Guangzhou Tianhe District Procuratorate informed the outside world that on September 30th, Tianhe District People's Procuratorate approved the arrest of seven suspects including Guangzhou Elephant Health Technology Co., Ltd. ("Healthy Cat" platform) on suspicion of fund-raising fraud. Guangzhou police said that the police have frozen 23 accounts involved, frozen more than 2.2 million yuan of funds involved, and seized vehicles 1 vehicle. At present, the police are stepping up their efforts in handling cases, doing their utmost to recover and recover losses and protect the legitimate rights and interests of the people.
Established in March of 20 15, Healthy Cat is a sports industry platform, and its * * * has three business modules: SaaS management tools for sports talents, e-commerce platform for C-end users and IP incubation related to sports industry. In recent years, healthy cats have been operating in the mode of online booking by users and offline teaching by private teachers, mainly from students in major physical education colleges across the country. Private teachers rarely attend classes, but get platform subsidies by buying classes themselves.
A number of private teachers said that hundreds of thousands to millions of funds will be invested in the platform through loans, credit cards and wealth management products. From May, 20 18, the personal trainer on the platform said that it could not withdraw cash, while the healthy cat said that some personal trainers had "maliciously defrauded subsidies", and the platform seized all users' funds and called the police. Both sides hold their own words.
2065438+In August 2008, Guangzhou police reported that Guangzhou Elephant Health Technology Co., Ltd. ("Healthy Cat" platform) was suspected of illegally absorbing public deposits for investigation. At that time, many involved users said that the behavior of healthy cats was more like being suspected of fund-raising fraud than illegally absorbing residents' deposits.
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The following is a warning article previously published by Xinhuanet:
2065438+On August 28th, 2008, this newspaper published "About Class APP Becomes Crazy to Brush a Brush Platform, and" Typical Model of Transformation and Entrepreneurship "concocts a scam —— Investigation on" Healthy Cat "Thunderstorm Event". Many shareholders and employees of this company turned around to find a reporter. They said that the healthy cat platform not only encourages personal trainers to brush their performance, but also constantly fools shareholders into investing under the guise of "listing in the United States"
"My initial intention is to start a business with everyone, and shareholders and employees are very supportive." In the face of the "brush machine storm" and "mine explosion crisis", Yang Huali, the founder of the healthy cat platform and the legal person of Guangzhou Elephant Health Technology Co., Ltd., vowed at a "media communication meeting" on the morning of August 24th. However, three days later, Tianhe Branch of Guangzhou Public Security Bureau filed a case for investigation on the company's alleged illegal absorption of public deposits, and criminally detained nine suspects, including Yang Huali.
On August 28th, Xinhua Daily Telegraph published the draft of "About-the-class APP became a crazy brushing platform, a typical example of" creating a scam "in transformation and entrepreneurship-an investigation on the mine explosion incident of healthy cats". Many shareholders and employees of Elephant Company turned around to find our reporter. In their eyes, the healthy cat platform, which calls itself "the platform for sports talents' entrepreneurship" and "helping athletes reach the second peak of their lives", not only encourages personal coaches to brush up their achievements, but also keeps fooling shareholders into investing under the guise of "going public in the United States", such as "cutting leeks", which makes shareholders lose all their money.
The entrance of the office building of Elephant Company, located in Building 3, Hongtai Wisdom Valley, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, has been sealed up by Tianhe Branch of Guangzhou Public Security Bureau. Another "announcement" on the glass door shows that the assets related to the elephant company and the healthy cat platform have been seized by the public security organs. In recent years, with the huge investment of shareholders and private teachers, Healthy Cat has expanded its business map to many fields such as fitness venues, fitness equipment, health physiotherapy, fighting events, sports e-commerce, sports variety and so on. With the closure of the healthy cat platform, these businesses have basically stagnated.
"After the company was seized, the server was shut down due to arrears, and the healthy cat APP could not be used. Now the treadmills in the country are at a standstill. " A company employee said: "Many living museums can't operate, because the rent is paid by the company, and the landlord will take back the store as soon as the company closes." There is nothing wrong with these enterprises themselves, but now they are badly hurt by Yang Lili. "
Many shareholders and personal trainers of the Healthy Cat Platform said that the swipe scam and financing scam of the Healthy Cat Platform damaged the reputation of the sports industry and cast a shadow over the promising national fitness industry.
20 14 "Several Opinions of the State Council on Accelerating the Development of Sports Industry and Promoting Sports Consumption" was released. The policy dividend has allowed many entrepreneurs and capital to enter the sports industry. Entrepreneurship and investment and financing in the sports industry are unprecedentedly active, but at the same time, there are mixed situations.
A private tutor told reporters: "We really think that the sports industry has great potential. Many athletes are involved in it. In order to open a gym, enjoy fitness equipment and run the market to expand business, they have tried their best to support him, but the result is a debt. "
"Now many sports people can't lift their heads, and others will think that we are all stupid and cheated like this." A personal trainer who came into contact with healthy cats three years ago said with emotion that he was most worried that the market and people would never believe in the emerging sports industry and fitness industry again.
A former employee thinks that it is a good idea to build a platform for athletes to start businesses, but from beginning to end, healthy cats have not found a suitable business model. Apart from private education and investment, there is no real project profit and no hematopoietic capacity. "There are many such companies in society. At first, the concept of venture capital was as hot as chicken blood. After getting the A round of financing, it is gone. The healthy cat incident has a warning significance to the whole society. " ?
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