Upon trial, it was found that from March to September 2019, the defendants <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> rented Room 3002, Building 3-1, West District of Zhengda International, Luolong District, Luoyang City, to set up the "Four Seasons Spa Health Club." They recruited multiple prostitutes to engage in activities such as "oral sex" and "intercourse." The earnings from prostitution were split evenly between the defendants <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> and the prostitutes. During this period, the defendant <Defendant C> was employed at the club to receive clients, introduce services, handle cash, and clean. An audit revealed that the defendants <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> collected a total of over 340,000 yuan in prostitution fees during the aforementioned period. After deducting the prostitutes' share, the illegal earnings amounted to over 170,000 yuan. On the evening of September 9, 2019, police officers from the Luolong Branch of the Luoyang Public Security Bureau summoned the defendant <Defendant C> and prostitutes Miao, Dong, and Zheng to the police station from the "Four Seasons Spa Health Club." The defendant <Defendant B> was arrested by police officers from the Anle Branch of the Luoyang Public Security Bureau on October 2, 2019. The defendant <Defendant A> was arrested by police officers from the Luolong Branch of the Luoyang Public Security Bureau on November 5, 2019. During the trial, the family of the defendant <Defendant C> returned 8,000 yuan of the illegal earnings on behalf of the defendant.


Upon trial, it was found that the defendant, <Defendant A>, had the intention to kill He Mou1 due to her inability to endure the long-term domestic violence inflicted on her and her children by her husband, He Mou1. On February 26, 2019, <Defendant A> discussed with her son, <Defendant B>, and her daughter, He Mou (handled in a separate case), and they decided to kill He Mou1. Around midnight on February 27 of the same year, <Defendant A> took advantage of He Mou1's deep sleep in a room on the first floor of their home and tied him up with a rope. She then went to the second floor to call <Defendant B> and He Mou to come down to the first floor and enter He Mou1's room. <Defendant A> first covered He Mou1's mouth with a pillow. When He Mou1 woke up and resisted, crying out for help, <Defendant B> and He Mou held down He Mou1's hands and feet to prevent him from struggling. <Defendant B> then used a pre-prepared knife to stab He Mou1 in the neck, while <Defendant A> picked up an iron hammer from behind the door and repeatedly struck He Mou1 on the head until he was motionless. Afterwards, <Defendant A> cleaned the bloodstains on the walls of the room. That same night, they wrapped He Mou1's body in a quilt, tied it with a rope, and, together with <Defendant B> and He Mou, carried He Mou1's body onto a cart. <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> then transported the body to a small grove about 200 meters behind their house and disposed of it. The next day, <Defendant A> dismantled He Mou1's bed and burned it along with clothes, quilts, the iron hammer, and the rope in the stove. According to the forensic examination, He Mou1 died from severe cranial and brain injuries caused by a blunt object, with multiple injuries on his body resulting from the combined action of sharp and blunt objects. After the incident, on March 5, 2019, <Defendant A> voluntarily surrendered to the police and truthfully confessed her crime.


Upon trial, it was found that:

1. One day in the second half of 2010, the defendant <Defendant A> sold a double-barreled gunpowder gun for 480 yuan to the defendant <Defendant C> at his home. On November 27, 2019, the defendant <Defendant A> bought back the gun from <Defendant C> for 400 yuan. One day in the first month of the lunar calendar in 2020, the defendant <Defendant A> sold the gun to <Defendant B> for 400 yuan. On March 25, 2020, the gun was seized by the police at <Defendant B>'s home. According to the Zunyi Public Security Judicial Appraisal Center, the gun uses gunpowder as its power source and has the capacity to cause injury.

2. One day in the twelfth lunar month of 2019, the defendant <Defendant B> sold a single-barreled gunpowder gun for 300 yuan to the defendant <Defendant A> at his home. On March 25, 2020, the gun was seized by the police at <Defendant A>'s home. According to the Zunyi Public Security Judicial Appraisal Center, the seized gun uses gunpowder as its power source and has the capacity to cause injury.

3. On March 26, 2020, the police also seized two gunpowder guns possessed by the defendant <Defendant B> from a corn stalk pile behind his house in Tongzi County. According to the Zunyi Public Security Judicial Appraisal Center, the two guns possessed by <Defendant B> use gunpowder as their power source and have the capacity to cause injury.

4. On March 25, 2020, the police also seized a gunpowder gun possessed by <Defendant A>. According to the Zunyi Public Security Judicial Appraisal Center, the gun possessed by <Defendant A> uses gunpowder as its power source and has the capacity to cause injury.

Offences of Illegal Possession of Firearms


Upon trial, it was found that at around 20:00 on December 10, 2018, Yu Mou2 (handled in a separate case) called the defendant <Defendant A>, requesting that <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> drive the small truck with the license plate Yue G×××** to Xiashan District, Zhanjiang City to help transport two stolen electric bicycles to the Southeast Wharf in the urban area of Zhanjiang City. Thus, the two defendants, knowing that the two electric bicycles involved (one white Tailg electric bicycle and one purple Tailg electric bicycle) were stolen, drove the small truck to the vicinity of the Baoman Gas Station in Xiashan District, Zhanjiang City to assist Yu Juhu and Yu Jubiao (handled in a separate case) in transferring the involved electric bicycles. At around 22:00 on the same day, when the two defendants were driving the small truck to transport the electric bicycles to Dongmouxing Supermarket in the Development Zone of Zhanjiang City, they were apprehended by the police, who seized one white Tailg electric bicycle, one purple Tailg electric bicycle, and one light van. According to the price appraisal by the Xiashan District Price Appraisal Center in Zhanjiang City, the white Tailg electric bicycle was valued at RMB 2,303, and the purple Tailg electric bicycle was valued at RMB 2,573. Upon investigation, it was found that the white Tailg electric bicycle involved was stolen from the victim Li Mou on December 10, 2018, at Door 2, Building 57, No. 38 Jiefang West Road, Xiashan District, Zhanjiang City. The purple electric bicycle was stolen from the victim Chen Mou on December 9, 2018, at No. 18 Haining Road, Xiashan District, Zhanjiang City. After the incident, on December 28, 2018, the two seized electric bicycles were returned to the victims Li Mou and Chen Mou, and the light van was returned to its owner Yu Mou1. The public prosecution agency recommends that the two defendants be sentenced to imprisonment of no more than one year and be fined.


Upon trial, it was found that from December 2019 to January 2020, the defendant <Defendant A>, together with Fang Miao (to be dealt with separately), organized multiple prostitutes to engage in prostitution activities at Building T8, Zhaoshang Jiangwan International, Gutian 2nd Road, Qiaokou District, Wuhan City. The defendant <Defendant A> was responsible for the daily operations and overall management of the prostitution venue, deciding the work numbers and prices of the prostitutes, and determining the commissions for financial and reception staff. The defendant <Defendant B> was responsible for managing finances, verifying prostitution income, disbursing wages to prostitutes and reception staff, and transferring the profits of the prostitution venue to Fang Miao and the defendant <Defendant A>, while also recruiting some of the prostitutes. The defendants <Defendant C> and <Defendant D> were responsible for receiving clients and assisting in collecting the fees. On January 10, 2020, at around 16:00, police officers apprehended Zhang Mou1 and Gao Mou, Huang Mou, and Zhou Mou1 who were engaging in prostitution activities at the aforementioned location. Additionally, they found other prostitutes Liang Mou, Jian Mou, Zhang Mou2, Zheng Mou, and Zou Xiaomei, and arrested the defendants <Defendant A>, <Defendant B>, <Defendant C>, and <Defendant D> on the spot.

Crime of Facilitating the Organisation of Prostitution


Upon trial, the following facts were ascertained:

1. Crime of Provoking Trouble
On February 12, 2017, the defendant <Defendant A> invited Hu Mou, Shao Mou1, and Xiao Zhengtang (all handled in separate cases) to the office of Shao Yisong at Songmao Real Estate Co., Ltd. in this city. Later, Shao Mou1 and others carried machetes, Hu Mou carried the aforementioned pistol purchased by <Defendant A>, and <Defendant A> carried the aforementioned long gun borrowed from <Defendant B> to threaten and intimidate Lü Mou1, who was seeking an explanation from Shao Mou3. According to the appraisal by Hubei Sanzhen Judicial Appraisal Center, the two guns involved in the case are firearms that use gunpowder as a propellant and have injurious power.

2. Crime of Illegal Possession of Firearms
In the summer of 2013, the defendant <Defendant B> purchased a long gun for 3,000 yuan in the Huahu Economic Development Zone of this city. In March 2016, the defendant <Defendant A> purchased a pistol for 1,000 yuan on Geshan Avenue in this city. At the beginning of 2017, the defendant <Defendant A> borrowed the aforementioned long gun from <Defendant B>, and the two guns were stored in the trunk of Tong's car. On February 12, 2017, <Defendant A> handed the aforementioned pistol he purchased to Hu Mou (handled in a separate case), and he himself carried the aforementioned long gun borrowed from <Defendant B>. Together with Shao Mou1 and Xiao Zhengtang (both handled in separate cases) who carried machetes, they went to the office of Shao Yisong at Songmao Real Estate Co., Ltd. in this city, using firearms and machetes to intimidate and threaten Lü Mou1. In March 2017, <Defendant A> returned the borrowed long gun to <Defendant B>. According to the appraisal by Hubei Sanzhen Judicial Appraisal Center, the two guns involved in the case are firearms that fire standard bullets powered by gunpowder and have injurious power.

Crime of Picking Quarrels and Provoking Troubles


Upon trial, it was found that from May 2019 to November 2019, the defendant <Defendant A>, without obtaining permission from the registered trademark owner, organized the defendants <Defendant B> and <Defendant C> to process counterfeit HP branded toner cartridges at No. 63, First Floor, Shangzhe Village, Central Community, Pingdi Street, Longgang District, Shenzhen. <Defendant A> was responsible for printing the HP logo on the toner cartridges, while <Defendant B> and <Defendant C> were responsible for packaging. On November 19, 2019, following a report, the police arrived at the aforementioned location and apprehended <Defendant A>. They seized 296 HP toner cartridges, 2150 packaging boxes, 15000 HP toner cartridge labels, 2 glue guns, 1 marking machine, 1 sealing machine, and 1 mobile phone on the spot. On December 20 of the same year, defendants <Defendant B> and <Defendant C> were also apprehended. According to the appraisal by the Longgang District Price Certification Center in Shenzhen, the value of the 296 HP toner cartridges seized on site was 195,610 yuan.

Offence of Counterfeiting a Registered Trademark


Upon trial, it was found that: On April 18, 2018, the defendants <Defendant A> and <Defendant B>, knowing that the land plot of the "Cultural Arts Park Huaxia Cultural Tourism Zone South District" was a project without financial backing and impossible to develop, falsely signed the "General Contract for Construction of the Cultural Arts Park Huaxia Cultural Tourism Zone South District Project." On April 25, 2018, <Defendant A>, using this "General Contract for Construction," falsely represented himself as the East China Branch of Jiangsu Zhongshun Construction Group Co., Ltd., and signed the "Cooperative Construction Subcontract Agreement" for the project with the victim, Ni Moumou, defrauding the victim Ni Moumou of a total of 300,000 RMB, of which <Defendant B> received 100,000 RMB. On September 13, 2018, after being notified by phone to appear, <Defendant B> truthfully confessed the aforementioned criminal facts.


