Free Web NovelChapter 856: Chapter 312: I Don’t Want a Single Cent!
"Fraudulent donations?"
Qin Mu frowned slightly and quickly considered this possibility.
This person named Qin Laosan...
Could very well be exploiting public sympathy, initiating donations on an app called "Water Drop Fund."
Profiting from it.
Actually.
This kind of situation is rampant in the donation industry.
Many people exploit the goodwill of the public to gain unjust wealth.
Or perhaps...
The family situation is normal, but a family member falls ill, and yet they are unwilling to spend a penny.
They directly post the illness on the app.
Calling for donations from the whole society.
As for themselves, they continue driving their car, continue living in their house.
It’s as if they’ve offloaded their family’s illness onto society, getting kind-hearted people to help them with treatment.
The illness is real.
The money goes to treatment.
But something feels off.
And yet...
The donation platform, focused solely on profit, only verifies the illness, never seriously checking the patient’s financial situation.
Typically.
Those eligible for donations should be families in poverty, unable to afford medical or treatment expenses.
Yet most people...
Despite having savings, cars, and houses, claim they can’t afford medical fees, seeking societal attention and sympathy.
Over time.
The goodwill of society gradually gets consumed, worth nothing.
"But... how to verify if Qin Laosan is committing donation fraud?"
Staring at Qin Laosan’s account on his phone, Qin Mu frowned.
Started seriously contemplating.
Qin Laosan’s actions surely constitute fraud.
With the aim of illegally owning, using fabricated facts or concealing the truth, defrauding others’ properties, clearly constituting the crime of fraud.
As for the filing of fraud...
It depends on economic standards but without doubt, this donation has exceeded the minimum filing standard!
However...
He currently doesn’t have evidence proving Qin Laosan committed donation fraud.
It’s limited to speculation.
Without evidence, the police won’t handle it.
"However... it’s possible to start from the platform."
Qin Mu thought it over, running through various legal statutes in his mind.
Finally found related clauses in the "Charity Law."
He couldn’t report Qin Laosan.
But he could initiate a report against the "Water Drop Fund" platform.
The Charity Law stipulates that charitable organizations must adhere to laws, regulations, and social morality.
If an event defying social morality occurs within its organization...
It must bear corresponding legal responsibilities.
Such as mishandling, mismanagement, lack of systems, etc.
Subsequently.
He opened the computer and searched online for the contact details of Water Drop Fund’s legal department.
After pondering.
Decided to use a courteous approach first, then exert pressure.
Wrote a lawyer’s letter and sent it via email to the other party’s inbox.
It was also the first lawyer’s letter he wrote since becoming a lawyer.
He currently only saw negligence in Qin Laosan’s case, wasn’t certain the platform had issues.
If the platform is wise...
Upon seeing his letter, they would naturally prioritize auditing Qin Laosan’s financial situation to confirm if he meets donation eligibility.
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Meanwhile.
Shanghai.
A certain high-end commercial office building.
Water Drop Fund headquarters.
Legal department.
Deng Angxiong was as usual, processing emails in the company’s legal mailbox.
These emails...
Generally sent or forwarded by other companies, mostly about commercial cooperation.
Senders are all official accounts of each company.
"Huh? Why is there a personal account sender? Sent to the wrong address?"
Suddenly.
Deng Angxiong noticed a conspicuous email in the inbox.
The sender...
A person claiming to be "Lawyer Qin."
The email wasn’t lengthy, just under three hundred words.
It mentioned discovering potential donation fraud in a donation notice initiated on their company’s platform, hoping for verification.
Additionally.
Attached several legal clauses pointing out their obligations and responsibilities as a charity organization.
Stated that if no action is taken within three days, other measures will be adopted.
"Fraudulent donation incident?"
Seeing this lawyer’s letter from "Lawyer Qin," Deng Angxiong found it quite speechless.
His focus was mainly on the fraudulent donation incident pointed out in the email.
As for the subsequent measures...
He didn’t pay any mind.
Water Drop Fund’s such large legal department, could it really be threatened by a slightly small lawyer?
"Both surnamed Qin? Could it be a family reporting each other?"
He frowned slightly, couldn’t help muttering.
Their company’s main business is helping those in need, initiating donations and letting kind-hearted people contribute.
Actually.
The value orientation is quite positive.
It can help many financially troubled people.
With their help, many in need have overcome difficulties and started anew.
Of course.
As a commercial company, they also need to profit.
They take a certain commission on each donation.
Though they claim it’s a handling fee, the backend donation situation, donation amounts, are all under their control.
"Should I... have the business and operations department check on Qin Laosan’s donation status?"
He thought it over and casually forwarded the email to the business department.
After forwarding.
He turned his attention back to other emails from commercial collaboration companies, continuing busily.
As for this email...
Long ago he had cast it into the clouds.
...
Wan City.
A certain hospital inpatient department.
Zhou Zhen and Wang Xia walked into their daughter’s ward.
Looking at their comatose daughter.
