Shanghai police have taken strict action against crimes related to consumer vouchers, arresting 18 suspects.
On December 18th, reporters from The Paper learned from the Shanghai police that they recently collaborated with relevant departments to crack down on two cases involving illegal activities related to consumption vouchers, resulting in the arrest of 18 suspects.
In early November, the police discovered through investigations that a restaurant owner in the city, identified as Guo, along with store manager Liu, instructed suspect Hu to publish messages online to purchase consumption vouchers and incited others to alter their IP addresses to illegally acquire vouchers. They amassed a large quantity of dining consumption vouchers and fabricated transactions to defraud consumption subsidies. Guo was criminally detained on November 11, and has since been approved for arrest. Suspects Hu and Liu have also been subjected to criminal coercive measures.
On December 13, while investigating another case, the police found that suspect Zhang and three others were using social media platforms to publish various tasks for acquiring vouchers, organizing numerous individuals to change their mobile phone locations through software to obtain vouchers, and colluding with seven local dining establishments to falsify consumption verifications for subsidies. As of December 17, Zhang and 14 others, including heads of the involved dining establishments, were subjected to criminal coercive measures.
The police remind the public that reselling acquired tickets (vouchers) at inflated prices is illegal, and that businesses using false transactions to obtain subsidies are engaging in fraud. Public security authorities will continue to monitor various types of illegal activities related to consumption vouchers along with government departments, maintaining a proactive approach to combat such crimes to protect the legitimate rights and interests of citizens and ensure the orderly distribution of consumption vouchers in the city.
