Same serial number
"Shared" by multiple new energy vehicles?
In recent years, the new energy vehicle industry has developed by leaps and bounds, and the advantages of battery environmental protection and high efficiency have won the favor of more and more customers. The core technology of new energy vehicles lies in the power battery, but some criminals are aiming at the power battery, engaging in illegal crimes to make profits, these "pests" are eroding the healthy development of the new energy automobile industry.
Two years ago, in order to make profits, Liu Mou A and Liu Mou B, in violation of national regulations, copied and imported the battery controller parameter configuration information on a brand of new energy vehicles into the brand's faulty or locked battery management system, and modified the relevant battery management system data. Through the above methods, the two modified the data of the battery management system of new energy vehicles, and the illegal gains totaled RMB 5,000.
On June 31, 2024, the Jiading District Procuratorate indicted defendants Liu X A and Liu X B for the crime of destroying computer information systems.
The company reported the crime
The battery data of new energy vehicles is abnormal
On May 23, 2023, the Jiading police received a report from the operation department of a certain brand of automotive batteries, saying that there were abnormalities in the power battery data of its enterprise platform, and the serial number of the same new energy vehicle battery appeared in different locations such as Beijing and Shanghai at the same time, and there were more than one or two cases.
According to Article 9 of the Interim Measures for the Management of Recycling and Utilization of Power Batteries for New Energy Vehicles, battery manufacturers should cooperate with automobile manufacturers to code the power batteries produced in accordance with the requirements of national standards, and automobile manufacturers should record the corresponding information of new energy vehicles and their power battery codes. That is to say, each new energy vehicle is equipped with a unique serial number.
The same car in different regions at the same time?
There must be something strange about this!
After further investigation, the public security organs found that someone had disassembled and assembled the car battery without permission, and copied the battery information with the same serial number and replaced it with a number of different new energy vehicles of the brand. After investigation, these new energy vehicles with replaced serial numbers have a common characteristic, that is, the battery pack is locked due to previous traffic accidents or other accidents (the charging or discharging of the battery is limited under specific circumstances for new energy vehicles), and cannot be charged and driven.
"Copy the serial number of a normal new energy vehicle battery to the locked battery, and these faulty new energy vehicles can be used normally again, but these new energy vehicles with hidden dangers are driving on the road and have safety risks."
The prosecutor in charge said that the act violated national regulations, copied and overwrote battery information, and was suspected of the crime of destroying computer information systems.
Due to the novel criminal modus operandi of the case, the Jiading District Procuratorate intervened in advance in accordance with the law to guide the investigation and collection of evidence. In June of the same year, Liu Mou A and Liu Mou B were arrested by the police. On January 18, 2024, the case was transferred to the procuratorate for review and prosecution. After arriving at the case, Liu X A and Liu X B confessed to their illegal and criminal acts.
The truth emerges
The shopkeeper illegally "cloned" the battery to solicit customers
The two Liu brothers operate an automotive circuit repair factory all the year round, and registered an automotive technology company in 2022, with the elder brother Liu Moujia being the person in charge of the company, and the younger brother Liu Mouyi being responsible for repairing automotive electrical appliances and other businesses. At the end of 2022, a customer dragged a new energy vehicle to Liu's store with a board truck and asked if he could repair the soaking truck.
Previously, Liu Moujia's same new energy vehicle was also turned into a soaking car because the battery was soaked, resulting in the battery in the car being locked. This kind of soaking car has certain safety hazards, and it needs to be inspected and repaired by professionals in the 4S shop to ensure that the battery can be used normally before unlocking the battery. After Liu Moujia went to the car sales service 4S shop for maintenance, the car was able to be used normally, and the maintenance cost was not low.
After the above experience, Liu Moujia inspected the customer's car and discussed with Liu Mouyi, planning to try to repair the soaking truck. The two of them figured out how to repair it on their own, and finally solved the customer's faulty battery. After they completely copied the battery information of Liu Moujia's own new energy vehicle, they covered the information to the faulty battery in the customer's new energy vehicle, and the faulty battery could be unlocked and used again, and the corresponding serial number was also changed.
This "successful" case made Liu Moujia smell a business opportunity, and he posted a video of the relevant maintenance of new energy vehicle battery locks on the online trading platform, selling maintenance services at a low price. When the repair business is proficient, you can even send the faulty battery to the repair factory, unlock the faulty battery and then send it back.
However, what Liu Mou A and Liu Mou B did not expect was that this new energy vehicle battery maintenance behavior turned out to be an illegal and criminal act.
Severe punishment will not be granted
The procuratorate pursues criminal responsibility in accordance with the law
The case of illegal tampering with new energy vehicle battery data has no reference case in the city, and it involves professional fields, and the Jiading District Procuratorate has repeatedly invited relevant professionals from the Municipal Procuratorate, the Second Branch of the Municipal Procuratorate and the Jiading Public Security Bureau to conduct in-depth discussions on the case. At the same time, the above-mentioned units jointly visited the victim new energy vehicle enterprises to learn more about new energy vehicle batteries, enterprise battery management and other related content.
Visits to businesses
According to relevant regulations, the battery data of all new energy vehicles needs to be uploaded to the enterprise testing platform and the national data supervision platform for new energy vehicles. Defendants Liu X A and Liu X B modified the data on the new energy vehicle battery, causing the data on the company's network platform and the national data supervision platform to be modified and distorted, so that the corresponding driving could not be properly supervised.
"The act of illegally tampering with the battery data of new energy vehicles allows those faulty batteries to be put back on the road, which greatly increases the probability of risk occurrence and brings serious safety risks." The prosecutor in charge said, "In this case, defendants Liu X A and Liu X B violated state regulations by modifying the data stored, processed, or transmitted in the computer information system, and the consequences were serious, and they should be investigated for criminal responsibility for the crime of destroying the computer information system." ”
Recently, the Jiading District Procuratorate and a number of units went to the victim new energy vehicle company again to deeply understand the difficulties encountered by the enterprise in the process of operation, and carefully listened to the opinions and demands of the enterprise in terms of service guarantee development and optimization of the business environment. Next, the Jiading District Procuratorate will, as always, further promote the special action of "procuratorial protection of enterprises", strengthen interaction and cooperation with automobile companies, and intensify the crackdown on illegal and criminal acts for new types of crimes in the field of new energy vehicles, so as to help create a better business environment under the rule of law and escort the high-quality development of the regional economy and society.
(Part of the picture comes from the Internet)
Source | Shanghai Jiading Procuratorate