The expressions of the couple were somewhat complex.
"Ugh, these people... why are they harassing us every day?"
Zhou Zhen complained, quite helpless.
Ever since encountering the middle-aged woman the other day.
For several consecutive days.
They encountered various sorts of people.
Some, like the middle-aged woman, would directly block them, insisting on not letting them leave.
Unless they signed an acknowledgment letter.
Some would kneel before them, with teary eyes and a runny nose, morally blackmailing them to sign it.
Some waited at the hospital entrance.
Some waited at the community entrance.
Some...
For those who seemed to be involved in illegal activities, he acted according to Zhou Shaohui’s guidance, reporting to the police for intervention.
Asked the police to talk to them.
But...
The operations seemed not well executed, at most these people were only subjected to administrative detention and fines.
The situations Zhou Shaohui talked about didn’t occur.
This also led to...
There being no example set, those people clung like parasites, never letting them go.
"They care about their sons and daughters, don’t we care about ours?"
Looking at their daughter on the hospital bed, tears rolled down Wang Xia’s cheeks again: "Every day, they ask us to be merciful and let them go, but who showed mercy to our daughter back then?"
"If they had shown some empathy, scolded her a little less, maybe Xiaoqing wouldn’t have jumped off the building!"
Zhou Zhen stood aside, gently supporting his wife.
His expression was also somewhat gloomy.
In these few days.
His daughter’s physical condition had improved, but there was still no sign of awakening.
She could only rely on nutritional fluid to sustain life.
Living seemed hardly different from being dead.
Thankfully...
The police brought some good news, saying they would hold a trial in seven days.
Requiring them to be present in court, participating in the prosecution of the four hundred-plus trolls.
This might have been the only piece of good news they’d heard in a while.
However, precisely because of this.
The defendants’ families became increasingly tense, frequently coming to bother them.
They could now recognize those defendants’ relatives.
Among them, someone even outright offered a million-dollar high price, asking them to sign an agreement of understanding, but they refused.
Although they lacked money.
They believed the harm done to their daughter must be repaid by legal judgment!
They resolutely refused to forgive those online trolls!
"Dear me, outside the hospital... could it be full of defendants’ family members?"
In the afternoon.
Zhou Shaohui arrived at the hospital bringing fruits and flowers, meeting Zhou Zhen and his wife.
The scene along the way left him somewhat shocked.
At least dozens of people were gathered.
Fortunately, those people didn’t recognize him.
Otherwise, surely he would be surrounded inside and out.
"Shaohui, you need to think of a solution, these people have become smarter, your previous methods aren’t working."
Zhou Zhen looked at his nephew, couldn’t help but to complain.
With over four hundred defendants about to be tried.
Their families grew even more panicked, either hanging around the hospital entrance or the community entrance.
Moreover.
After being reported a few times, they learned their lesson.
Dared not engage in any illegal activities again.
Nor did they directly obstruct his actions, they just kept pressing him to sign the acknowledgment letter.
Even now, calling the police couldn’t handle this group effectively.
"This situation... I didn’t foresee."
Zhou Shaohui chuckled awkwardly, feeling a bit ashamed.
Originally.
He thought he had learned the skills of an "up" to deal with the defendants’ families.
Yet unexpectedly...
Under his guidance, Zhou Zhen didn’t manage to send a single person inside.
Only a few underwent three days of administrative detention and fines.
Being taught this lesson.
The rest became smart, extremely cautious.
He now also found himself helpless.
Only through experiencing such an event himself did he understand the terror of "up".
They couldn’t even intimidate these defendants’ relatives, yet "up" could intimidate the whole Jin City!
"Forget it, we’ll just have to avoid them."
Zhou Zhen waved his hand, said helplessly.
As long as they hold out until the trial, when everything settles, then it’ll be fine.
Later.
He thought of something, suddenly asked: "By the way, with the trial approaching, does the anonymous expert you know have any advice?"
He’s just an ordinary person.
Not well-versed with the law.
With the trial approaching, he’s worried that as the trial progresses, the defendants might get away.
Otherwise, he’d truly be devastated...
"I asked, that expert suggested after the trial begins, in the victim’s petition, to firmly emphasize no need for compensation, merely..."
Zhou Shaohui nodded.
Explained what he learned from the forum’s anonymous expert in detail.
That expert speculates that the lawyers these people hire will argue for humanitarian compensation and medical expenses to lower the case’s gravity to a civil level.
And what they need to do...
Is steadfastly declare, no need for any compensation, just make sure those people receive their deserved punishment!
Actually.
This matter...
The dangerous behavior was indeed caused by Zhou Xiaoqing herself.
Legally speaking, these trolls aren’t obligated to compensate for medical or other fees.
But if they propose to compensate for medical expenses, the liability will reduce significantly.
"I understand now, we don’t want a penny, just ensure those who need jail go to jail, those who need sentencing get sentenced!"
Zhou Zhen and Wang Xia listened, exchanged a glance.
The couple’s gazes were firmer than ever before.