Upon trial, it was found that at around 11 PM on May 6, 2019, the defendant <Defendant A> and the defendant <Defendant B> jointly allowed Chen Moujia (handled in a separate case) to provide prostitution services to Zhan Moumou (handled in a separate case) in the apartment rented by the two defendants located at No. 1, Unit 2, 1st Floor, No. 17 Siyuan Alley, Yunyan District, Guiyang City. They also allowed the prostitute Chen Mouyi (handled in a separate case) to provide prostitution services to Wang Moumou (handled in a separate case) in another apartment rented by the two defendants located at No. 2, Unit 3, 3rd Floor, No. 17 Siyuan Alley, Yunyan District, Guiyang City. They were caught on the spot by the police. On May 20, 2019, the defendant <Defendant B> was arrested by the police officers of Dayingpo Police Station, Yunyan Branch, Guiyang Public Security Bureau. On July 8, 2019, the defendant <Defendant A> was arrested by the Qingzhen Public Security Bureau. During the trial, the prosecution presented relevant evidence and argued that the actions of the defendants <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> violated the provisions of Article 359, Paragraph 1 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China. They should be held criminally responsible for the crime of allowing prostitution and suggested that the defendants <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> be sentenced to six months of fixed-term imprisonment and fined. During the trial, the defendants <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> had no objections to the facts charged in the indictment and pleaded guilty.


After trial and investigation, it was found that in the early morning of January 27, 2020, the defendants <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> drove a silver-gray Jetta car with the license plate number ××× to COFCO Bio-chemical Energy (Gongzhuling) Co., Ltd. <Defendant A> entered the COFCO premises and damaged the sensor line of the ground scale used for purchasing corn on the east side of the COFCO company. He then installed an electronic remote control signal receiving device on the sensor. From February 25 to March 9, 2020, the defendants <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> drove a truck with the license plate number ××× to sell corn to COFCO company nine times. When <Defendant A> drove the truck onto the COFCO ground scale for weighing, <Defendant B> used a remote control outside the COFCO premises to manipulate the pre-installed signal receiver, altering the data displayed on the COFCO ground scale and falsely increasing the weight of the corn loaded on the vehicle. After calculation, the two defendants falsely increased the weight of the corn by a total of 39.04 tons, fraudulently obtaining grain purchase payments from COFCO company amounting to RMB 59,965.4. The evidence collection procedures were legal, and the content was objective and truthful, sufficient to establish the facts of the accusation. The defendants <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> had no objections to the criminal facts and evidence charged and voluntarily pleaded guilty and accepted punishment.


Upon examination, it was found that the defendant <Defendant B> had a strained relationship with the victim, Li Mou1, due to long-term domestic violence from Li Mou1 after their marriage. <Defendant B> had previously filed for divorce, but withdrew the lawsuit because Li Mou1 threatened to kill her family and was unwilling to divorce. On August 26, 2018, around 11 PM, Li Mou1 called <Defendant B> and threatened to come home and assault her. Fearing for her safety, <Defendant B> called her brother, the defendant <Defendant A>, to come to her home at Unit 302, Building 26, Section B, Huaifeng Garden, Huaishang District, Bengbu City. Around midnight, Li Mou1, intoxicated, returned home and accused <Defendant B> of having an affair, verbally and physically abusing her, and threatening <Defendant A>. During this period, a physical altercation ensued between Li Mou1, <Defendant A>, and <Defendant B>. By around 5 AM, as Li Mou1 continued to curse, <Defendant B> proposed and, together with <Defendant A>, tied Li Mou1's hands and feet with clothes and a belt. However, Li Mou1 struggled, continued cursing, and threatened <Defendant A>. Seeing that Li Mou1 was about to free his legs, <Defendant B> re-tied him, and <Defendant A> took a kitchen knife and made several cuts on Li Mou1's neck, resulting in Li Mou1's immediate death. According to forensic examination, Li Mou1 died from acute massive bleeding caused by multiple sharp force injuries to the neck that severed the left common carotid artery. After the crime, <Defendant B> cleaned up the scene and turned herself in to the police around 8:30 PM that day, initially claiming that she alone had killed Li Mou1. After <Defendant A> was summoned to the police and truthfully confessed to the crime, <Defendant B> also truthfully confessed to the entire crime.


Upon trial, it was found that: At around 3 a.m. on April 22, 2019, the defendant <Defendant D> lost money while playing mahjong with the victim Lin Moumou in Room 308 of the Four Seasons Guesthouse on Erma Road, Hualin Mountain, Qilihe District, Lanzhou City. After losing, <Defendant D> went to Room 301 of the guesthouse to drink with his uncle, the defendant <Defendant A>, and informed <Defendant A> about the gambling loss. Upon hearing this, <Defendant A> claimed that Lin Moumou had cheated and that he could retrieve the money <Defendant D> had lost. <Defendant A> then gathered the defendants <Defendant B>, <Defendant C>, and <Defendant D>, and they went to Room 308 of the guesthouse to find the victim Lin Moumou. <Defendant C> slapped Lin Moumou on the face, and <Defendant B> first splashed hot water from a disposable cup onto Lin Moumou's face, then picked up an electric kettle from the mahjong table and poured hot water from it onto Lin Moumou's head. The aforementioned defendants then took Lin Moumou to Room 301 of the guesthouse and demanded double the amount of the gambling loss, 4400 yuan, from Lin Moumou. Fearing further assault, Lin Moumou borrowed 2900 yuan from his friend Bao Moumou and, together with his own 1200 yuan, handed a total of 4100 yuan to <Defendant D>. According to forensic identification, Lin Moumou sustained superficial to deep second-degree burns over 5% of his body surface area, and the degree of his injuries was classified as minor injuries of the second degree. After the crime, <Defendant D> squandered all the illicit money. On April 30, 2019, <Defendant D> turned himself in. On December 5, 2019, the families of the four defendants compensated the victim Lin Moumou with 30,000 yuan and reached a settlement. On December 9, 2019, the victim Lin Moumou submitted a letter of understanding to the court, expressing forgiveness towards the defendants <Defendant A>, <Defendant B>, <Defendant C>, and <Defendant D>.


Upon trial, it was found that on April 5, 2019, the defendants <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> went to Licheng Town, Liyang City, and impersonated police officers twice, under the pretense of punishing individuals for prostitution, fraudulently obtaining a total of 7,000 RMB. After the incident, the illicit funds were divided equally between the two defendants. The specific facts are as follows:

1. At approximately 11:00 on April 5, 2019, the defendants <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> impersonated police officers at the roadside of No. 66 Geqi Road, Licheng Town, Liyang City, and, under the pretense of fining individuals for prostitution, defrauded the victim Lü of 3,000 RMB.

2. At approximately 13:00 on April 5, 2019, the defendants <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> impersonated police officers at the roadside of Heping North Road, Licheng Town, Liyang City, and, under the pretense of fining individuals for prostitution, defrauded the victim Huang of 4,000 RMB.

After being apprehended, the defendants <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> truthfully confessed to the aforementioned criminal facts. Following the incident, the public security authorities seized 3,500 RMB from <Defendant A> and 1,000 RMB from <Defendant B>; 2,571 RMB was returned to the victim Huang, and 1,929 RMB was returned to the victim Lü.

The defendant <Defendant A> has a prior criminal record, as evidenced by Criminal Judgment No. 21 (2018) of the Anhui 0207 Criminal Division and the release certificate included in the case file.


Upon trial, it was found that on September 18, 2017, at around 13:00, in order to take revenge on Ma Mou1, Zhang Zexin (already sentenced) went to the Qianlai Qianwang Microloan Company on the north side of Anguo City Park with a knife to find Ma Mou1. In the first-floor lobby, Zhang Zexin held the company's employee Mi Mou hostage with a knife and then called Hu Weiliang (already sentenced), Zhang Wenteng (already sentenced), and others. The defendants <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> were summoned by Hu Weiliang to the Qianlai Qianwang Microloan Company to participate in the fight. During the incident, <Defendant A> handed a knife to Hu Weiliang, who then used the knife to stab the victim Ma Mou1 in the abdomen and buttocks and injured the victim Ma Mou2's arm. Later, <Defendant A> also hit Ma Mou1 with a brick. <Defendant B> brought a knife to the scene, helped Zhang Wenteng move chairs to hit Ma Mou1, kicked Ma Mou1, and hit Ma Mou1 with a folder, but did not use the knife during the fight. According to the Anguo Forensic Medical Appraisal Center, Ma Mou1 sustained second-degree serious injuries, and Ma Mou2 sustained minor injuries.


Upon trial, it was found that in June 2016, the defendant <Defendant A>, in order to receive a high amount of expropriation compensation under an agricultural household registration status, conspired with the defendant <Defendant B> to fabricate a sale of his self-built house located in the High-tech Zone of this city to <Defendant B>. This was done so that <Defendant B> could sign an expropriation compensation agreement with the People's Government of Ergong Township, High-tech Zone (New City District), Urumqi, thereby defrauding the state of expropriation compensation funds amounting to RMB 1,846,527. Subsequently, <Defendant B> received a kickback of RMB 1,020,000. After the case was uncovered, <Defendant B> and <Defendant A> voluntarily surrendered and truthfully confessed their criminal acts. <Defendant B> returned RMB 1,020,000, and <Defendant A> returned RMB 723,912, making a total restitution of RMB 1,743,912.


Upon trial, it was found that at around 23:00 on January 18, 2018, in XX Village, XX Town, Beichen District, Tianjin City, the defendant <Defendant A> had a conflict with Zhang (handled in a separate case), Song, Pan, and others after drinking. Subsequently, <Defendant A>, along with others, used beer bottles and mop handles to assault Song and Pan in the KTV hall. According to the judicial identification by the Tianjin Forensic Identification Center, Song's external injuries included: 1. A full-thickness laceration of the lips with a 1.2 cm scar on the upper lip, classified as minor injury level 2. 2. A 1.4 cm scar on the left forehead, classified as minor injury. 3. Soft tissue contusion on the left knee, also classified as minor injury. Pan also sustained varying degrees of injury. Subsequently, Zhang (handled in a separate case) gathered Liu (handled in a separate case), who in turn gathered the defendant <Defendant B> and several others, armed, to participate in the brawl at Yue Se KTV, resulting in injuries to Zhang and Huo. According to the judicial identification by the Tianjin Forensic Identification Center, Huo's external injuries included: 1. Scalp scars, classified as minor injury. 2. Subgaleal hematoma, classified as minor injury. Zhang's external injuries included: 1. Comminuted fracture of the mid-section of the right ulna, classified as minor injury level 1. 2. Injuries to the right humeroradial joint and the upper radioulnar joint, classified as minor injury. On July 4, 2019, the defendant <Defendant A> voluntarily surrendered to the police after receiving a summons. On July 24, 2019, the defendant <Defendant B> voluntarily surrendered to the police after receiving a summons. On August 18, 2019, Huo issued a letter of understanding, expressing forgiveness for the actions of the defendant <Defendant B>. On July 12, 2020, the victim Song issued a letter of understanding, expressing forgiveness for the actions of the defendant <Defendant A>.


