Dispel the fog of "special wine" and expose the scam of making and selling counterfeits
Taizhou cracked a case of illegal production and sale of "special liquor".
"Special for the ×× General Office", "Special for the ×× Hall", "Special Wine for the ×× Bureau"...... In the fog of money and power, some lawbreakers have built a mirage of "special wine" and "internal wine" to induce people to consume and make crazy money.
Recently, in the "Kunlun" special operation, the police in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province cracked a case of illegal production and sale of "special liquor", arrested 15 criminal suspects, destroyed 11 production, storage and sales of fake dimples, seized more than 1,300 boxes of more than 20 kinds of fake liquor such as "special supply" and "special supply", and destroyed a criminal chain of "special liquor" package production and wholesale sales that radiated across the country.
"The so-called 'special liquor' not only infringes on the rights and interests of consumers and disrupts the market order, but also damages the reputation of state organs and invisibly breeds a bad social atmosphere. The relevant person in charge of the Food and Drug Crime Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security said.
The reporter learned from the Ministry of Public Security that in view of the current prominent problems in the production and sale of "special supply" and "exclusive supply" of fake liquor in the name of party and government organs and the military, the Ministry of Public Security has recently deployed and launched a special operation of "clean wind" to effectively curb the criminal activities of illegally producing and selling "special supply" fake liquor, purify the social atmosphere, maintain the good image of the party, the government and the army, and effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers.
An underground network for the production and sale of counterfeit liquor has surfaced
A well-known brand trademark, the eye-catching word "special", the matching packaging material design, the corresponding bottle shape, the QR code swipe to show the price of the product, and the commemorative gift box adds a touch of mystery...... Criminals craft these elements to get some consumers into the trap.
"I spent more than 1.4 million yuan to stock up on goods, and I actually bought fake wine!" Li, a resident of Yuhuan, Taizhou, bought more than 100 boxes of high-grade liquor from Huang in batches, and it was later identified as fake wine. After receiving the report, the Taizhou police immediately set up a special case team to concentrate on the investigation.
After investigation, Huang was the owner of a small and medium-sized enterprise, and sold fake wine in the name of "direct supply of wine from other provinces", and the sales amount was huge.
The police followed the line and dug deeply, and Huang's predecessor, Sun, entered the police's sight. Sun is the owner of a liquor company, ostensibly formally operating a self-produced liquor brand, but in fact he "sells dog meat on the head of a sheep", and makes profits by reselling fake liquor such as "special liquor".
Sun took the goods through his upline Bai, and Bai sold the goods to all parts of the country through mail and logistics. Lu Zhang, a police officer of the Yuhuan Municipal Public Security Bureau, said that the police followed the line and dug deep and found a counterfeiting den in other provinces that was producing a variety of counterfeit well-known brands of liquor by order.
"Sun's company specializes in the operation of fake wine. Lv Zhang introduced that Sun and others established a special website, used advertising and other forms to obtain the contact information of potential customers, and assigned them to sales salesmen to make phone calls, send text messages, add WeChat, etc., and use unified design to accurately promote fake wine. After the customer places an order and pays online, the salesman arranges the nearest warehouse to organize logistics express delivery.
At this point, the fog was lifted, and an underground network for the production and sale of counterfeit liquor gradually surfaced, and the entire network formed a criminal chain covering the whole process of supply organization, warehouse management, speech marketing, and collection and delivery.
Uncover the "customized" sales of fake wine
"Look, ×× unit specially provided wine! This was specially given to me by a friend of mine! If it weren't for my brother here today, I would really be reluctant to take out this kind of good wine......
"The criminal gang is well versed in the show-off psychology of some consumers and creates a 'private custom' drama. Gao Chuan, captain of the Public Security Action Brigade of the Yuhuan Public Security Bureau, said that the criminals accurately locate the target group, draw user portraits, use unified standard words, sell through telephone, text messages, WeChat, etc., and manage customers at different levels, so that they fall into the fog. Most consumers will conceal the source of the product, using "friends as gifts" and "special channels" as reasons to show their "wide connections".
Like Huang, he never said that he sells alcohol, has no stores, and does not send WeChat moments, only one-on-one private message contact. Gao Chuan said that in addition to grasping consumer psychology, low prices are also incentive, and the cost of each bottle of fake wine plus packaging materials is only forty or fifty yuan, and terminal sales can reach more than 2,000 yuan.
After investigation, Sun and Bai's mail and logistics transactions did not use their real identities, and the recipients were scattered; the parties used a large number of cash transactions, and the suspects also borrowed bank cards from surrounding people to collect debts, which had multiple concealments.
Simultaneous network closure in multiple places to destroy criminal networks
"This is an off-sale item that the relatives of the winery's leaders and close friends have worked hard to get their hands on" "This is an exclusive wine customized by the winery for a specific unit, and it is difficult to find it on the market"...... This is the usual phrase used by sellers.
Relevant laws and regulations clearly stipulate that advertisements must not contain false or misleading content, and must not deceive or mislead consumers. Wu Yuanfei, head of the food, drug and environmental crime investigation detachment of the Taizhou Municipal Public Security Bureau, said that the core of the "special supply" category of products lies in clinging to the credibility and influence of state organs, which is essentially deceiving and misleading consumers.
In recent years, for the so-called "special", "exclusive" and "internal" liquor in the market, the relevant departments have continued to carry out special actions to clean up and rectify online sales and publicize "special" and "exclusive" labeled goods, and continue to increase the crackdown, but there are still criminals who take risks.
After finding out the basic circumstances of the case, under the unified command of the Ministry of Public Security, the special case group simultaneously carried out operations to close the net in many places across the country and destroyed this criminal network. Subsequently, the task force carried out the second wave of network collection operations against another production den and packaging material supply source of the case, and the investigation and handling of the case were fully successful.
A responsible person of the Food and Drug Crime Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security said that the public security organs will continue to work with relevant departments to intensify the crackdown and maintain good order in the market. At the same time, consumers are reminded to buy the required wine and food from formal channels, and not to be deceived by greed for cheapness.
Author: Zhang Shiqi
Source: People's Public Security Daily