Chen Jieren was accused of organizing a family gang in the nature of an underworld force to make profits online.(the Internet)

The Hunan police investigation found that Chen Jieren had successively registered and established 21 self-media accounts such as Weibo, official account, and headline account, published more than 3,000 negative articles such as hype, attack, and exposure, and concocted more than 200 negative public opinions of various types.Tens of millions of yuan were collected in a year.

(Changsha Comprehensive News) The Hunan Provincial Police announced yesterday that it has launched an investigation into Chen Jieren, a well-known independent commentator in China, suspected of illegal business operations, extortion and other crimes.

News of Chen Jieren's disappearance began to spread in the circle of WeChat friends in mainland China on July 5, and his WeChat public account Jieren Watch was also closed on the same day.

Two days later, the Hunan Public Security Bureau announced that it had cracked a case of using the Internet to make profits, illegal business operations, extortion and other criminal activities. The suspect, Chen Jieren, had been detained by the public security bureau.

Based on reports from China News Agency and Xinhua News Agency, the investigation by the Hunan police found that Chen Jieren had successively registered and established 21 self-media accounts such as Weibo, official account, and headline account, and published more than 3,000 negative articles such as hype, attack, and exposure.Concocted more than 200 cases of various negative public opinions, and accumulated tens of millions of yuan in a few years.

The Hunan police stated that the Chen Jieren case is a family-style gang crime with the nature of online gangsters. In the name of law and public opinion supervision and the guise of fairness and justice, the Internet is used as a criminal platform to extort money and crazily amass money.

Victims include party and government officials involved in 11 provinces and cities

This family-run criminal gang has a clear division of labor: Chen Jieren is responsible for commanding and dispatching, managing the WeChat public account, and drafting and publishing articles; his ex-wife is responsible for financial management; his lover is responsible for representing cases, collecting internal revelations, and assisting Chen Jieren in managing the WeChat public account;Younger brothers Chen Weiren and Chen Minren are responsible for receiving orders, offline operations, and collecting hype clues.

According to the police, victims of extortion include not only business owners and ordinary people, but also some government departments and party and government officials, covering 11 provinces and cities including Hunan, Jiangxi, and Guizhou.

Chen Jieren confessed that playing political cards is one of his favorite tricks.I magnified the small flaws and problems in the local work infinitely, put them on the outline, put them into high-level political comments, and used the cautious psychology of leading cadres for political sensitivity to force them to submit in order to prevent the expansion of political risks.

The 46-year-old Chen Jie was born in a peasant family in Qingshuping Town, Shuangfeng County, Hunan Province. He worked in the local government and well-known media successively.The police bulletin pointed out that since becoming a media person, Chen Jieren has gradually pursued fame and fortune, his desires have expanded day by day, and his life has begun to derail.

In addition to fabricating his academic qualifications from a prestigious school, falsely claiming to be a researcher and master tutor at China University of Political Science and Law, he also whitewashed his experience of being fired from a news media unit for involving fake news... For a long time, Chen Jieren has been deceiving the world in disguiseWalking around the Internet, he has deceived many fans with the brilliance of Internet celebrities and opinion leaders.

In just a few years, Chen Jieren purchased real estate in many places in China, and his bank balance exceeded 100 million yuan.After verification, Chen Jieren maintained improper relationships with several women, two of whom had children with him.

According to the Hunan police, Chen Jieren, under the guise of law and public opinion supervision and fairness and justice, used the Internet as a criminal platform to extort money and amass money crazily.