Upon trial, it was found that from June 1, 2018, to March 2019, the defendants <Defendant A>, <Defendant B>, and <Defendant C> jointly operated at the Yizu Xuan Club located at 3-41 Yixing Avenue, Xiaoxita Subdistrict Office, Yiling District, Yichang City. They provided supplies, facilities, and other conditions within the club they managed, setting up prostitution services priced at 198 yuan, 298 yuan (discounted to 268 yuan), and 398 yuan (discounted to 368 yuan). They utilized management systems and regularly disbursed wages, dividing responsibilities among themselves to jointly manage three women, including Wang, in engaging in prostitution activities, illegally earning a total profit of 75,786 yuan, which they evenly divided. On March 13, 2019, after receiving a report, the police rushed to the Yizu Xuan Club and found two women engaging in prostitution on the spot. Subsequently, <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> were taken to the Xiaoxita Police Station, where <Defendant A> did not provide a truthful confession.


Upon trial, it was found that in December 2017, the defendant <Defendant A>, knowing that Deng (already sentenced) intended to rent a house for the purpose of prostitution, still rented out the property he had purchased, located at Room 304, No. 82 Xidong, Majia Village, Majia Town, Luojiang District, Quanzhou City (originally Room 401, Building 2, Xidong Vegetable Market Resettlement Building), to Deng for a monthly rent of RMB 8,000. From then until the prostitution den was raided in September 2018, <Defendant A> collected a total of RMB 72,400 in rent from Deng. During the period when Deng was organizing prostitution at the aforementioned location, the defendant <Defendant B>, due to being in a romantic relationship with Deng, would occasionally visit the prostitution den to assist Deng by entertaining clients, dissuading intoxicated clients, collecting fees from clients, collecting commissions from prostitutes on behalf of Deng, and monitoring surveillance to prevent police raids. <Defendant B> profited over RMB 1,000 from these activities. On March 18, 2019, the defendant <Defendant A> was arrested by Dehua County Public Security Bureau near the Ximen Bus Station on Longjin Road, Dehua County, Quanzhou City. On March 1, 2019, the defendant <Defendant B> was arrested by the Quanzhou East Station Police Station of the Public Security Bureau in Luojiang District, Quanzhou City. Both defendants truthfully confessed their criminal activities after being apprehended.


Upon examination, the court found that the victim, Zhou Mou1 (deceased), was a resident of Guangming Village, Tanxi Town, Xinshao County. Zhou Mou1 was a habitual drunkard and frequently abused his parents and family members when intoxicated. On the evening of October 1, 2018, while having dinner at home with his family, Zhou Mou1 once again insulted the defendants Zhou Mou8 and <Defendant C> (Zhou Mou1's parents) for no reason. <Defendant B> (Zhou Mou1's younger son) attempted to intervene, but Zhou Mou1 got up and assaulted <Defendant B>, chasing him with a kitchen knife. <Defendant B> fled outside the house. At this point, Zhou Mou8 and <Defendant A> (Zhou Mou1's elder son) lost control of their emotions and pinned Zhou Mou1 to the ground in the living room. Together, they strangled Zhou Mou1 to death using a rope and wire. After confirming Zhou Mou1's death, Zhou Mou8, <Defendant C>, <Defendant A>, and <Defendant B> discussed how to handle the situation. Zhou Mou8 suggested secretly burying Zhou Mou1's body. Subsequently, <Defendant A>, <Defendant B>, and Zhou Mou8 buried Zhou Mou1 in the cellar behind the house that night to conceal the fact that Zhou Mou1 had been killed. <Defendant C> cleaned out Zhou Mou1's clothes and instructed <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> to dispose of them in the wild, while outwardly claiming that Zhou Mou1 had gone out for work. On April 11, 2019, during a visit by village officials to Zhou Mou8's home, Zhou Mou8 revealed the fact that Zhou Mou1 had died and been buried. Zhou Mou8 and <Defendant C> then reported to the Tanxi Police Station of the Xinshao County Public Security Bureau, accompanied by the village officials. Based on Zhou Mou8's identification, the police located Zhou Mou1's remains. On April 13, 2019, <Defendant B> was summoned verbally and brought to the case, and on the same day, <Defendant A> voluntarily reported to the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Xinshao County Public Security Bureau. All four defendants truthfully confessed to the criminal facts after being brought to the case.


Upon trial, it was found that since August 2019, the defendants <Defendant A>, <Defendant B>, <Defendant C>, and <Defendant D> introduced Zhang Moumou, Yang Moumou, and Liu Moumou to engage in prostitution activities at the Qianyue Hotel in Panlong District, Kunming City, Yunnan Province. On September 24, 2019, the police arrested the defendants <Defendant A>, <Defendant B>, and <Defendant C> at the Qianyue Hotel and caught Zhang Moumou, Yang Moumou, Liu Moumou, Ye Moumou, Liu Moujun, and Pi Moumou in the act of prostitution and solicitation. On September 26, 2019, after being released, the defendant <Defendant A> returned to the police station and surrendered. On September 26, 2019, the police arrested the defendant <Defendant D>. The defense counsel for the defendant <Defendant A> had no objection to the charges brought by the prosecution and argued that the defendant <Defendant A> had committed a relatively minor offense, had surrendered voluntarily, pleaded guilty, and had special family circumstances.


Upon trial, it was found that on July 25, 2020, the defendants <Defendant A>, <Defendant B>, and <Defendant C> were employed by others and assisted in organizing prostitution activities for profit at the GreenTree Inn located at XXX Lane, XXX, Beizhai Road, Minhang District, this city. During this period, <Defendant A> was responsible for soliciting and contacting prostitutes, introducing the pricing to clients, and distributing commissions to the prostitutes; <Defendant B> was responsible for escorting clients to the second floor; and <Defendant C> was responsible for collecting the fees, keeping records, and distributing hotel room keys. At around 21:00 on July 27, 2020, police officers conducted an inspection at the aforementioned location, apprehending <Defendant A>, <Defendant B>, and <Defendant C>, and detaining 11 individuals involved in prostitution. A notebook (suspected to be an account book) was seized from <Defendant A>. Upon being brought to justice, <Defendant A>, <Defendant B>, and <Defendant C> truthfully confessed to the aforementioned criminal facts.

Crime of Facilitating the Organisation of Prostitution


Upon trial, it was found that the defendant, <Defendant B>, from October 2017 to February 2018, operated a massage parlor under the signboard "Qinglang Door Industry" on Xinmei Road, Guangxin District, Shangrao City (formerly Shangrao County). <Defendant B> hired Huang Mouqing, "Xiaoyun," and others to engage in prostitution activities. <Defendant B> was responsible for contacting clients by phone and hired <Defendant A> with a monthly salary of three thousand yuan to distribute solicitation cards in hotel rooms. The proceeds from prostitution were divided among <Defendant B>, Huang Mouqing, and others. From late March to April 2018, <Defendant A> independently introduced prostitution by distributing solicitation cards in hotel rooms and cooperated with prostitutes Huang Mouqing and Lü Mouling to gain profits, which were divided among <Defendant A>, Huang Mouqing, and Lü Mouling. From December 2018 to February 2019, <Defendant A> again introduced prostitution by distributing solicitation cards in hotel rooms, facilitating Huang Mouqing and Lü Mouling to engage in prostitution multiple times in various hotels in Guangxin District and Shangrao Economic and Technological Development Zone. The price for each act of prostitution ranged from 200 yuan to 1,200 yuan, and the proceeds were divided among <Defendant A>, Huang Mouqing, and Lü Mouling. <Defendant C> initially arranged for the transportation of prostitutes through <Defendant A>, but later the prostitutes contacted <Defendant C> directly, who was responsible for driving them and collecting the transportation fees. At 3 a.m. on April 12, 2018, <Defendant A> was caught while transporting a prostitute. On April 15, 2018, <Defendant B> surrendered at the Wufushan Station Police Station of the Yingtan Railway Public Security Department and truthfully confessed the basic facts of the crime. On May 9, 2019, <Defendant C> was arrested by police officers from the Yinzhou Branch of the Ningbo Public Security Bureau.


Upon trial, it was found that the defendants <Defendant A>, <Defendant B>, and <Defendant C> on November 4, 2019, at around 8 PM, in a private room of an internet café in Changchun City, Jilin Province, <Defendant B> posted an advertisement for selling game currency through an online game to gain the trust of the victim, Guo Mou1, and contacted him via QQ. <Defendant C> impersonated a customer service representative and sent Guo Mou1 a WeChat payment QR code. After receiving the payment, they used excuses such as card issues and card issue resolution to persuade Guo Mou1 to transfer money multiple times. When the victim Guo Mou1 requested a refund, <Defendant A> instructed him to join a YY channel, where "President" (Wang Aobo, handled in a separate case) impersonated financial and managerial staff, continuing to persuade Guo Mou1 to transfer money under the pretense of needing to pay a deposit and completion fees. Guo Mou1, from his home in Wanghua District, Fushun City, transferred a total of RMB 8052.72 through WeChat. The illicit funds were squandered by the defendants. The defendants <Defendant A>, <Defendant B>, and <Defendant C> were apprehended by the police on November 23, 2019.


Upon investigation, it was found that on the afternoon of July 27, 2018, the defendant <Defendant B> drove the defendant <Defendant A> to the home of A Mou in Dangba Village, Zituo West Township, where they found the victim Bai Mou (male, 42 years old at the time of death). They claimed to have something to discuss with the victim Bai Mou and Jiang Mou. During the conversation between Bai Mou and <Defendant A>, <Defendant A> stabbed Bai Mou in the abdomen with a knife, causing him to collapse and die. At this time, the defendant <Defendant B> ran to stand beside Bai Mou and sprayed a mist towards Da Mou and others who had come upon hearing the commotion. Subsequently, the defendants <Defendant B> and <Defendant A> fled the scene. The next day, <Defendant B> took <Defendant A> to his home in Xiage Village, Zituo West Township. According to the forensic examination, Bai Mou died from excessive bleeding caused by a sharp object that injured his left upper abdomen and ruptured his left kidney. The defendants <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> surrendered themselves to the Xinlong County Public Security Bureau on October 9, 2019.


After trial, it was found that:

1. From February 1, 2017, to April 13, 2018, Zhu Rui (already sentenced) operated the "Junhe Bath Center" in Mingzhu Building, Baiyin District, Baiyin City, and organized prostitution activities for a long time. Zhu Rui hired Deng Zhiqiang (already prosecuted) as the general manager to be fully responsible for managing the affairs of the "Junhe Bath Center"; hired Li Caifeng (already sentenced) to recruit and manage prostitutes for prostitution activities; hired Yuan Yangyang (already sentenced) to manage finances; successively hired Song Tianchao, Tao Xulong, Yuan Jun, and Liu Pishan (all four already sentenced) as front desk managers to manage the cashiers <Defendant B> and Wang Shiyan (already prosecuted) in two shifts, as well as "bartender" <Defendant A>, Yao Jine (already sentenced), and cleaning personnel <Defendant A>, Han Huili (already sentenced), etc. They recommended and introduced prostitution bath package services, arranged for clients to enter prostitution rooms, notified prostitutes to "clock in," and registered, entered into the computer, and handled cashier work according to the consumption packages, assisting in the safe and orderly conduct of prostitution activities at the "Junhe Bath Center." At around 23:00 on April 13, 2018, the public security authorities inspected the "Junhe Bath Center" and caught prostitutes Li Haihua, Peng Lili, Wang Meimei, and other clients on the spot.


