The Intermediate People's Court of Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province opened the court from August 10 to 12 this year according to law. The Wenzhou People's Procuratorate accused the defendant Zhang Ningning of the People's Procuratorate.The crime of casinos, accused the defendant Zhong Haiyan offending three cases of crime of opening a casino.Zhang Ningning, including 35 defendants, expressed guilty and regret in court.Wenzhou Intermediate People's Court was sentenced publicly on Friday (September 30) of the above three cases. Among them, Zhang Ningning was sentenced to seven years in prison and fined 800,000 yuan (RMB, the same below, about S $ 160,000); Zhang Shixiu; Zhang Shixiu35 people were sentenced to seven years, six months to three months in prison, and fined 3 million yuan to 50,000 yuan.
According to the WeChat public account "Wenzhou Intermediate People's Court", since 2007, Zhou Yihua, a shareholder and director of Macau Sun City Gaming Intermediary Co., Ltd."Sun City Gambling Hall").
Since 2015, Zhou Yihua has opened online gambling platforms such as "SCM Alliance E City" and "UE Global E City" in the Philippines and other places for gambling activities.In order to obtain huge illegal benefits, Zhou Yihua developed shareholder -level agents and ordinary agents, and organized Chinese citizens to go to the Macau Sun City Gambling Hall to gambling or participating in cross -border online gambling with high commission and dividend.Citizens promote online gambling platforms; set up asset management companies in China to provide services for gambling agents, gamblers with assets for gambling credit, chips to recover gambling bonds; use underground banks such as underground banks to receive and settle money in the country; set up or pass or pass through or passIn order to develop cross -border gambling, organize cross -border gambling, online gambling to provide gambler management, vehicle shutdown, publicity and promotion, to provide Chinese citizens to go abroad to provide vehicle pick -up services in China.Organize Chinese citizens to go abroad to gambling and participate in cross -border online gambling, and gradually form Zhou Yinhua heads, as defendants Zhang Ningning, Zhong Zexin, Lai Wentao, Po Ke Xun, Zhang Shixiu and Gao Tingxiu, Sui Guofu (all cases) and other backbones.Peng Hao, Mai Guoxiong, Wang Jianneng, Li Ye, Li Shaocong, Feng Qianwei and Lou Guangming, Ou Hongdong (all handled) and other members, such as cross -border gambling criminal groups with fixed personnel, clear levels, and many people.
As of November last year, the cross -border gambling crime group has developed more than 280 shareholder agents in China, developed more than 38,000 general agents in China, and developed more than 60,000 gambling members in China. The amount involved in the case was special. It is huge and seriously disrupts the order of social management in my country.In addition, the cross -border gambling criminal group also violated national regulations. Fictional transaction agreements have repeatedly conducted cross -border payment of funds, with a total amount of more than 1.16 billion yuan, and illegal profits are as high as 17 million yuan, which seriously disrupted my country's financial market order.
The defendants Zhang Ningning and Peng Hao were instructed to set up a company in the country to receive the gambling funds, gambling debts and operation management received by cross -border gambling criminal groups in the country;In the gambling criminal group, the defendants Chen Wanglong, Zhong Haiyan and other five people participated in cross -border gambling crimes with others, organized and solicited Chinese citizens to go abroad to gamble, participated in cross -border online gambling; 24 people including the defendant Yu Huijun knew that others would implement a casino crime.It still provides help support for technology, vehicles, and labor services. The actions of the defendants have constituted a crime of opening a casino, and the circumstances are serious.
Zhang Ningning also violated national regulations, illegally trading and selling foreign exchange, disrupting the financial market order, and his behavior constituted illegal business crimes, and the plot was particularly serious.Zhang Ningning's crime of crimes should be punished in accordance with the law.Comprehensive consideration of the criminal plots, consequences, social harm, subjective malignant, status in common crimes, the role of the common crime, the statutory or discretion of the light, and reduce the circumstances, etc.Severe punishment of cross -border gambling crimes, maintaining public order and market order, discussing the discussion of the parliamentary court and the trial committee of the court, and making a judgment in accordance with the law: the defendant Zhang Ningning was crime and illegal business crime, and punished for several sentences.And fined RMB 800,000.
35 people including the defendants Zhang Shixiu, Ponton, Zhong Zexin, Zhong Haiyan and other 35 people sentenced to seven years in prison for seven years, six months to three months, and fined 300Punishment ranging from 10,000 to 50,000 yuan; the property, gambling funds, illegal income and income, and interest rates used for criminals. If they are transferred to the case, they will be confiscated and paid to the treasury; if they have not been recovered, they will continue to recover.
After the verdict, 35 defendants, including Zhang Ningning, expressed obedience to the judgment and did not appeal; a defendant stated that he would appeal in court.
Macau tycoon Zhou Yihua is nicknamed "Zimi Hua", known as the "Little Gambling King" in Macau. In addition to the gambling industry, its subsidiary is also involved in entertainment, tourism and real estate.
Zhou Yihua was arrested by the Macau police last November and was approved by the Wenzhou Procuratorate.At the time, the Hong Kong media quoted the news that Beijing officials believed that cross -border gambling absorbed a large amount of funds in mainland China and seriously endangered economic security, so he arrested him.