Tang Xiaodong, a million-reward suspect： Turn on the phone 24 hours a day and actively contact local leaders
Times Square, Sihui City, Guangdong Province, is the entrance of Donghui Jewelry Company. The property management staff said that since Tang Xiaodong’s accident, all employees have been dissolved and the owners have locked the door.
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Shaanxi Hanyin reported the details of the "million reward case"
Recently, a notice of 1 million reward issued by Hanyin County Public Security Bureau of Ankang City, Shaanxi Province has aroused public concern. The suspect Tang Xiaodong is suspected of illegally absorbing public deposits, and the reward amount of 1 million yuan is also the highest in China.
On June 6th, official website, the people’s government of Hanyin County, issued the Circular on the Case of Donghui Jewelry Company’s Illegal Absorption of Public Deposits, which disclosed the relevant case of "One Million Reward".
According to the report, starting from October 4, 2018, the Hanyin County Public Security Bureau has received reports from the people in Hanyin County, claiming that Donghui Jewelry and Jade Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Donghui Jewelry Company) in Guangdong Province has illegally raised funds from the public in Donghui Jewelry Store in Chengguan Town, Hanyin County. At present, it has stopped paying interest and requested to be investigated. After preliminary investigation, it was found that Donghui Jewelry Company (legal representative and company controller Tang Xiaodong) illegally absorbed public deposits. On October 7, 2018, Hanyin County Public Security Bureau filed a case for illegal absorption of public deposits by Donghui Jewelry Company.
After investigation, it was found that Tang Xiaodong, in the name of Sihui Donghui Jewelry and Jade Co., Ltd. and other enterprises, used jewelry and jade stores to operate, lured people to invest by investing in the jewelry and jade industry, and actually illegally absorbed public deposits as the main business activity. As of April 1, 2019, Hanyin County has registered more than 500 people who have invested in the injured people to the public security organs, involving more than 70 million yuan. At present, 11 people involved in the case of illegal absorption of public deposits by Donghui Jewelry Company have been arrested one after another, and they have entered the prosecution stage. Tang Xiaodong, a fugitive suspect in this case, is still under full arrest.
The case of Donghui Jewelry Company illegally absorbing public deposits continues to attract attention. A few days ago, the police in Hanyin, Shaanxi Province have offered a reward of one million for arresting the founder of the company, Tang Xiaodong.
On June 8, Tang Xiaodong said in an interview that he returned to his hometown to invest in the jewelry industry "with the encouragement of Hanyin government" in 2014, insisting that he was not guilty, and said that he was still in the United States and had no plans to return to China.
On the same day, a former employee of Donghui Jewelry Company told reporters that he and his family had invested more than 200,000 yuan and lost all their money, denouncing the company’s arrears in investment income.
Tang Xiaodong: The business model has been approved by the local government.
On June 8, Tang Xiaodong said in an interview that he was a native of Hanyin, Shaanxi Province. He started his business in Guangdong in 1994 and engaged in the jewelry industry. In 2014, he returned to his hometown to invest in the jewelry industry with the encouragement of the relevant departments of Hanyin. In the past four years, he successively opened seven jewelry stores in several counties and built Donghui Jewelry Culture Industrial Park in Hanyin. "These jewelry stores and industrial parks are all our own ‘ Shareholder ’ Invest and then manage it yourself. "
Tang Xiaodong told reporters that when he returned to his hometown to invest and start a business, all his qualifications were reported to the local government, industry and commerce, public security and finance departments. "The government is very supportive of us and recognizes our business model, including many shareholders introduced by the government."
Tang Xiaodong said that his company had been operating under the supervision of the local government for four years until he received a rectification notice from the local financial office in June 2018, demanding that the "shareholders" be retired within three months. "As soon as the notice came out, I continued to communicate with government leaders from June to September 2018 to negotiate solutions. The other party ignored it and directly seized it in October. After the seizure is completed, the enterprise is completely unable to operate. " He argued that the storm caused by fund-raising was not caused by the collapse of enterprises, but by the rectification notice, which caused investors to panic and concentrated runs.
Tang Xiaodong insisted that he was innocent. "We are different from others, and mine is ‘ Shareholder ’ Invest in it and manage it. If it is illegal, it should be banned from the beginning. "
In this regard, Zhou Yongxin, secretary of Hanyin County Party Committee, refuted it in an interview with the media on June 7. He said that Tang Xiaodong confused "shareholding" and "crowdfunding" with private fundraising. After the shareholding, the company should amend its articles of association and report it to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau. However, Tang Xiaodong did not do this, but promised the people to "protect the capital and make a rebate". "Which industry can have a 15% return? Obviously it is a Ponzi scheme. "
On October 7, 2018, Hanyin County Public Security Bureau filed a case against Donghui Jewelry Company for illegally absorbing public deposits; On May 31, 2019, the Hanyin County Public Security Bureau offered a reward of 1 million yuan to arrest Tang Xiaodong, which triggered network attention.