Upon trial, it was found that on July 26, 2020, police officers from the Yangpu Branch of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau went to No. XXX, Jungong Road, Yangpu District, this city, for inspection and arrested the defendants <Defendant A>, Wang 2, <Defendant B>, Chen 2, and prostitutes Ye, Wang 1, Li, Deng, Shen, as well as clients He, Yang, Ni, Chen 1, and Du. Items such as RMB 3800 and several mobile phones were seized on the spot. Upon investigation, it was found that on July 20 of the same year, <Defendant A> was hired by another person to collect prostitution fees at the aforementioned location, Wang 2 was responsible for managing the prostitutes and arranging rooms, and <Defendant B> was responsible for bringing clients from outside the venue to inside. On July 25, Defendant Chen 2 went to the same location and, together with <Defendant B>, was responsible for bringing clients from outside the venue to inside. The prosecution, based on the above evidence, charged that the actions of <Defendant A>, Wang 2, <Defendant B>, and Chen 2 all constituted the crime of assisting in organizing prostitution. The defendants <Defendant A>, Wang 2, <Defendant B>, and Chen 2 all truthfully confessed their crimes and voluntarily pleaded guilty, and they can be given lighter punishments according to the law. It is recommended to sentence <Defendant A>, Wang 2, and <Defendant B> to one year and two months of fixed-term imprisonment and a fine; it is recommended to sentence Defendant Chen 2 to one year of fixed-term imprisonment and a fine. The defendants <Defendant A>, Wang 2, <Defendant B>, and Chen 2 had no objections to the facts, charges, and sentencing recommendations and signed the acknowledgment in the presence of their lawyers. They also had no objections during the court trial.


Upon trial, it was found that Deng Mouwei is the son of <Defendant A> and <Defendant B>. In 2015, Deng Mouwei married a certain individual (the victim in this case). After the marriage, Deng Mouwei and this individual had a son. During the period when the victim Zhuang Mou2 lived with Deng Mouwei and <Defendant A> and <Defendant B>, Zhuang Mou2 often had disputes and physical altercations with <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> over trivial family matters. Additionally, because Zhuang Mou2 suffered from epilepsy, <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> believed that during epileptic seizures, Zhuang Mou2 frequently beat their grandson and choked him, posing a serious threat to their grandson's personal safety. Consequently, <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> conspired to poison the victim Zhuang Mou2. One afternoon in mid-July 2018, after <Defendant B> had cooked noodles in the kitchen of their home, <Defendant A> used a single-edged folding knife from a keychain to open a packet of rat poison previously purchased from "Old Wu's Agricultural Supplies Store" in Guanghan City, and poured it into a bowl containing noodles. <Defendant A> then brought the bowl of noodles to the second-floor bedroom for the victim Zhuang Mou2 to eat. On July 18, 2018, the victim Zhuang Mou2 sought treatment at Guanghan City Health Center due to multiple areas of bleeding on the body. Due to the severity of the condition, the victim was transferred to Guanghan City People's Hospital for inpatient treatment. After symptoms alleviated, the victim was discharged on July 21. On the evening of July 26, the victim Zhuang Mou2 died at home from poisoning. On July 30, <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> were arrested by police at their home. According to the forensic examination, "the cause of death for Zhuang Mou2 was consistent with acute Daluo poisoning."


Upon trial, it was found that around 4:00 PM on April 2, 2017, near the dirt road by Su's mobile home dealership in Guyuan County, the defendant <Defendant B> and truck drivers Shi, Chen 1, Wang, and Li were discussing overdue transport fees with Su, the owner of the mobile home dealership. At the scene, the defendant <Defendant A> (a partner in Su's mobile home dealership) arrived and unprovokedly assaulted Shi. When Li tried to intervene, he was also assaulted by <Defendant A>. Seeing this, Chen 1 engaged in a scuffle with <Defendant A>. Later, Zhou and Cui arrived at the scene. When <Defendant B>, Shi, Su, and Chen 2 attempted to break up the fight, another altercation ensued, leading to a brawl. During the brawl, <Defendant B> caused an injury to <Defendant A>'s right hand, while <Defendant A> caused injuries to the head and shoulders of <Defendant B>, Shi, and Chen 1. Zhou damaged the door of the off-road vehicle driven by Shi using a brick. According to the forensic injury assessment by the Guyuan County Public Security Bureau, <Defendant A>'s injuries were classified as minor injuries of the second degree, while the injuries of <Defendant B>, Shi, Chen 1, Cui, Zhou, and Chen 2 were classified as minor injuries. The Guyuan County Price Certification Center assessed the damage to Shi's vehicle at a value of 527 RMB.


Upon trial, it was found that from the end of May 2020 to June 2, 2020, the defendants <Defendant A>, <Defendant B>, and <Defendant C> were respectively hired to assist others in organizing prostitution activities at a certain hotel on Dan Dong Road, Jianghan District, in this city. Specifically, <Defendant A> was responsible for receiving clients and collecting fees at the aforementioned prostitution site starting from May 28 of the same year; <Defendant B> was responsible for receiving clients, distributing commission to the prostitutes, and acting as a lookout at the same site starting from May 28 of the same year; <Defendant C> was responsible for acting as a lookout at the same site on June 2 of the same year. At around 22:00 on June 2 of the same year, the public security agency, acting on a tip-off, apprehended <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> at the scene, and also detained prostitutes Wan X1, Li X1, Lu X, Fan XX, Zhang X1, Zhou XX, Meng XX, Wang XX, Zhang X2, and client Wan X2, while seizing three mobile phones used as tools for the crime. On June 5 of the same month, the public security agency apprehended <Defendant C>. In the aforementioned criminal activities, <Defendant A> obtained illegal earnings of RMB 1,200. During the trial, <Defendant A> has returned the illegal earnings of RMB 1,200.


Upon trial, it was found that the defendant, <Defendant A>, purchased ten suspected firearms of model M47C1 online in 2016. These firearms were intended for use in operating a balloon shooting game stall together with the defendant, <Defendant B>, at the Youth Bridge Night Market near the intersection in Sujiatun District, Shenyang City. On June 28, 2020, while operating their stall at the night market, <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> were apprehended by public security officers. Two suspected firearms of model M47C1 were seized at their game stall, and an additional eight firearms of the same model were found in their box truck with the license plate number Liao A×××**. According to the appraisal, all ten suspected firearms were identified as firearms.


Upon trial, it was found that the defendant <Defendant A> proposed to the defendant <Defendant B> to jointly commit a robbery, to which <Defendant B> agreed. On March 29, 2011, the two defendants planned to rob a scrap recycling station in Yongjun Village, Taiping Town, Panshan County, and purchased items such as masks and imitation guns. At around 8 PM that evening, the two defendants tricked the owner of the recycling station into opening the door under the pretense of selling scrap. <Defendant B> immediately knocked out the owner, Xing, with a brick and dragged him to the kitchen inside the house. <Defendant A> also entered the house, threatening the owner, Chen, with a gun to demand money and the keys to the safe. When Chen resisted, <Defendant A> grabbed an axe from Chen and injured his head and other parts of his body, and stole 3,000 yuan. During this process, the victim Xing got up from the kitchen and fought with <Defendant B> using a kitchen knife. Later, when <Defendant A> saw someone coming in from outside, the two defendants fled the scene, leaving behind the imitation gun, masks, and other tools used in the crime at the scene. According to the assessment, the injuries sustained by the victim Chen were classified as minor injuries of the second degree, while the injuries sustained by the victim Xing did not constitute harm.


Upon examination, it was found that on October 21, 2018, the victim, Xu, through an introduction by another person, borrowed 50,000 RMB (hereinafter referred to as RMB) from the defendants, <Defendant A>, <Defendant B>, and <Defendant C>, in a certain residential area in the Gaogang District of this city. The agreed loan term was 10 days with a daily interest of 2,000 RMB. The defendants, <Defendant A>, <Defendant B>, and <Defendant C>, falsely inflated the debt by 40,000 RMB on the pretext of deducting interest and a security deposit in advance. They also verbally informed the victim of "trap clauses" such as "interest payment not exceeding 12:00 PM on the same day," which could easily cause the victim to misunderstand or breach the agreement. This induced the victim, Xu, to write an IOU for 90,000 RMB and to create a bank transaction record for 90,000 RMB. During the loan period, the victim, Xu, paid a total of 20,000 RMB in daily interest. During this period, the defendants, <Defendant A>, <Defendant B>, and <Defendant C>, before the loan was due, summoned the victim, Xu, to an office in a certain building in the Hailing District of this city. They claimed that the victim, Xu, had breached the agreement by paying the interest after 12:00 PM on the same day and demanded that Xu repay 87,000 RMB upon maturity to settle the account. On November 1, 2018, the victim, Xu, withdrew cash from a bank card and paid 87,000 RMB in cash to the defendants, <Defendant A>, <Defendant B>, and <Defendant C>, at the entrance of the Taizhou High-tech Zone branch of the Bank of Communications. Through the aforementioned method, the defendants, <Defendant A>, <Defendant B>, and <Defendant C>, defrauded the victim, Xu, of 57,000 RMB, and the illicit gains were divided equally among the three.


After trial, it was found that: On November 22, 2018, the defendant <Defendant A> obtained a tobacco retail license from the Shuangfeng County Tobacco Monopoly Bureau. In order to make a profit, <Defendant A>, together with Long Haijun (handled in a separate case), did not purchase goods from local tobacco wholesale enterprises. Instead, they removed the barcodes from the acquired cigarettes and engaged in illegal tobacco business activities by selling cigarettes across regions. On January 28, 2019, and May 29, 2019, the Shuangfeng County Tobacco Monopoly Bureau imposed administrative penalties on <Defendant A> and on June 28, 2019, revoked <Defendant A>'s qualification to engage in the tobacco monopoly business. After being disqualified, <Defendant A> continued to engage in illegal tobacco monopoly activities. The defendant <Defendant B> is the brother of <Defendant A>. From September 2019 to January 2020, <Defendant B>, knowing that <Defendant A> had been disqualified from the tobacco monopoly business, assisted <Defendant A> in purchasing various types of cigarettes worth 23,347 yuan in Changsha City and selling various types of cigarettes worth 238,276 yuan. On January 6, 2020, police officers from the Shuangfeng County Public Security Bureau arrested the defendant <Defendant A> in Shuangfeng County. On the same day, the Shuangfeng County Tobacco Monopoly Bureau seized a total of 265,300 cigarettes worth 218,396.5 yuan from <Defendant A> and Long Haijun. On January 7, 2020, the defendant <Defendant B> voluntarily surrendered to the Public Security Team of the Shuangfeng County Public Security Bureau.


