The man posed as a reporter and sent 200 blackmail letters to executives of listed companies. What crime did he commit?

According to the criminal judgment published by Chengdu Shuangliu Court. We found out that during the period from the end of March to the middle of April, 2020, the defendant Fu Moumou pretended to be a reporter for the purpose of extortion and collected information of senior managers of listed companies (including names, addresses, personnel photos, etc.). ).) and made 200 blackmail letters, claiming to have mastered the privacy of the blackmailed object and threatening blackmail. In the end, the court convicted him of extortion, sentenced him to fixed-term imprisonment of 10 years and 6 months, fined him15,000 yuan, and ordered him to return the money he extorted.

It is understood that Fu Moumou is 32 years old and has a high school education. He blackmailed the executives of all listed companies, but he succeeded four times.

After distributing 200 blackmail letters, four company executives were fooled.

The judgment shows that at 9 o'clock on April 12, 2020, the defendant Fu Moumou drove to the railway station branch of Yueyang Post Office in Hunan Province and delivered the above 200 blackmail letters at the same time.

On April 5, 2020, the deputy general manager of the victim Opal Home Furnishing Co., Ltd. received a blackmail letter from the defendant Fu. On April 17 of the same year, the victim paid a transfer of RMB 335,000 to the defendant.

On April 7, 2020, victim Yemou of Zhejiang Tailin Biotechnology Co., Ltd. received a blackmail letter from defendant Fu. On April 22 of the same year, the victim Yemou transferred RMB335,000 to the defendant Fu.

On April 8, 2020, Chairman Xu of the victim General Special Materials Co., Ltd. received a blackmail letter from the defendant Fu. On the same day, the victim Xu entrusted his secretary to transfer RMB335,000 to the defendant Fu.

On April 2, 2020, the chairman of the victim precision industry Co., Ltd. received a blackmail letter from the defendant Fu. On the same day, he entrusted his sister to transfer RMB335,000 to the defendant Fu.

On April 7th, 2020, the victim Li, the chairman of Chengdu Pilot Drug Development Co., Ltd., received a blackmail letter from the defendant Fu, threatening to transfer RMB 352,000. However, the victim Li did not fall for it, but reported the case to the public security organ. At this point, the extortion of Fu Moumou was terminated.

After the incident, the public security organ froze the bank account of the defendant Fu Moumou, actually freezing RMB942,000.

Blackmailing earned 6.5438+0.34 million, and buying wealth management products earned 300,000.

After the incident, Fu Moumou was criminally detained by Shuangliu Branch of Chengdu Public Security Bureau on April 29, 2020 for alleged extortion. On May 29th of the same year, he was arrested by the People's Procuratorate of Shuangliu District, Chengdu on suspicion of extortion, and was arrested by Shuangliu Branch of Chengdu Public Security Bureau on the same day. He is currently being held in Chengdu Shuangliu District Detention Center.

In addition, the court also found that the police seized a mobile phone, a laptop, a USB flash drive and five bank cards at the defendant's residence.

Defendant Fu Moumou accepted the transfer of RMB 6,543.8+0.34 million from four victims, including RMB 6,543.8+0.00 million in consumption and RMB 300,000 in wealth management products, which have been deposited into the due account. The public security organ has frozen the account of Ping An Bank, and the current balance of the account is RMB 1, 243,493.13 yuan. In addition, on September 3, 2020, Fu Moumou returned the money of 28,500 yuan to the court through the defender, and now it is temporarily deposited in the court account.

The public prosecution agency believes that the defendant Fu Moumou extorted other people's property for the purpose of illegal possession, and the amount was extremely huge. His behavior violated the provisions of Article 274 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), and he should be investigated for criminal responsibility for extortion. In view of the fact that the defendant Fu Mouqing was a first-time offender, truthfully confessed and voluntarily pleaded guilty, it is suggested that he be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of 10 to1year and fined 100 to 150000 yuan.

This constitutes a crime of extortion and was sentenced to 10 years and 6 months.

The court held that the defendant Fu Moumou pretended to be a reporter to expose the privacy of others and extorted many people's property for the purpose of illegal possession. The amount is extremely huge, and its behavior has constituted a crime of extortion, and criminal responsibility should be investigated according to law. The court supported the facts and allegations prosecuted by the People's Procuratorate of Shuangliu District, Chengdu.

It is worth mentioning that the defendant Fu's defender put forward the defense opinion that the defendant Li tried to blackmail the chairman of Chengdu Pilot Drug Development Co., Ltd., and the court held that the defendant Fu blackmailed the defendant Li for 352,000 yuan, which constituted an attempted crime for reasons other than his will, and the court adopted the defense opinion.

According to relevant laws and regulations, the court convicted the defendant Fu Moumou of extortion, sentenced him to fixed-term imprisonment of 10 year and 6 months, and fined him15,000 yuan; The frozen balance of Ping An Bank account and the temporary deposit of RMB 28,500 in our hospital account were returned to the victims Ye Mou and Xu 335,000 respectively, and the insufficient part was recovered and then returned to the four victims; Confiscate and destroy 1 mobile phone, 1 laptop, 1 USB flash drive, 1 Zhang Pingan bank card and 1 China bank card seized in the case; 3 cases of seizure of other bank cards shall be handled by the original seizure organ according to law.