Odaily Planet Daily News: The People's Court of Chongqing Liangjiang New Area (Free Trade Zone) recently concluded a highly-watched entrustment contract dispute case involving a dispute over entrusting members of a pyramid scheme to purchase virtual currency. The plaintiff Qin entrusted the defendant Zhou to register as a member on the pyramid scheme organization's online platform and purchase virtual currency, investing a total of 223,500 yuan. Later, the pyramid scheme organization's online platform was suddenly closed, making it impossible to trade. After the trial, the court determined that the entrustment contract violated the mandatory provisions of national laws and administrative regulations and should be deemed invalid. Based on the degree of fault of both parties, the court ordered the defendant Zhou to return 106,700 yuan to the plaintiff Qin. After the first-instance judgment was pronounced, Zhou was dissatisfied and filed an appeal. The Chongqing First Intermediate People's Court made a second-instance judgment, dismissing the appeal and upholding the original judgment. At present, the judgment has come into effect and has been automatically executed. (The Paper)