Upon trial, it was found that in May 2018, in Longshan Village, X Township, Shulan City, the defendant <Defendant A> actually planted soybeans on 26.95 mu of land but falsely reported it as 48 mu. Additionally, the actual area for agricultural structure adjustment was 7.5 mu, but it was falsely reported as 25.5 mu. Through the aforementioned means, with the intent of illegal possession, the defendant <Defendant A> fraudulently obtained RMB 9,922.50 in national soybean planting subsidies and RMB 2,160 in national agricultural structure adjustment subsidies. In January 2019, to evade accountability, the defendant <Defendant A> approached the defendant <Defendant B> and asked for help in legalizing the fraudulently obtained RMB 10,260. Knowing that it was criminal proceeds, the defendant <Defendant B> deposited the amount into the Longshan Village Cooperative's accounts to conceal and disguise it, falsely claiming it as income of the Longshan Village Cooperative.


Upon trial, it was found that since December 2019, the defendant <Defendant A> recruited and organized prostitutes to engage in prostitution activities for illegal profit through oral sex. <Defendant A> instructed <Defendant C> to rent Room XXX, No. XXX, Lane XXX, Xincun Road, Putuo District, in this city as a place for prostitution. <Defendant A> also arranged for <Defendant B> and <Defendant D> to distribute wages to the prostitutes, receive clients, and arrange rooms, while <Defendant C> was assigned to keep watch. On the afternoon of December 28, 2019, the police caught illegal prostitution activities at the scene and subsequently arrested <Defendant D>, <Defendant C>, <Defendant A>, <Defendant B>, as well as four prostitutes identified as Liu Mou1, Li Moumou, Liu Mou2, Zhang Mou1, and a client named Zhang Mou2. After being apprehended, <Defendant A>, <Defendant B>, <Defendant C>, and <Defendant D> truthfully confessed to the criminal facts.


Upon trial, it was found that on January 26, 2019, the defendants <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> each brought a single-barrel shotgun from their homes and arranged with Wen Mou and "Xiao Feng" (identity unknown) to hunt wild boars in the mountains of Qingshan Town, Linchuan District, Fuzhou City. At around 13:00 that afternoon, they were apprehended on the spot by the police. Both shotguns were owned and used by the two defendants. According to the appraisal, the firearms held by <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> were non-standard firearms that used gunpowder to launch metal pellets.


Upon trial, it was found that: On a day in early December 2018, on a bridge in Cang County, the defendant <Defendant A> knowingly purchased an electric vehicle, which was criminal proceeds, for a price of 4500 yuan. On December 15 of the same year, <Defendant A> drove the electric vehicle to work at Hongchun Chemical Plant. Knowing that the electric vehicle was stolen property, the defendant <Defendant B> spent 4500 yuan to purchase the vehicle from <Defendant A>. According to the appraisal, the value of the involved vehicle was 14,945 yuan.


Upon trial, it was found that on September 26, 2018, the police officers of the Ruili City Public Security Bureau seized one standard firearm powered by gunpowder, two non-standard firearms powered by gunpowder, 34 standard bullets, and 4 non-standard bullets from the residence rented by the defendant <Defendant A> in Ruili City. Between the end of September and early October 2018, the defendant <Defendant A> illegally crossed the border to Myanmar and sought out the defendant <Defendant B>, asking him to find someone to take the blame for the illegal possession of firearms in China. Subsequently, the defendant <Defendant B> took <Defendant A> to find the defendant <Defendant C> and asked him to take the blame. On October 2, 2018, the defendant <Defendant C> went to the Ruili City Public Security Bureau and provided a false statement claiming that he was the one illegally possessing the firearms. Later, on October 4, 2018, the defendants <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> were arrested in Ruili City.


Upon trial, it was found that the "Guizhou Maotai" trademark No. 3159141 used by China Kweichow Moutai Distillery (Group) Co., Ltd. on goods in Class 33 has been registered with the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce and is in the renewal period. The approved range of goods includes alcoholic beverages (excluding beer), etc. In March 2019, the defendant <Defendant A>, knowing that the white liquor was counterfeit with the "Maotai" trademark, still purchased it and arranged for the defendant <Defendant B> to sell the aforementioned counterfeit white liquor to a person named Li, with total sales amounting to 118,700 yuan. After the incident, the relatives of the defendant <Defendant A> compensated Li with 130,000 yuan and obtained Li's understanding.

Offence of Selling Counterfeit Registered Goods


After trial, it was found that: At around 2 a.m. on May 1, 2019, the defendants <Defendant A> and <Defendant B>, along with Lin Minghua (handled in a separate case), got into an argument with the staff of a KTV over trivial matters while consuming services at Tian Shang Ren Jian Entertainment City in Shanghang County. Subsequently, the defendants <Defendant A> and <Defendant B>, in collusion with Lin Minghua, beat and injured the KTV staff members Lan and Zheng. According to the appraisal, Lan's injuries were classified as minor injuries of the second degree, while Zheng's injuries were classified as minor injuries. On August 6, 2019, the defendant <Defendant A> voluntarily surrendered to the Chengjiao Police Station of the Shanghang County Public Security Bureau. On September 6, 2019, the defendant <Defendant B> voluntarily surrendered to the Huyang Police Station of the Shanghang County Public Security Bureau. After the incident, the victims Lan and Zheng were both hospitalized for 7 days at Shanghang County Hospital, incurring medical expenses of 2634.87 yuan and 3142.47 yuan, respectively. Upon diagnosis, victim Lan's injuries included a left rib fracture, scalp hematoma, and multiple soft tissue contusions, with discharge instructions to continue bed rest for one month and to prevent external infections. Victim Zheng's injuries included a proximal phalanx fracture of the left index finger, a left rib fracture, and soft tissue contusions, with discharge instructions to continue bed rest for one month and to prevent external infections.

Crime of Picking Quarrels and Provoking Troubles


Upon trial, it was found that the defendants <Defendant A>, <Defendant B>, <Defendant C>, and <Defendant D> often colluded together and committed multiple illegal and criminal activities within a certain area, acting lawlessly, oppressing the public, and causing a rather adverse social impact.

I. Facts of the Crime

1. Illegal Detention

On the morning of October 19, 2014, Defendant <Defendant A> received a phone call from Zhang Mou4 (handled in a separate case) and learned that Zhang Mou4 had found the debtor Guo Mou1 at a breakfast stall near the east gate of Yuduyuan Community in Shacheng Town, Huailai County. Defendant <Defendant A> drove to the scene and, along with Guo Mou1, Zhang Mou4, Defendant <Defendant C>, and others, went to the home of Jia Mou1 in Unit X, Building X, Yuduyuan Community, Shacheng Town, Huailai County, to discuss the repayment of the debt. Later, Defendant <Defendant D>, Zhang Mou1, and Li Moumou (the latter two handled in separate cases) drove Guo Mou1 away from home to find money. At around 7 PM, after receiving a call that Jia Mou1 had been beaten, Guo Mou1 returned home with Zhang Mou1 and others. Defendant <Defendant A> assaulted Guo Mou1, demanding that he find money to repay the debt as soon as possible. When Defendant <Defendant A> left Jia Mou1's home, he arranged for Defendant <Defendant C>, <Defendant D>, and <Defendant B>, while Zhang Mou4 arranged for Li Moumou and another person to stay at Jia Mou1's home to guard Guo Mou1, following and monitoring him whenever he went out to prevent him from escaping control. During this period, Defendant <Defendant C> went to Jia Mou1's home multiple times to demand the debt from the detained Guo Mou1 and provided food and drink to Defendants <Defendant B> and <Defendant D>, who were guarding Guo Mou1. Defendants <Defendant A>, <Defendant C>, <Defendant B>, and <Defendant D> illegally restricted Guo Mou1's personal freedom for more than ten days.


Upon trial, it was found that on the evening of March 26, 2018, the defendant <Defendant B> had a conflict with Zhou Moujia during an online chat, which led to <Defendant B> becoming dissatisfied with Zhou Moujia. <Defendant B> arranged to meet Zhou Moujia to resolve the issue. Fearing an assault, Zhou Moujia informed his brother, the defendant <Defendant A>, who decided to help Zhou Moujia resolve the conflict. <Defendant B> contacted the defendant <Defendant C> to come and assist in teaching Zhou Moujia a lesson. <Defendant C> brought along the defendant <Defendant D> and Wang Mou to support them and carried a clothing rod from a wardrobe to the scene. Around 9 PM that evening, both parties met at the east gate of the Yinhewan Community in Huaiyin District, where a verbal altercation ensued. The defendant <Defendant A> wielded a knife and engaged in a mutual fight with <Defendant C>. Seeing this, the defendant <Defendant D> kicked <Defendant A>. As a result, all three sustained varying degrees of injuries. According to the assessment, the injuries of <Defendant C> were classified as minor injuries of the second degree, while those of <Defendant D> were classified as minor injuries of the first degree. After the incident, the defendant <Defendant A> voluntarily surrendered and truthfully confessed to the crime, compensated <Defendant C> for the losses, and obtained their forgiveness. The defendants <Defendant B>, <Defendant C>, and <Defendant D> all truthfully confessed to the crime after being brought to justice.


Upon trial, it was found that starting from March 2019, the defendants <Defendant A> and <Defendant B>, after conspiring, fabricated Shanghai Global Financial Co., Ltd. and claimed to be employees of the company. They recommended various loan apps to individuals in need of loans. After the victims successfully applied for multiple small loans, they deceived the victims by claiming that the company could help eliminate the loan records and consolidate them into a larger loan with lower interest rates. They induced the victims to transfer the loan proceeds into the defendants' accounts, thereby defrauding the victims of their money. Specifically, on November 10, 2019, they defrauded victim Qian of 7,764 RMB; on November 30, 2019, they defrauded victim Wu of 8,340 RMB, totaling 16,104 RMB.


Upon trial, it was found that around June 2017, the defendant <Defendant A> successively introduced sex workers Zhu Mouyan, Bai Moujing, Meng Mouqing, and others to engage in prostitution activities in Houjie Town, Dongguan City, and extracted referral fees from the prostitution earnings. During this period, <Defendant A> used tricycle driver <Defendant B> and others to introduce clients, and Wang received a referral fee from the prostitution earnings as agreed. After <Defendant B> found clients, he contacted <Defendant A>, who then drove the sex workers to the hotel for transactions, collecting the prostitution fees via WeChat or cash. At around 23:50 on April 17, 2018, police officers, acting on a tip-off, arrested <Defendant A>, <Defendant B>, and Zhu Mouyan, among others, on the section of Housha Road near Siji Grand Hotel in Houjie Town, and seized condoms, mobile phones, and other items on the spot.


