Health products scams for the elderly usually take the form of giving away free food and daily necessities, organizing so-called "experts" to give free "health talks", organizing free physical examinations for the elderly, and organizing free travel. Get the information and trust of the elderly, then exaggerate and fabricate the effect of health care products, sell high-priced health care products to the elderly, and defraud a lot of money.
The scam of health care products for the elderly belongs to fraud, that is, the act of defrauding a large number of public and private property by fictional facts or concealing the truth for the purpose of illegal possession.
According to Article 266 of the Criminal Law, whoever defrauds public or private property in a relatively large amount shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also or only be fined; If the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined; If the amount is especially huge or there are other especially serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated.
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In recent years, the crime of health products fraud has shown a trend of expanding the crime area, increasing the amount involved and constantly renovating the modus operandi. In particular, some criminal gangs operate in the company mode, and the situation that the elderly groups fall into the "health product fraud trap" is becoming more and more serious, becoming the hardest hit area.
Most elderly people are not exposed to product information and cannot verify the authenticity of health care products through online publicity. Many criminals make use of the psychology of the elderly, such as information occlusion, weak legal awareness, love to "take advantage of small things", superstitious authority, stubborn conformity and so on, to tailor a scam for them.
According to the statistics of the Ministry of Public Security, since 20 18, more than 3,000 cases of health care products fraud against the elderly have been cracked, more than 900 suspects 1.900 have been arrested, and the illegal money1.400 million has been recovered.