Xuchang, Henan: Fraudsters who impersonate Hong Kongers on the streets to commit fraud were sentenced again

　　Zhongxin Henan Net, November 2 (Liang Jing, Zhang Di, Chen Wenfang) If you encounter someone on the street who claims to be a Hong Kong person and needs to borrow money or exchange foreign currency because of difficulties, we must carefully distinguish whether their words and deeds are credible. Recently, the Weidu District People's Court of Xuchang City pronounced a verdict on a case of posing as a Hong Kong person on the street to commit fraud.

　　

　　Cao Mouquan, a native of Bengbu City, Anhui Province, is 43 years old. On January 30, 2013, he was sentenced to 11 months in prison, suspended for one year, and fined 20,000 yuan by a court in Guangdong Province for committing credit card fraud, and sentenced to one month of detention and a fine of 1,500 yuan by a court in Anhui Province in July 2018 for committing dangerous driving.

　　It is understood that after Cao Mouquan fled to Xuchang, at about 21:00 on May 13, 2019, near a commercial supermarket on Nanguan Avenue in Weidu District, he used the opportunity to ask for a way to talk to the victim Li Moumou. During the conversation, Cao Mouquan pretended to be a Hong Konger, and could not win the sympathy of the victim Li XX without RMB on his body, and waited for the opportunity to defraud the victim Li XX of 2,000 yuan in cash. In addition to defrauding cash, Cao also claimed on the same grounds that he could not stay without RMB and needed to send gifts to the hotel manager, and in August and October 2019, he won the sympathy of the victims Wei XX and Zhao XX, respectively, and waited for the opportunity to deceive the two victims into buying cigarettes worth 975 yuan and 935 yuan respectively. During the period, Cao also went to Nanyang to commit a crime in the same way, defrauding the victim Liu Moumou into buying a cigarette worth 1100 yuan for him.

　　In March 2021, Cao Mouquan was arrested by the police. After the incident, Cao Mouquan's family returned 5,010 yuan of stolen money and returned it to the victim. Cao Mouquan voluntarily signed an affidavit admitting guilt and accepting punishment, indicating that he had admitted guilt and accepted punishment.

　　At trial, the Weidu District People's Court held that defendant Cao Mouquan, for the purpose of illegal possession, repeatedly defrauded others of property by forging identities and fabricating facts, and the amount was relatively large, and his conduct had constituted the crime of fraud. Based on the facts, nature, circumstances, degree of harm to society, and the performance of admitting guilt and repentance after arriving at the case, the defendant Cao Mouquan was convicted of fraud in July 2021 in accordance with the law, and sentenced to six months imprisonment and a fine of RMB 1,000.

　　"When encountering strangers asking for help, while advocating helpfulness, we must be rational in judgment, and when it comes to money, we must be vigilant, so that the other party can dial 110 and ask the police for help." In fact, whether it is pretending to be a 'Hong Kong person', or someone else, the fraud routine is the same, 'bank card can not be used', 'mobile phone is out of battery', 'wallet loss' and other reasons are fraud excuses, do not be fooled by scammers. Guo Yan, the judge who undertook the case, reminded the masses.