Upon trial, it was found that in June 2018, the defendant <Defendant A>, in order to meet the purchasing needs of the defendant <Defendant B>, produced over 380 sets of counterfeit "DORMA" Dorma BTS65 floor springs in a rented warehouse in Gaoyao District, Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province. These were sold to the defendant <Defendant B> at a price of RMB 165 per set. Subsequently, the defendant <Defendant B> sold the aforementioned counterfeit trademarked products at a price of RMB 195 per set to Wu Mou1 of Beijing Jingsheng Jiayuan Glass and Stainless Steel Decoration Materials Co., Ltd. Wu Mou1 used the "DORMA" Dorma BTS65 floor springs purchased from the defendant <Defendant B> in a stainless steel door decoration project in Hunnan District, Shenyang City. According to the appraisal by Dorma Door Control Systems Co., Ltd., the involved "DORMA" BTS65 model Dorma floor springs were counterfeit products of the registered trademark of Dorma Door Control Systems Co., Ltd. Upon investigation, the total sales amount of counterfeit trademarked products by the defendant <Defendant A> was RMB 62,700; the total sales amount by the defendant <Defendant B> was RMB 74,100. On August 2, 2019, the defendant <Defendant B> was apprehended by the public security organs and temporarily detained at the Linzhang County Detention Center; on August 29, 2019, the defendant <Defendant A> turned himself in to the public security organs.


Upon trial, it was found that on May 8, 2019, the Public Security Bureau of this city decided to criminally detain Liu Jiang, who was suspected of committing a crime. In the afternoon, Liu Jiang contacted the defendant, <Defendant A>. Despite knowing that Liu Jiang was suspected of a crime, <Defendant A> drove Liu Jiang to his mother's house in Xibao Village, Xinghua Town, in this city, allowing Liu Jiang to stay overnight. The next day, <Defendant A> arranged for Liu Jiang to stay at the home of Jia Mou in Anshang Village, Xinghua Town, for more than ten days. On May 28, 2019, <Defendant A> arranged for Liu Jiang to stay at the home of his sister, <Defendant B>, in Building 5, Guibao Community, Zhongtian International, Xinghua Town, in this city. On June 12, 2019, the police arrested Liu Jiang, who was suspected of committing a crime, at <Defendant B>'s home. On the same day, <Defendant B> was brought to justice. In early May 2019, Liu Jiang (handled in a separate case) contacted <Defendant A> and asked <Defendant A> to help transfer and hide the packaged cultural relics involved in the case. <Defendant A> drove the cultural relics to his brother's house, but his brother refused. <Defendant A> then hired a vehicle to transfer the cultural relics to his uncle Zhu Xue-ren's house in Dongmazhai Village, Jicun Town, in this city. At his uncle's house, <Defendant A> repackaged the transferred cultural relics in boxes originally used for liquor and stored them. According to the appraisal, five of the concealed cultural relics are classified as third-grade cultural relics. On June 19, 2019, <Defendant A>, accompanied by Li Mou, voluntarily surrendered and truthfully confessed his crimes.


After trial, it was found that at around 22:00 on February 11, 2018, after getting drunk, <Defendant A> stopped a taxi near the foot of the building in Hualongming Community, Xinping Subdistrict Office, Wenshan City, intending to go home. After getting in the car, <Defendant A> caused trouble for no reason and got into a fight with the taxi driver, He. Later, during the process of trying to mediate the fight, <Defendant B>, <Defendant A>'s brother, assaulted He and bit off He's right ear. According to the forensic identification by the Forensic Identification Institute of Wenshan Prefecture People's Hospital, the degree of injury to He's ear was identified as minor injury of the first degree, and the degree of injury for the facial contusion, orbital wall fracture, and eye contusion was identified as slight injury (Wen Medical Forensic Identification Institute [2018] Lin Identification No. 297).


Upon trial, it was found that from January 2019 to June 5, 2019, the defendants <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> colluded with each other and used a mobile phone to contact clients and prostitutes. They arranged transactions after determining the location and price of the prostitution. <Defendant A> introduced <Defendant B> to prostitution multiple times. Additionally, <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> jointly introduced prostitutes such as Li Mou1, Li Mou3, and Cai Mouhua to engage in prostitution at "Li Mou Hotel" located at No. 9, Second Alley, Kaiyuan Road, Jiekou Street, Conghua District, Guangzhou, and "Yuexin Hotel" on Zhongtian West Road, Jiekou Street, Conghua District, Guangzhou. They earned commissions ranging from 50 to 100 yuan each time.

<Defendant C> was aware that <Defendant A> was involved in introducing prostitution activities but still used their position at the front desk of "Li Mou Hotel" to assist <Defendant A> in introducing prostitution. This included providing the convenience of opening rooms for prostitutes and clients without requiring an ID for registration. <Defendant C> repeatedly provided rooms for <Defendant A> to arrange for <Defendant B> and prostitute Li Mou1 to engage in prostitution at "Li Mou Hotel." After each sexual transaction, <Defendant C> received a kickback ranging from 20 to 50 yuan from <Defendant A> and the prostitutes.

On the evening of June 5, 2019, at around 11:00 PM, police officers from the First Squad of the Public Security Bureau of Conghua District, Guangzhou, arrested <Defendant A> and <Defendant C> in Room 101 of "Li Mou Hotel" on the ground floor of Conghua District. On the evening of July 4, 2019, at around 11:40 PM, officers from the same squad arrested <Defendant B> under the building at No. 7, Second Alley, Hongshan South Road, Chengnan Village, Jiekou Street, Conghua District.


Upon examination, it was found that the defendants, <Defendant A> and <Defendant B>, were in a romantic relationship. In January 2016, <Defendant A> purchased a "Talon" air rifle receiver through QQ (×××, nickname "Southern China") from an upstream contact (QQ nickname "Crow"). <Defendant A> then bought trigger components, sear, sear springs, and other parts in Taizhou, Jiangsu Province, and assembled them into Talon air rifle kits, which were sold to individuals such as Zhu (QQ nickname "TYB"). After receiving orders, <Defendant A> instructed <Defendant B> to fill out the courier forms and mail the Talon air rifle kits to the buyers. <Defendant A> used an ID card under the name "Yang Jian" to open a Postal Savings Bank card and linked it to Alipay, transferring the illegal proceeds from the sale of firearms into this card. On June 22, 2016, when the two defendants were apprehended, a large number of firearm parts and components were found in their residence, including 2,860 suspected air rifle parts. According to the examination and identification by the Evidence Identification Center of the Chinese Criminal Police Academy, the 2,860 parts from evidence 20161602-J01 to 20161602-J09 were identified as firearm (air rifle) components.


Upon trial, it was found that between September and November 2018, the defendant <Defendant A> sold 600 cartons of counterfeit Huanghelou (Hard Premium) cigarettes to <Defendant B> at a price of 85 RMB per carton, making a profit of over 10 RMB per carton. Subsequently, <Defendant B> resold these cigarettes around Xiangyang, also making a profit of over 10 RMB per carton. On November 27 of the same year, <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> were apprehended by the police while conducting a cigarette transaction in Fancheng District of this city. Xu, the brother of <Defendant B> (handled in a separate case), fled the scene in a vehicle loaded with 100 cartons of cigarettes. At the scene, 105.5 cartons of Huanghelou (Hard Premium) cigarettes and 8,500 RMB in cigarette purchase funds were seized. The next day, based on the confession of <Defendant A>, the police seized 124 cartons of counterfeit Huanghelou (Soft Blue), 1.4 cartons of Huanghelou (Hard 1916), and 1.9 cartons of Huanghelou (Hard Premium) in Room 201, Building 7, X Garden, Fancheng District. According to the Hubei Province Tobacco Quality Supervision and Testing Station, the involved Huanghelou (Hard 1916), Huanghelou (Soft Blue), and Huanghelou (Hard Premium) were identified as counterfeit trademark and substandard cigarettes.


Upon investigation, it was found that on the morning of November 9, 2018, defendants <Defendant A> and <Defendant B>, without holding a tobacco retail license or transport permit within the city, knowingly transported "Zhongnanhai" cigarettes of unknown origin arranged by an unidentified man. Despite knowing the dubious origin, they secretly drove three cars filled with "Zhongnanhai" cigarettes from the entrance of Huanggang Park in Futian District to the underground parking lot of Phase II, Huanggang Xincun Garden. Defendant <Defendant B> was apprehended on the spot by officers from the Bao'an District Tobacco Monopoly Bureau and the Futian Branch of the Shenzhen Public Security Bureau. From the Toyota Crown sedan (with a fake license plate) driven by <Defendant B>, 1498 cartons of "Zhongnanhai" cigarettes were seized, and from another Toyota Crown sedan (also with a fake license plate) driven by <Defendant B>, 1346 cartons of "Zhongnanhai" cigarettes were seized. Defendant <Defendant A> fled the scene but 1700 cartons of "Zhongnanhai" cigarettes were seized from the Zotye SUV (with a fake license plate) driven by <Defendant A>. <Defendant A> was subsequently apprehended on November 16 of the same year at a mahjong parlor in Luohu District, Shenzhen. According to sample identification by the Guangdong Quality Supervision Tobacco Inspection Station, all 4544 cartons of "Zhongnanhai" cigarettes involved in the case were counterfeit and substandard. The Shenzhen Tobacco Monopoly Bureau assessed the value of the involved cigarettes at RMB 308,992.


Upon trial, it was found that on March 20, 2016, the defendants <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> rented a property at No. 11, Yinchuan West Road, Economic Development Zone, Yongkang City for operating the "Mantanghong" foot massage parlor at a monthly rent of 16,500 yuan. Since October 2017, during the operation of the foot massage parlor, <Defendant A> harbored prostitutes Yang and Zhuang (both of whom have been administratively punished) to engage in prostitution services within the premises, sharing the profits in a 60-40 or 50-50 split. Since July 2018, <Defendant B>, knowing that prostitution activities were occurring in the parlor, assisted <Defendant A> in looking after the shop and collecting money during visits to Yongkang. On the night of September 30, 2018, <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> harbored Zhuang within the shop to engage in prostitution with Hu and Chen (both of whom have been administratively punished) each once. Investigation revealed that the premises harbored prostitutes Yang and Zhuang for prostitution at least 140 times, illegally profiting at least 20,000 yuan.


After trial, it was found that: On the evening of March 25, 2018, the victim Li and others went to the Bolemen KTV in Yingquan District, Fuyang City for entertainment. Due to a consumption dispute, Li and others had a quarrel with Chu Jilin, the manager of Bolemen KTV in Yingquan District, Fuyang City. After calling the police, the case was handled by the Yingshang Road Police Station of the Yingquan Public Security Sub-bureau in Fuyang City, but mediation was unsuccessful. At around 5 a.m. on March 26, 2018, Chu Jilin (already sentenced) gathered <Defendant A>, <Defendant B>, and three others, and rushed to the vicinity of Wangdazhuang Village, Shilijing, Wenfeng Office, Yingzhou District, Fuyang City, where Li lived, to demand money from Li. After being refused, Chu Jilin and <Defendant A> assaulted Li, causing injuries to Li's nose. According to the appraisal by the Criminal Science and Technology Research Institute of the Fuyang Public Security Bureau, Li's injuries were classified as minor injuries of the second degree. After the incident, during the inquiry, <Defendant B> deliberately provided false testimony in an attempt to help <Defendant A> evade legal pursuit, resulting in <Defendant A> not being arrested and remaining at large. On July 9, 2019, the public security organ arrested <Defendant A> near Huangzhuang Community in the Development Zone of Fuyang City. On August 1, 2019, the public security organ arrested <Defendant B> at the Linyi Mall Lincheng Mansion KTV in Yingquan District, Fuyang City.


