some money because we don't have much knowledge. I really didn't expect it to lead to the current' blood loss'. " When the two defendants made their final statements, they regretted it.
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The following are media reports on the government's crackdown on pyramid selling of Anhua black tea:
2065438+March 2008, Miao and his party, director of the Anti-monopoly and Anti-unfair Competition Law Enforcement Division of Henan Provincial Administration for Industry and Commerce, investigated and guided Zhengzhou City to investigate and deal with the alleged pyramid selling activities of Hualaijian Anhua black tea. Wu Fengjun, Party Secretary and Director of Zhengzhou Administration for Industry and Commerce, and Zhang Yuanlong, Party member and Deputy Director, accompanied him all the way.
Miao and his party listened to the recent report of Zhengzhou Industrial and Commercial Bureau on investigating and handling the suspected pyramid selling activities of Hualaijian Anhua black tea, and fully affirmed the work carried out in Zhengzhou recently.
Miao and his party requested Zhengzhou Industrial and Commercial Bureau to continue to play the leading and coordinating role of the Communication Office, strictly implement the instructions of provincial leaders, strengthen contact with public security departments, exchange information, strengthen cooperation, form a joint force of law enforcement, speed up the process of the case, earnestly do a good job in investigating and handling the pyramid selling cases of Hualai Jianhua black tea, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the people, and promote social harmony and stability.
People's Daily Online-Selling Black Tea as a Cover for MLM Development Offline? Two women were tried.
China Net-Henan Provincial Administration for Industry and Commerce investigated and instructed Zhengzhou City to investigate and deal with the suspected pyramid scheme of Anhua black tea.