Zhang is a formal employee of a bank. Due to his obsession with purchasing virtual currencies, he has accumulated significant debt. In desperation, he set his sights on his classmate Zhao, who had a considerable income, and falsely claimed that the bank had a cooperative savings policy for employees and a balance sprinting task, with high returns on related financial products, but they could only be purchased through internal employees. He lured Zhao into transferring money to his account under the pretext of 'helping with financial management.'
Since the two were already friends and Zhang indeed worked at the bank, Zhao did not hesitate to transfer over 100,000 yuan to Zhang. Upon receiving the money, Zhang did not use it to purchase the so-called bank financial products but instead used it to buy virtual currencies and repay personal debts. To make Zhao believe his fabricated lies, Zhang also calculated and paid interest to Zhao monthly.
In July 2021, Zhang learned that Zhao's parents' compensation from a car accident had been deposited, and he once again deceived Zhao into giving him money for 'financial management.' Out of trust, Zhao transferred over 600,000 yuan to Zhang. After receiving the money, Zhang continued to use it to purchase virtual currencies, repay personal debts, and employed the same trick of paying interest regularly to avoid being discovered by Zhao.
In August 2022, Zhao requested to withdraw all the money he had deposited with Zhang. At that time, Zhang was already burdened with debts and falsely claimed that Zhao's money had been used to purchase national bonds from the bank, which could only be withdrawn upon maturity. However, even by the agreed time, Zhang still had not returned the money to Zhao.
Feeling suspicious, Zhao contacted the bank where Zhang worked and learned that Zhang had been transferred from the financial business position in 2019 due to credit issues, and his current position had no financial management tasks. The unit also expressly prohibited employees from transferring client funds to personal accounts. Zhao then realized he had been scammed and reported the case on October 20, 2023. Zhang voluntarily went to the police on the same day and truthfully confessed to the criminal facts after being taken into custody.
After the case was transferred for prosecution review, the prosecution believed that Zhang had the purpose of illegally occupying property, fabricated facts, concealed the truth, and deceived others out of their property. However, part of the amount that had been returned before the incident should be deducted, leaving over 630,000 yuan unreturned, which is particularly large in amount and should lead to a public prosecution for fraud.
After the Jiangsu Lianshui County People's Procuratorate initiated a public prosecution, the court sentenced Zhang to 10 years and 6 months in prison for fraud and imposed a fine.
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