Tang Xiaodong told reporters that he went to the United States on September 18, 2018 and is still in the United States. He denied that he had absconded with the money, claiming that his mobile phone was turned on 24 hours a day and WeChat was unblocked, and that he had been actively contacting local leaders.
Tang Xiaodong said that on June 2 this year, he learned from local friends in Hanyin that he had been offered a reward of one million for arrest. He said it was difficult to understand, and he still felt angry and had no plans to return to China. He said it was inconvenient for reporters to ask whether they had invested in immigrating to the United States.
Former employees: the elderly at home lost their pension savings.
On June 6, the Hanyin County Government issued the "Circular on the Case of Donghui Jewelry Company’s Illegal Absorption of Public Deposits", saying that as of April 1, 2019, Hanyin County had reported more than 500 people with investment losses to the public security organs for registration, involving more than 70 million yuan.
Wu Hong (a pseudonym), who once worked in Donghui Jewelry Culture Industrial Park, is one of those who suffered from investment losses.
On June 8, Wu Hong told the reporter that in October 2017, she signed an Investment Agreement for Dividend Shareholders with Donghui Jewelry Company, with a term of one year and an annual interest rate of 15% and a monthly interest rate of 1.25%. It is clearly stated in the agreement that after the expiration of the period, the company shall pay dividends to Wu Hong and return all its investment principal.
At that time, Wu Hong made a one-time investment of 40,000 yuan, and then earned nine months’ income, with a total of 4,500 yuan in 500 yuan every month. In August 2018, she proposed to the company to get back 40,000 yuan, but was blocked by the company leaders with "reported, waiting for news"; In September, the company defaulted on its investment income under the pretext of the typhoon in Shenzhen. Wu Hong told reporters that since then, he has never received any income from this investment, and the principal of 40,000 yuan has disappeared.
Wu Hong said that the investment at that time was because the project had received strong support from the government. "County leaders often visited the company, and the investment project looked very reassuring."
Wu Hong told reporters that she, her father and uncle have invested more than 200,000 yuan in Donghui Jewelry Project. "I don’t care if I am young. I have been working for a year for nothing, but the two old people have almost taken out their pension savings." As far as Wu Hong knows, there are seven or eight people around him who have participated in the investment of Donghui Jewelry.
Wu Hong also told reporters that he was transferred to Shenzhen Donghui Jewelry in March 2018. After the company’s "accident", Wu Hong and other employees were still in arrears for two months when they were forced to leave. "Before leaving the company, the company’s jewelry and jade articles were all taken away by the leaders."
Hanyin signed a contract with Donghui Jewelry Town Project.
The reporter checked the public information and found that, as Wu Hong said, in the past two years, leaders of different departments in Hanyin County have been reported to appear on occasions related to Donghui Jewelry Company many times.
On June 6, 2017, the official WeChat official of Hanyin TV announced that at the signing ceremony of the 2017 Silk Expo and the 21st Western Conference, Liu Feixia, the county magistrate of Hanyin County, successfully signed three projects with Guangdong Donghui Jewelry Co., Ltd., Shaanxi Water Group Co., Ltd. and Shaanxi Fruit Industry Group Co., Ltd., namely Donghui Jewelry Town Construction, Hanyin County Aquaculture Comprehensive Development and Eco-tech Industrial Park.
Among them, Donghui Jewelry Town Construction Project has a total investment of 600 million yuan. The project introduces domestic and foreign funds, processing technology, commercial channels and markets, and establishes a jewelry and jade cultural industrial chain, "encouraging and supporting local people to join in with capital and labor, driving Hanyin to radiate southern Shaanxi and affecting the development of jewelry and jade industry in northern China".
According to Ankang News Network, on January 28, 2018, a symposium on jewelry town planning in Hanyin County was held in Donghui Jewelry Culture Industrial Park. "Huang Bangping, deputy head of the county government, presided over by Zhou Yongxin, secretary of the county party committee, told … … Experts and scholars expressed their warm welcome. "
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There are some difficulties in arresting from the United States.
The most effective way is to persuade the returning country.
Since Tang Xiaodong appeared frequently, why didn’t the public security organs arrest him quickly?
An insider of Ankang police who is familiar with the relevant regulations said that the general methods of arresting criminal suspects abroad are mainly divided into: extradition, repatriation, deportation from the host country, joint law enforcement, judicial cooperation, persuasion and other measures. According to the current relevant laws, it is still difficult to arrest Tang Xiaodong from the United States.
The insider said that extradition is the act of the requested country to hand over an individual who is hunted, wanted or sentenced in its own territory to the requesting country for trial or punishment at the request of the requesting country. Extradition is an important judicial assistance system in the world at present, and it is also an important guarantee for the country to effectively exercise its jurisdiction and punish crimes. To realize extradition, there must be an extradition treaty between the requesting country and the requested country. At present, because China has not signed an extradition treaty with the United States, it is impossible to cooperate with the United States to arrest Tang Xiaodong by extradition.
