Originally, they were having a good discussion about the case. But suddenly, Zhang Qingyuan and the others showed such concern for him, advising him to be careful.
In fact, if an ordinary person suddenly possessed a large amount of assets of unknown origin, there was a high probability they would be investigated. Two years ago, the relevant legislative bodies introduced a criminal law concerning the "cri of money laundering." It targeted ordinary people. Apart from employees of state agencies, ordinary people also needed to be monitored.
According to criminal law, money laundering is defined as knowingly disguising or concealing the source and nature of proceeds from various cris and their benefits. This includes acts such as providing financial accounts or assisting in converting property into cash, financial instrunts, or securities. It also involves assisting in transferring funds through bank transfers or other settlent thods, helping move funds abroad, or using other thods to disguise and conceal the origin and nature of criminal proceeds and their benefits.
The definition is rather lengthy. In short, any act of transmuting the earnings of criminal proceeds—such as money or real estate—from illegal to legal channels constitutes money laundering.
This provision was introduced because, in recent years, the loss of various assets has been too severe. There are many money laundering organizations in society that convert various illegal gains into legal forms to evade the scrutiny of investigating authorities.
Thus, nowadays, if an ordinary person has more than two hundred thousand in unexplained funds, they are subject to monitoring and review by the bank. If they still cannot explain the origin, they might be suspected of money laundering.
Regarding sentencing, assisting in legitimizing the proceeds of cri and their benefits can result in a sentence of up to five years in prison or detention. A fine may also be imposed, either additionally or solely. In severe cases, a term of five to ten years imprisonnt and a fine are imposed.
"Ordinary people’s accounts are also monitored?" After hearing about the cri of money laundering, Zhang Qingyuan and the others widened their eyes.
"Luckily, I don’t have much money. All told, it doesn’t exceed two hundred thousand, so it shouldn’t concern ."
"Xiao Qin, you should be more worried. You’ve won tens of millions from the lottery alone; won’t that be investigated?"
"So, under two hundred thousand is no problem? What if I launder one hundred ninety thousand through each account and set up multiple accounts?"
"I feel this money laundering law is sowhat incomplete..."
"..."
Following that, everyone expressed their opinions, proposing various views and even suggesting that the money laundering regulations weren’t very reasonable.
Upon hearing this, the corner of Qin Mu’s lips twitched. He patiently explained, "You can’t calculate it like that. According to criminal law, rely providing one money laundering account constitutes the cri of money laundering..."
If ordinary people open multiple accounts, it will inevitably trigger risk monitoring. This is also to prevent certain assets from disappearing into the general populace.
"This Han Dongting obviously didn’t launder money; otherwise, he wouldn’t have been caught so easily." Subsequently, Qin Mu brought the conversation back to the topic, continuing, "If he did launder money, his sentence would probably be even longer."
Han Dongting definitely didn’t launder. Money laundering is a technical skill. Ordinary people simply can’t do it.
「At the sa ti.」
Jincheng District Procuratorate.
A certain interrogation room.
"Officer, don’t accuse wrongly! You need evidence to back up your words. When did I ever give him money?" Liu Qiao looked at the three prosecutors before him, his face full of grievance.
As the case was investigated, he too was summoned to the Jincheng District Procuratorate for interrogation. This was because the illegal inco of Han Dongting, which Qin Mu had reported, involved collusion with the pharmacy owner.
"If you weren’t colluding, then why is your pharmacy’s revenue tens of tis higher than other pharmacies?" a prosecutor frowned and asked sternly.
After their investigation, they learned that Liu Qiao’s pharmacy had a monthly revenue exceeding 1.5 million. Sotis, it even approached two million. Generally speaking, for a normal pharmacy, a monthly revenue of over one hundred thousand is already considered good. Clearly, there had to be sothing fishy going on.
However, after hearing this, Liu Qiao put on a pained expression and said, "Officer, I’m just good at business. My business is successful, and ordinary people like to buy dicine from my pharmacy. There’s nothing wrong with that, is there?"
"Besides, I’ve run many promotional activities, like offering various gifts to new mbers."
"Plus, with a convenient location and targeting the right custor base, it’s quite normal for the revenue to be a bit higher, isn’t it?"
As he spoke, he again put on an aggrieved expression, appearing like a law-abiding, upright citizen.
"Good at business?" The lead prosecutor’s expression turned cold as he stared at Liu Qiao, who seed completely unfazed. He then asked, "Then why are the best-selling products in your pharmacy health supplents instead of standard dications?"
In their investigation, most of Wanantang Pharmacy’s sales data consisted of health supplents. The prices of these health supplents ranged from several hundred to several thousand. Despite such high prices, the sales volu was surprisingly high. This was truly abnormal.
"Officer, you have to be reasonable. How would I know? These were all purchased by patients who ca to my store." Liu Qiao rolled his eyes and said innocently, "If you want to know, you should ask them. Maybe they just like taking health supplents?"
Regarding this issue, he directly sidestepped it, passing the bla to the patients who bought the dicine. He completely disassociated himself from all the issues.
"Officers, you should know that all the dicines in my pharmacy are genuine, not counterfeit."
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