Since 2065438+February 2005, Zaozhuang police have received complaints from bank staff one after another that it is not normal for elderly people to go to the bank to spend 100 yuan to open a card. The police found that it was probably a pyramid scheme by asking the card issuer, so they launched an investigation. Soon, the suspect Song entered the sight of the police. After being controlled, Song said, "As long as you pay to become a member, your children can enjoy free textbooks for relaxed education from primary school to high school."
Police investigations revealed that Song's organization was called Blue Ocean International Fortune Club, which was affiliated with a company in Hong Kong. Song joined the club through a friend's introduction in February this year, and was responsible for developing the offline around Taierzhuang District of Zaozhuang City. Due to the high rebate in the early stage, Song developed hundreds of members in less than two months. With the deepening of the investigation, the police gradually grasped the whole process of the organization's pyramid scheme.
The police of the Economic Investigation Brigade of Taierzhuang District Branch of Zaozhuang Public Security Bureau said: "This is a pyramid-shaped network diagram. The organizers and planners of MLM are at the top of the pyramid. All the funds flow to the upper level, and then some are left in the hands of the middle level. The victims at the bottom have to hand over the funds. "
"They use two officially operated websites, Baiyi Education Network and Money Saving Network as a cover. Use a network pyramid scheme software compound interest system to automatically generate gold coins every day, use this virtual currency to develop offline, and get commissions from it for pyramid schemes. " The case handler said that in this case, the website organizer promised that gold coins could be converted into RMB.
It turns out that members can get 1.500 virtual gold coins and an account after joining Blue Ocean International Wealth Club with 1.500 yuan. While enjoying the lifelong use of the distance education platform, you can also get a rebate of 30 gold coins per day, and then enjoy the relevant dividends through the development of members. According to the network map, the police conducted step-by-step investigation, tracked through technical means, and locked in 9 people including the online leader Ma. 654381October 20th, Taierzhuang police successfully arrested 9 suspects.
After examination, Ma, in the name of Blue Ocean International Fortune Club and under the guise of education network and money-saving network, can enjoy the resources of education network for life with the membership of 1500 yuan, and get a high rebate as bait to use the network to develop members in 22 provinces and municipalities directly under the central government. Up to now, * * * has developed about 654.38+million members at different levels, involving more than 300 million yuan.
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The biggest feature of online pyramid selling is its fast spread, large scope and great harm. With the rise and popularization of e-commerce, in recent years, some MLM institutions have started to develop offline in the name of e-commerce, online group buying, online advertising, online shopping, online agency, online joining, online learning and training, etc.
At present, there are three types of "online pyramid schemes" in China: one is the "online version" of traditional pyramid schemes, which promotes physical products through the Internet platform and makes profits by developing offline; Second, through the development of offline members, increase the click-through rate of advertisements and give commission returns; The third is the so-called multi-level information network marketing model.
The MLM carrier of this model is mainly shopping websites, which may include business planning, personal finance, distance education, training, sellers, publicity services and so on. Registered users can apply for a user name by paying a certain amount of RMB. After users successfully join the website, they can get recommendations and develop the qualifications of others to join the website, and they can get points according to the number of people who successfully join the website, so as to carry out pyramid schemes.
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