Upon trial, it was found that from May 2019 until the time of the incident, the defendant <Defendant A>, with the intent of illegal possession, used the lure of paying a certain commission to develop subordinates through Zhu and others, forming WeChat groups to post fake order information to unspecified groups of people. <Defendant A> informed others that they could use Alipay's Xianyu Credit Recycling and Xianyu website to apply for second-hand mobile phone recycling, falsely claiming that a dedicated person would be arranged to mail the recycled mobile phones and that the advance payment would not be deducted. After the victims received the advance payment minus the commission, they were required to transfer the corresponding amount to Zhu, who then transferred it to <Defendant A>, thereby defrauding the advance payments made by Xianyu to the victims. According to statistics, <Defendant A> defrauded 145 victims, including Ma from the Gulou District of this city, of a total of RMB 173,390 (all amounts are in RMB). In May 2019, the defendant <Defendant B>, knowing that <Defendant A> had transferred 100,000 RMB to his account at the Bank of China as proceeds of the aforementioned crime, used 37,830 RMB to purchase gold jewelry, 21,633.84 RMB to repay his Ant Credit Pay, and to buy a computer, thus concealing and disguising the criminal proceeds totaling 59,493.84 RMB. On June 4, 2019, <Defendant A> turned himself in at the Xiaoyi Police Station of the Guanyun County Public Security Bureau in Lianyungang City; on September 19, 2019, <Defendant B> turned himself in at the Mufu Mountain Police Station of the Gulou Branch of the Nanjing Public Security Bureau. After being brought to justice, both defendants truthfully confessed to the aforementioned criminal facts. During the trial, the defendant <Defendant A> compensated 30,000 RMB.


Upon trial, it was found that since 2016, <Defendant A> had been operating the Fuxing Bathhouse on Tushan Road, Jiangning District, Nanjing. On December 27, 2018, <Defendant A> was discovered by the public security authorities to have harbored Nong and Huang for prostitution activities in a private room at the Fuxing Bathhouse. In March 2019, <Defendant A> and <Defendant B>, in an effort to evade supervision, recruited prostitutes and rented rooms 1919 and 2214 in Building F of Wanda Plaza, No. 68 Zhushan Road, Jiangning District, Nanjing, for the prostitutes to live in and use as venues for prostitution activities. On March 9, 2019, <Defendant A> arranged for <Defendant B> to escort Gao and Yu, who were bathing at the Fuxing Bathhouse, to rooms 1919 and 2214 in Building F of Wanda Plaza, where they harbored Fu and Gao, Zhou and Yu for prostitution activities. The public security authorities later discovered these activities. On March 9, 2019, and November 8, 2019, <Defendant B> and <Defendant A> were respectively apprehended by the public security authorities. During the investigation phase, <Defendant A> truthfully confessed to the main criminal facts.


After trial, it was found that since March 2019, the defendants <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> organized Ma, Li, Chen, and others to engage in prostitution at the Xin Jiaolong Club, located at No. 241 Jiujiang Street, Shuangliu District. At the end of March, <Defendant C> signed an agreement to become a shareholder and participated in organizing prostitution activities. <Defendant D> was fully aware that <Defendant A> and others were organizing prostitution but still actively assisted and communicated during these activities. In the early morning of April 26, 2019, based on a tip-off, police officers apprehended two pairs of individuals engaged in prostitution and solicitation in rooms 4020 and 5018 of the City Convenient Hotel in Shuangliu District. It was also found that from April 15 to April 26, 2019, the illegal proceeds from prostitution activities at the Xin Jiaolong Club amounted to over 10,000 yuan.


Upon investigation, it was found that starting from August 2019, the defendants <Defendant A> and <Defendant B>, after prior conspiracy, rented rooms 208 and 209 on the second floor of a house located at No. 195 South Road, Litang Town, Binyang County, Guangxi for prostitution activities. They later contacted a woman using the alias "A Hua" (to be dealt with in a separate case) to harbor Vietnamese nationals Nguyen and Tran, among others, at the aforementioned location for prostitution. On September 10, 2019, this prostitution den was raided by the police. It is determined...


Upon trial, it was found that at around 18:00 on November 23, 2019, the defendants <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> were drinking with Bai Baojie at Liu's house in Fumeng County. After drinking, while they were having tea on the sofa in Liu's living room, Bai and <Defendant A> had an argument over trivial matters and got into a fight. <Defendant A> punched Bai in the face, and <Defendant B> also stepped forward and punched Bai in the face. They were then pulled apart by others. On the same day, Bai was hospitalized at Fuxin City Trauma Emergency Hospital. The diagnosis was: 1. Nasal trauma; 2. Nasal laceration; 3. Fracture of the left nasal bone; 4. Fracture of the right frontal process; 5. Corneal epithelial detachment of the left eye. On December 9, 2019, according to the appraisal by Fuxin Fangzheng Forensic Appraisal Institute, the injuries of the appraised person Bai were: 1. Fracture of the left nasal bone and fracture of the right frontal process, constituting minor injury level 2; 2. Nasal skin laceration, with a wound length of 1.0 cm, constituting slight injury. On January 6, 2020, police officers arrested the defendants <Defendant A> and <Defendant B>.


Upon trial, it was found that the defendants <Defendant A>, <Defendant B>, <Defendant C>, and <Defendant D> are all residents of the eighth residential group on a certain street in the Salt Lake District Office. Since 2015, the four defendants have made multiple trips to Beijing to petition regarding the land compensation funds for their residential group. On September 20, 2017, after purchasing tickets to Beijing once again, the four defendants informed a village cadre, Yang Moumou, that they were going to Beijing to petition. Yang Moumou then negotiated with the four defendants, and after discussions, it was agreed that Yang Moumou would pay the four defendants, as well as Jing Chunzhi and Jing Qizheng, a total of ten thousand yuan to cover their transportation, accommodation expenses incurred from 2015 to 2017 due to their petitioning, and the land surveying fees paid by the four defendants. The six individuals would equally split the ten thousand yuan. On September 27 and October 13, 2017, the defendants <Defendant A>, <Defendant B>, <Defendant C>, and <Defendant D> demanded Yang Moumou to pay them forty thousand yuan each, totaling one hundred and sixty thousand yuan, as compensation for their lost wages due to petitioning in Beijing. As Yang Moumou was unable to pay, the negotiations failed. At around 1 a.m. on October 14, <Defendant A> again demanded the above-mentioned amount from Yang Moumou via text message. On the morning of October 14, 2017, the four defendants were intercepted by on-duty police officers at the Yuncheng East Expressway entrance and were subsequently taken back to the public security bureau. During the trial, the defendants <Defendant A>, <Defendant B>, <Defendant C>, and <Defendant D> each proactively prepaid a fine of three thousand yuan.


Upon examination, it was found that at approximately 9:30 AM on October 23, 2019, Cheng Mou3 (Da Cheng Mou3) and Cheng Mou4 (both under 16 years old), along with Ye Mou and Lu Mou1 (handled in a separate case), attempted to arrange a fight but failed. In front of the Sisi Stationery Store on Zhongtun Street, Lu Mou1 kicked Cheng Mou3, who then informed Cheng Mou1 of the incident via WeChat. Subsequently, Cheng Mou1 invited the defendants <Defendant B> and <Defendant A>, along with Cheng Mou3 and others, to confront Lu Mou1 and his associates at the intersection of Zhongtun Street, leading to a mutual brawl. During the altercation, Cheng Mou1 was stabbed in the abdomen by Lu Mou1. According to the forensic evaluation by the Zhenxiong County Public Security Judicial Appraisal Center, Cheng Mou1's injury was classified as a second-degree serious injury.


Upon trial, it was found that at around 11 PM on December 22, 2019, the defendants, <Defendant A> and <Defendant B>, were hired to drive a Toyota Camry with the license plate 桂N×××** fully loaded with cigarettes from Qinzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to Guangzhou for delivery. At around 9 AM the next day, they drove the car into the basement level 2 parking lot of the Yunkai Hotel at 187 Tonghe Road, Baiyun District, Guangzhou. At around 10 PM on December 23, 2019, the police apprehended the defendants, <Defendant A> and <Defendant B>, at the intersection of Guangzhou Avenue North and Tongtai Road in Baiyun District, Guangzhou. During the arrest, the police seized a total of 218,600 cigarettes of the brands "Furongwang," "Liqun," and "Shuangxi" (which, according to the appraisal, were counterfeit and substandard cigarettes with a value of RMB 137,760) and two walkie-talkies from the Toyota Camry with the license plate 桂N×××** driven by the defendants, <Defendant A> and <Defendant B>, in the basement level 2 parking lot of the Yunkai Hotel at 187 Tonghe Road, Baiyun District, Guangzhou.


Upon trial, it was found that since February 2015, the defendant <Defendant A>, in order to seek illegal profits, rented two residential houses at No. 7 and No. 9, Unit 2, Jiang'an County, Sichuan Province. <Defendant A> solicited passersby near the entrance of No. 7 to attract clients and negotiated prices with them. After a client selected a prostitute, the prostitute would take the client to the rented house at No. 9, Unit 2, to engage in sexual activities. <Defendant A> took a commission ranging from 10 to 20 yuan. By March 9, 2019, <Defendant A> had illegally profited a total of 169,300 yuan. In the second half of 2015, after <Defendant B> met and cohabited with <Defendant A>, <Defendant B> also sought illegal profits by being responsible for boiling water, cleaning the prostitution rooms, and collecting part of the prostitution commissions at the prostitution site. At around 9:00 AM on March 10, 2019, the police from Jiang'an County Public Security Bureau raided the house and caught women Sun and Wu, who were engaged in prostitution, as well as clients Lai and Luo, on the spot.


After trial, it was found that: Defendants <Defendant A> and <Defendant C> are married. Since 2016, the two defendants have been purchasing large quantities of counterfeit Yunnan Baiyao toothpaste and Sensodyne toothpaste from defendant <Defendant B> (WeChat name: In the Name of Love) via the internet. Additionally, they bought large quantities of counterfeit branded laundry detergent, soap, and dozens of other daily chemical products from places like Shenze Gengzhuang. Defendants <Defendant A> and <Defendant C> then sold these counterfeit daily chemical products nationwide through their Taobao stores registered as "Integrity <Defendant A>", "Qisheng", and "Tianyi Fast Sales" by means of online wholesale and retail, making a profit. According to the judicial audit by Hebei Jinxin Judicial Accounting Appraisal Center, the sales amount on the Taobao platform by defendants <Defendant A> and <Defendant C> was 637,021.4 yuan, and the counterfeit Yunnan Baiyao toothpaste and Sensodyne toothpaste sold on their platform were all purchased from defendant <Defendant B>. The public security organs seized products including Yunnan Baiyao toothpaste, Sensodyne toothpaste, Darlie toothpaste, and Blue Moon laundry detergent from the warehouse of defendants <Defendant A> and <Defendant C> with a total value of 30,746.44 yuan. They also seized products including Yunnan Baiyao toothpaste and Sensodyne toothpaste from the warehouse of defendant <Defendant B> with a total value of 205,887.96 yuan. According to the appraisal, all the seized products from defendants <Defendant A>, <Defendant C>, and <Defendant B> were found to be counterfeit goods bearing registered trademarks.