"At present, the most effective way is to persuade people to return. Cooperation in persuading people to return mainly refers to a measure that foreign law enforcement agencies assist our country in persuading people to return to the country of flight for relevant treatment through persuasion and education." The insider said that persuasion is a new alternative measure for extradition, which has been explored by judicial organs in China, including public security organs, in recent years, giving full play to their subjective initiative and actively using the criminal policy of combining leniency with severity. It is worth noting that this way is only a measure, not a legal way to pursue. However, the persuasion measures did produce good results in practice.
The reporter got a leaflet used by Donghui Jewelry Company to promote investment and shareholding, with the words "Let you be the owner of an international brand jewelry store easily". The leaflet clearly States the details of investment dividends, and gives an example: "If you invest 100,000 years, you can earn 205,000 yuan in principal and interest; If you invest 1 million for 5 years, the principal and interest will be 2.05 million. "
Deng Xueping, deputy director and senior partner of Jingheng Law Firm in Shanghai, who is concerned about this incident, according to the analysis of the Investment Agreement of Dividend Shareholders described by Wu Hong, the most essential feature of investment behavior is the uncertainty of income.
Deng Xueping pointed out that the fund-raising behavior of Donghui Jewelry is illegal. "One is that the agreement should not have a shareholder agreement period, and the second is that there should be no fixed income."
Deng Xueping said that before local governments introduce enterprises, they should know clearly the business model of enterprises and examine whether it constitutes illegal fund-raising.
"Look for a professional and you will know that there is a problem." He said that if enterprises are suspected of breaking the law, local governments should not endorse them to avoid misleading ordinary investors and ordinary people, otherwise the trap of fund-raising will become deeper and deeper.
He said that if Tang Xiaodong is indeed in the United States, he can only be brought to justice in two ways. "One is to let him come back by himself through flexible persuasion, and the other is through international extradition treaties, but the latter will be more troublesome."
Where on earth did he come from?
The registered capital of many companies under 18 titles exceeds 400 million.
He was sued many times and was "applied for property preservation"
Tang Xiaodong’s "Double Life"
According to the reward notice, Tang Xiaodong was born on December 28, 1977. His household registration is a group of Dongsheng Village, Puxi Town, Hanyin County, Ankang City, and he lives in Sihui City, Guangdong Province.
According to Celebrity Tang Xiaodong — — The article "Success is not accidental" shows that Tang Xiaodong’s childhood was very difficult. After he was admitted to the Department of Electronics in xidian university, he solved his tuition and living expenses in Xi ‘an by electrical maintenance and remitted money to his family for financial assistance.
After graduation, Tang Xiaodong went to Guangdong to work and worked in a Taiwan-funded enterprise for three years. In 2000, Tang Xiaodong established Dongtai Gem Machinery Co., Ltd. in Haifeng, Guangdong Province, and established Donghui Jewelry Group Co., Ltd. two years later, and went to Sun Yat-sen University for an MBA.
Tang Xiaodong, who had a smooth sailing, successively opened companies in Sihui, Guangdong, Xi ‘an, Shaanxi and Chongqing, and opened a jewelry and jade direct store in Hanyin, his hometown.
In April 2017, the Hanyin Donghui Jewelry Town project built by Tang Xiaodong’s Donghui Jewelry Group signed a contract of 600 million yuan.
Mr. Zhang, who has dealt with Tang Xiaodong in Hanyin County, told reporters that he may have been born in a poor family. Tang Xiaodong usually lives frugally, and he often eats fried noodles or fried rice when he eats alone. But for business, it’s generous to treat people to dinner, and thousands of them don’t care. "Two or three years ago, Tang Xiaodong claimed to have real estate projects in Saipan." Mr. Zhang said that Tang Xiaodong’s business was relatively large, and he suspected that the capital chain of other businesses was broken, which led to the failure of Tang Xiaodong’s project.
On June 5, the reporter verified that official website of Donghui Jewelry showed that Tang Xiaodong had 18 titles, 10 of which were founders of the company, and the registered capital of the company under his name exceeded 400 million.
Regarding his reputation in the jewelry and jade industry, Donghui Jewelry and Jade Company’s WeChat subscription number article said, "In the jewelry and jade industry in Sihui City, Guangdong Province, Tang Xiaodong’s name is known to everyone." The article also said that Tang Xiaodong "took social responsibility" and took it as his duty to help the poor, especially in charity.
The reporter combed and found that in the past year, there were several judgments and rulings about Tang Xiaodong on the online judgment documents in China, most of which were applied for property preservation.
The verdict shows that Shaanxi Donghui Jewelry Culture Industrial Park Company was sealed up by Hanyin County Public Security Bureau as early as last year, and the legal representative Tang Xiaodong was listed as a fugitive in criminal detention. The account under his name was less than 2.6 million yuan and was frozen by the court. The court also sealed up the real estate and equity under the names of the respondent, Shaanxi Ankang Donghui Jewelry and Jade Co., Ltd., and the defendants, Tang Xiaodong and Tang Chengyan.
Synthesis of this group of manuscripts
Southern Metropolis Daily, China Business Daily, Beijing Youth Daily