On July 24, some self-media released graphic messages with the text "Scammers use old photos of Zhao Lusi to pretend that their daughter with leukemia kneels and begs." ”
In the picture, a person is kneeling and begging, and the begging sign on one side is equipped with a photo taken by the artist Zhao Lusi when she was wearing a school uniform in middle school, and the text in the sign says that her daughter's surgery fee needs 300,000 yuan, and now there is a difference of 150,000 yuan, and there is a stack of banknotes of various denominations and several coins in front of the man.
On the 25th, related topics rushed to the hot search, causing heated discussions among netizens.
The reporter noticed that in 2015, Zhao Lusi publicly released the photos involved, nostalgic for her three years of happiness in the "attached middle school".
On July 25, the reporter verified that the scene in the picture is located in Tangxia Street, Ouhai District, Wenzhou, Zhejiang. A merchant in the street confirmed to reporters that at about 18 o'clock in the evening of July 23, a man set up a stall on the street to beg, "The stall was set up for dozens of minutes before people left, he came for the first time, and the next time he saw it, he called the police." ”
The director of the village committee where the incident occurred told reporters that the inspection of the village-level patrol team will be strengthened to prevent men involved in fraud from setting up stalls and begging.
In recent years, scammers have used old photos of celebrities to deceive people from time to time.
In April 2019, a scammer used retouching software to modify the photo of actor Yang Zi to attract a single man on social media, and within two years, a man was defrauded of a total of 1.6 million yuan.
In May 2016, Yi Yang Qianxi's photo was also fraudulently used by scammers, falsely claiming to be a "son suffering from uremia" to deceive passers-by.
What illegal act does a scammer constitute by using old photos of celebrities to pretend to be a "daughter with leukemia" and a "son with uremia" to beg on the street? What are the legal liabilities?
According to Article 41 of the Law on Administrative Penalties for Public Security in People's Republic of China, anyone who coerces, induces or takes advantage of others to beg shall be detained for not less than 10 days but not more than 15 days, and may also be fined up to 1,000 yuan. Those who repeatedly pester, forcibly beg, or beg in other ways that harass others are to be detained for up to 5 days or given a warning. If the aforementioned circumstances are constituted, it is a violation of the Public Security Administration Punishment Law and shall be punished. A beggar who uses old photos of celebrities to fabricate facts to beg may constitute the crime of fraud.
According to Article 266 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, if the act of fraudulently obtaining a large amount of public or private property by fabricating facts or concealing the truth for the purpose of illegal possession constitutes the crime of fraud. The starting point for the crime of fraud is the deception of public or private property of up to 3,000 yuan, so if the amount of fraud committed by a street beggar is large, he can be investigated for criminal liability.
Source | Red Star News, Rule of Law Daily
Editor: Yang Haoxian
Source: Yangcheng Evening News WeChat public account