Offence of Selling Counterfeit Registered Goods


Upon trial, it was found that the defendants, <Defendant A> and <Defendant B>, were employed by Xia Debao (handled in a separate case) in September 2016 and December 2016, respectively, at the "Shangjin No. 1" Hot Spring Club on Dongtang Road, Chaohu City. The defendants, <Defendant A> and <Defendant B>, were aware that Xia Debao and others were illegally profiting from organizing prostitution at the "Shangjin No. 1" Hot Spring Club. Despite this knowledge, they still took turns arranging rooms for clients and prostitutes and delivering the project slips filled out by the prostitutes to the bar for entry. <Defendant A> profited 20,000 yuan from these activities. On September 2, 2018, <Defendant B>, knowing that the police from Chaohu City Public Security Bureau were waiting at his home, voluntarily returned home to be processed by the police. However, after being apprehended, he did not truthfully confess the facts of the case. On February 17, 2019, <Defendant A> was arrested by the police at his home in Fudian Village, Fudian Town, Ruyang County, Luoyang City, and was temporarily detained at the Ruyang County Detention Center on the same day. After being apprehended, he truthfully confessed the facts of the case. During the trial, <Defendant A> voluntarily returned 5,000 yuan of illicit gains.


Upon trial, it was found that:

1. From February to March 2019, the defendants <Defendant A> and <Defendant B>, after prior discussion, purchased parts online. <Defendant A> drilled and cut seamless steel pipes, while <Defendant B> assembled and calibrated the airgun parts, resulting in the manufacture of one black suspected airgun.

2. From February to March 2019, the defendants <Defendant A> and <Defendant B>, after prior discussion, purchased parts online. Under the guidance of <Defendant B>, <Defendant A> drilled, opened, cut, and welded the airgun parts, resulting in the manufacture of one stainless steel-colored suspected airgun.

According to the identification, the two suspected airguns involved in the case were both firearms powered by compressed gas (with muzzle kinetic energies of 53.48 joules/square centimeter and 53.29 joules/square centimeter, respectively). After the incident, the defendants <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> voluntarily surrendered to the public security authorities and truthfully confessed.

Offences of Illegal Manufacture of Firearms


Upon trial, it was found that since 2017, the defendant <Defendant A> purchased full sets of packaging, labels, and bottles of famous liquors such as Moutai and Wuliangye from Ding Xingliang and Wang Changbing. <Defendant A> then bought low-grade white liquor from the market and filled the Moutai and Wuliangye bottles with it, passing it off as the famous liquors for sale, with sales amounting to 108,400 yuan. Since 2017, the defendant <Defendant B> purchased full sets of packaging, labels, and bottles of famous liquors such as Moutai and Wuliangye from Ding Xingliang. <Defendant B> then bought low-grade white liquor from the market and filled the Moutai and Wuliangye bottles with it, passing it off as the famous liquors for sale, with sales amounting to 56,845 yuan. Since 2017, the defendant <Defendant C> purchased full sets of packaging, labels, and bottles of famous liquors such as Moutai and Wuliangye from Ding Xingliang, Wang Changbing, Peng Shuai, and Hou Kaichang. <Defendant C> then bought low-grade white liquor from the market and filled the Moutai and Wuliangye bottles with it, passing it off as the famous liquors for sale, with sales amounting to 93,313 yuan.


After the trial, it was found that on the morning of April 25, 2016, the defendant <Defendant A>, in order to collect a debt, arranged for the defendant <Defendant B>, Wu (who has been prosecuted in a separate case), and others to detain the victim Yang at his home located at Room XX-XXX, Jinrongyuan, Cuiping International City, 88 Jiangjun Avenue, Jiangning District, Nanjing, until May 28, 2016. On January 10, 2020, the defendant <Defendant A> voluntarily surrendered to the public security authorities; on January 13 of the same year, the defendant <Defendant B> also voluntarily surrendered to the public security authorities. After arriving at the case, the defendant <Defendant B> truthfully confessed the aforementioned criminal facts. During the trial of this case, the family of the defendant <Defendant B> has returned the illegal gains of RMB 2,000 on his behalf.


Upon trial, it was found that in May 2019, Xia Mou (handled in a separate case) negotiated with the VIP Building Hotel in Baoding City to organize female service staff for prostitution in the VIP Building Hotel, with the income split 50-50 between Xia Mou and the hotel. The defendant <Defendant A> was hired by Xia Mou and, together with the defendant <Defendant B>, who was then the manager of the Health and Wellness Department of the VIP Building Hotel, jointly managed the female service staff engaged in prostitution activities. At around 10 p.m. on July 26, 2019, the Public Security Bureau of Qingyuan District, Baoding City, conducted a lawful inspection of the VIP Building Hotel and caught female service staff Liu Mou1, Ou Mou, and Wang Mou1 in the act of prostitution on the spot.


Upon trial, it was found that since June 2019, the defendants <Defendant A>, <Defendant B>, and <Defendant C> had conspired to commit "order brushing fraud" using telecommunication networks. The specific method of operation was as follows: <Defendant A>, <Defendant B>, and <Defendant C> each used online chat software such as QQ and WeChat to post a large number of false advertisements for "part-time order brushing to earn commissions" to find victims. They then impersonated customer service personnel to chat with the victims via QQ or WeChat, claiming that they would refund the principal and pay commissions after the victims completed the tasks. This tricked the victims into clicking on links to fake shopping websites created by the defendants and making payments. The defendants then cashed out the payments through gambling platforms, thereby defrauding the victims of their money. By December of the same year, the defendants <Defendant A>, <Defendant B>, and <Defendant C> had collectively defrauded multiple victims of a total of 20,000 yuan, including 998 yuan from victim Wang and 1,000 yuan from victim Qin. The illicit proceeds were divided and squandered by the three defendants. On December 16 and 17, 2019, after the defendants <Defendant A>, <Defendant B>, and <Defendant C> were apprehended, the police lawfully seized a batch of tools used in the crime, including laptops, mobile phones, and IoT industry cards, from their persons and homes.


Upon examination, it was found that between August 2014 and November 2018, the defendants <Defendant A> and <Defendant B>, a married couple, repeatedly allowed six individuals, namely A, T, N, J, T.A., and G, to engage in prostitution activities in their jointly operated Xingwang Store located on Qiaolepan Road in Yingjisha County. <Defendant A> or <Defendant B> would take a fee ranging from 10 to 20 yuan from each prostitution transaction conducted by these six individuals. During this period, <Defendant A> collected a total of 4000 yuan, while <Defendant B> collected a total of 3000 yuan. During the review and prosecution stage, both <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> voluntarily signed a plea agreement.


Upon trial, it was found that from March 2018 to July 2018, the defendant <Defendant C> and Dang Moumou (handled in a separate case) sought illegal profits by installing oil tanks and fuel dispensers to establish an illegal gas station at the Yongji Fish Hatchery without approval from the relevant national authorities. They hired the defendant <Defendant A> to purchase gasoline from Wang Moumou (handled in a separate case) for external sale, involving the illegal sale of gasoline worth over 130,000 yuan and illicit profits of over 5,000 yuan. The defendants <Defendant B> and <Defendant A> were aware that the illegal gas station at the Yongji Fish Hatchery was established by the defendant Wang Chun and Dang Moumou. During the police investigation, they falsely claimed that the illegal gas station was owned by the defendant <Defendant B> and deliberately provided false testimony to cover up the crime. It was also found that on March 28, 2011, the defendant <Defendant B> was sentenced to one year in prison with a one-year probation by the Yongji People's Court for the crime of extortion.


Upon trial, it was found that between February 16, 2019, and May 28, 2019, the defendant <Defendant A> in Wenling City repeatedly introduced Wu Moumou, Zhang Moumou, Yang Moumou, "Night Owl Xiao A Mou," "しve Mier," "Xue Jin," "Morning Like a Dream," and others for prostitution, charging an introduction fee of 60 RMB each time, illegally profiting approximately 10,000 RMB in total. Among these, the defendant <Defendant A> introduced Wu Moumou for prostitution over 200 times. Between May 27, 2019, and May 28, 2019, the defendant <Defendant B> assisted the defendant <Defendant A> in transporting clients to the residences of Yang Moumou, Wu Moumou, and others. On May 28, 2019, defendants <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> were apprehended by police officers from the Songmen Police Station of the Wenling Public Security Bureau in Wenling City. After being brought to justice, the defendant <Defendant B> truthfully confessed his involvement in the case.


Upon trial, it was found that: On December 16, 2018, at around 21:30, the defendants <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> were drinking at the Mingyang Home-style Restaurant in Leling City. In the lobby, they encountered the defendant <Defendant C>, who had come to place an order. <Defendant C> operates the Liuxi Hotpot Chicken, which is adjacent to the Mingyang Home-style Restaurant. During a conversation between <Defendant B> and <Defendant C>, a dispute arose. Subsequently, <Defendant A> instructed <Defendant B> to call <Defendant C>, who had already left the Mingyang Home-style Restaurant, back to the restaurant. After <Defendant C> left again, <Defendant A> once more directed <Defendant B> to bring <Defendant C> back. At the entrance of the Mingyang Home-style Restaurant, <Defendant B> unreasonably assaulted <Defendant C> with his bare hands. In response, <Defendant C> stabbed <Defendant B> in the abdomen with a fruit knife. <Defendant A>, using the pretext that <Defendant C> had stabbed <Defendant B>, assaulted <Defendant C> and then dragged <Defendant C> into the Mingyang Home-style Restaurant, where the assault continued. When Guo Zhisheng and Xu attempted to intervene, <Defendant A> also assaulted them.

According to the assessment, <Defendant B>'s injuries were classified as minor injuries of the second degree, <Defendant C>'s injuries were comprehensively evaluated as minor injuries of the first degree, and Guo's injuries were classified as minor. <Defendant A> voluntarily surrendered to the investigative authorities and truthfully confessed to the criminal facts. <Defendant B> and <Defendant C> were summoned by phone to the case and also truthfully confessed to the criminal facts. After the incident, under the mediation of the public security authorities, <Defendant A> and <Defendant B> reached a reconciliation agreement with <Defendant C>, Guo, and Xu. <Defendant A> compensated <Defendant C> for related losses in the amount of 28,000 yuan, and both parties mutually forgave each other.


After trial, it was found that the defendant, <Defendant A>, manager of the Gangdu Taoyuan Club in Donggang City, recruited, trained, and managed prostitutes, organizing prostitution activities at the club. Defendants <Defendant B> and <Defendant C> were staff members at the club. Both were aware of the organized prostitution activities but still arranged rooms for clients, introduced prostitutes for clients to choose from, and recorded the number of prostitution transactions. Specifically, <Defendant C> began assisting in organizing prostitution in early April 2018, and <Defendant B> started in May 2018. At around 22:00 on June 22, 2018, the police caught six prostitutes and six clients engaged in prostitution activities at the club. They also seized two ledgers recorded by <Defendant B> and <Defendant C> detailing prostitution transactions from April 14, 2018, to June 21, 2018. After being apprehended, <Defendant A>, <Defendant B>, and <Defendant C> truthfully confessed their crimes.