On April 11, Mr. Wu of Beijing broke the news to the Red Star Capital Bureau that he had encountered a financial scam by Wan Yiwei, the founder of "Wanjin ONEGIN", and was defrauded of more than 600,000 yuan. According to Mr. Wu, he is not the only one who has been deceived, and it is currently counted that more than 120 people have been deceived, with an amount of up to 100 million yuan.
Red Star Capital Bureau learned that in addition to being the founder of "Wanjin ONEGIN" wine, Wan Yiwei is also a well-known UP owner of B station liquor, and his account "drinking hundreds of millions of cups of small millions" has nearly 80,000 fans on B station. According to Mr. Wu, there are many fans of Station B who are caught in the only financial scam.
Wan Yiwei, the founder of "Wanjin ONEGIN" wine, is pictured according to onegin gin Weibo
Red Star Capital Bureau tried to contact Wan Yiwei himself, but as of press time, there was still no response.
More than 100 people "invested" hundreds of millions
In case only has been lost at present
According to Mr. Wu, at the end of November 2019, Wan Yiwei claimed that there was a virtual currency investment project to invite Mr. Wu to join, giving a high dividend of 20% for 35 days, and said that "only take friends to do" and "I will not let you lose money if I am there". With his trust in Wan Yiwei, Mr. Wu initially invested 5,000 yuan, and later invested more than 600,000 yuan in 2 years.
Until April 2022, Mr. Wu found that the dividends that should have been received at the end of March had not been paid until April 2. Mr. Wu asked his friends who invested together and found that they also did not get dividends on time. At the same time, Wan Yiwei also lost contact, and Mr. Wu realized that he was caught in Wanyiwei's financial scam.
On April 6, the news of the disappearance spread rapidly in the liquor circle community, and more deceived people gradually surfaced.
"The number of victims in our liquor community is about 100 people, with a total amount of more than 40 million yuan; and there are about 20 friends in the hometown, the amount is about 50 million yuan," Mr. Wu said.
Little Red Book user "Shu Ge" is also one of the victims. On April 10, she released a video saying that Wan Yiwei and her have known her for many years, and in 2020, Wan Yiwei invited her to participate in a virtual currency investment project, promising a monthly income of 12%. She said, "During this period, every time when the dividend arrived, it would arrive as promised, and in the middle I initiated a withdrawal, and the principal was successfully received", until the end of March this year, she did not receive dividends, she realized that she had been deceived.
Images courtesy of respondents
Mr. Wu told Red Star Capital that in case of the disappearance of the only one, a number of deceived investors have reported the case in Xinjiang and Beijing. According to them, the only possibility is that he has rolled up money and run abroad.
Social media accounts were frozen
Online shop customer service said "the boss has run away"
On April 10, the Red Star Capital Bureau noted that Station B had temporarily frozen Wanyiwei's account and displayed that "the user was involved in serious allegations."
In the narration of Mr. Wu and Xiaohongshu user "Shu Ge", before the incident, Wan Yi has always been a "sentimental wine brand entrepreneur" and "generous friend" and other images, and his circle of friends and B station videos are also common "showing off" people.
According to the Tianyancha APP, in 2020, Wan Yiwei established Beijing Yibei Culture Media Co., Ltd.; in September 2021, Wanyiwei registered and established Beijing Yibei Catering Management Co., Ltd. with a registered capital of 5 million yuan. In 2020, Wanyi only founded the domestic gin brand Wanjin ONEGIN.
According to public information, "Wanjin ONEGIN" liquor focuses on "young people who are not economically rich can also feel the charm of gin with high cost performance", the price is low, and the selling price of its Taobao store is between 70-200 yuan, aiming at the two-dimensional fan group of Station B.
"Wanjin ONEGIN" Taobao store page
"Wanjin ONEGIN" announced that it has successively won the first place in sales volume during Taobao's 618 and Double 11 periods in the Taobao "Gin" category. It also claimed that the wine has been launched in 500 domestic bars, as well as many well-known hotels such as Mandarin Oriental, Park Hyatt Park Hyatt, and W Hotel under the Marriott Group. In January, ONEGIN said on its official Weibo that it sponsored the 2021 Forbes China U30 Summit.
On April 10, the Red Star Capital Bureau found that the automatic reply of the "Wanjin ONEGIN" wine Taobao store had shown the words "the boss ran away, really ran, one 10% off, two 7.5% off".
Taobao store customer service told the Red Star Capital Bureau that after the Qingming holiday, it was impossible to contact Wan Yiwei, and recently many deceived people came to know about this matter, and are currently doing the finishing work of the store.
Red Star News reporter Yu Yao Qiang Ya Milling
Responsible editor Ren Zhijiang
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