Future Stamps and Coins Diary

Chapter 170 The police come to the door
"So fast!" Lu Feng stood up suddenly.

Because of the contingency plan, Lv Feng did not take Yang Shangsheng's threat too seriously. He thought Yang Shangsheng would investigate and take action after having actual facts, but he never thought he was so anxious.

"Go and have a look."

When we arrived at the trading center, the three policemen and two staff members from the Municipal Supervision Bureau were already surrounded by many market merchants in the hall.

There are not many people in the trading center. Wu Xin and Huang Doudou are in charge of the vault, with two financial officers and two girls in charge of filling out the vaults. Including the receptionists, there are only eight people in total.

Faced with such a huge force, even Wu Xin and Liu Chang seemed a little panicked.

"Where is your person in charge? Hasn't he arrived yet?" a policeman urged.

Dozens of merchants in the market have already occupied the first floor of the trading center. After receiving the news, they are waiting to see the show.

Yang Shangsheng and his group of merchants were also mixed in.

"What happened so early in the morning? Why such a big fuss?" Lu Feng stepped over the threshold and raised his voice.

Seeing Lu Feng appear, everyone immediately made way.

Lu Feng glanced around and quickly saw the culprit Yang Shangsheng in the crowd.

The latter's face was all smiles.

A middle-aged man pointed at Lv Feng and shouted, "Police comrade, it's him, it's him..."

The five law enforcement officers fixed their eyes on Lu Feng, all obviously surprised.

"Someone reported that your company is suspected of illegal fund-raising..." A policeman walked up to Lu Feng and said loudly.

Seeing Lu Feng coming, everyone in the trading center finally felt relieved.

"We are a formal trading platform. How could we possibly be involved in illegal fundraising?" Lu Feng asked, turning around and looking at the middle-aged man who was yelling, "Are you the one who reported us?"

"That's right. I was the one who reported it." The man looked up and said excitedly, "You cheated a lot of elderly people out of their money, tricking them into investing in stamps and coins and asked them to transfer the money to your company's account. If this isn't illegal fundraising, what is it? Do you think I don't know that you have cheated at least several thousand people, and the amount of money is beyond imagination."

Although someone reported it, several law enforcement officers seemed somewhat cautious.

The police officer who was obviously the leader still spoke to Lu Feng patiently. "Did you open an account to collect funds from unspecified people?"

"We did absorb funds, but that doesn't mean we were illegally raising funds," Lv Feng argued. "Investment in stamp, coin and card collection has been encouraged for many years, and major TV commercials have been broadcast almost every day in recent years. I don't think it is illegal."

"Of course there is no problem with buying and selling, but what I am asking you now is, have you opened an account to absorb funds from unspecified individuals?" the policeman repeated.

"No, our company has not opened such an account!" Lu Feng responded loudly.

"Comrade police, he is lying." A merchant next to Yang Shangsheng suddenly stood up, "We can all testify that their trading center has absorbed funds from thousands or even tens of thousands of people. The money of these investors is all in their accounts."

"Yes, I can testify as well. Everyone in the entire market can testify." Another person jumped out.

Obviously, Yang Shangsheng has made all the preparations.

At this time, he suddenly stood up and said, "Comrade police, since everyone is saying this, it must be true. The most important thing now is not to let their company's behavior continue to expand. We must protect the interests of the general public. I suggest that they suspend their company for a few days and investigate whether this is true."

Lu Feng frowned. How many days will the business be closed?

It just officially started trading yesterday and released an announcement on re-custody, but it is going to stop operating today. Doesn’t this indicate to all users that there is really a problem with the trading center?

What a vicious method.

"What they say makes sense. You are the person in charge, right? I will give you a chance to explain the specific situation, otherwise I will stop all operations first."

"I've said before that we didn't open such an account, so how can there be illegal fundraising? If you don't believe me, just call the bank to check." Lu Feng looked at Yang Shangsheng, "If we can shut down our business with just one report, then I suspect someone is deliberately defaming our trading center. I want to confront the reporter on the spot."

The police looked at the middle-aged man and motioned him to come over.

"Have you transferred money to our company account?" Lu Feng asked.

"Of course! Not only me, but several of my friends have also put money in."

"Then can you transfer your money out?" Lu Feng asked again.

"Yes. But if you can transfer it out, does that mean you are not illegally raising funds?"

Lu Feng sneered, "Don't you want to find out what illegal fundraising is before you report it?"

"You let so many people deposit money into your company's account, which is illegal fundraising. What if you run away with the money?"

The staff of the Municipal Supervision Bureau next to him couldn't stand it anymore and reminded him, "Sir, let me remind you that illegal fund-raising must meet three conditions. The first is that it is not approved by the relevant departments, which means it is illegal; the second is that it promises to repay the principal and interest or other returns, which means it is inducement; the third is that it absorbs funds from unspecified objects, which means it is social. Only when these three conditions are met can it be considered illegal fund-raising."

"Aren't they satisfied now?" the man shouted. "Look, they are just a collection company and have no qualifications to open any investment transactions. Second, if they didn't trick us into saying that we can make money by investing in this, would we transfer our money in? Third, let alone, there are tens of thousands of people involved."

"Comrades from the police and the Municipal Supervision Bureau, you must stop this behavior in time to prevent more people from being deceived."

Looking at his excitement, Lu Feng had to say that Yang Shangsheng had found a good actor.

The five law enforcement officers discussed quietly for a while, and the leading police officer said to Lu Feng: "How about you stop the transaction for a while."

"impossible!"

As soon as Lv Feng opened his mouth, the middle-aged man instantly became excited again, pointing at Lv Feng and yelling, "He is not cooperating with your work, he must have something to hide. Catch him and bring him back to interrogate him."

The police had no choice but to look at Lu Feng and said, "With so many people pointing fingers at your company, we must conduct a serious investigation. I hope you can cooperate."

Seeing the other party's unreasonable behavior, Lu Feng couldn't help but laugh and said, "How about this. You ask this guy to withdraw the money and see if the account he deposited the money into is our company's account first."

"You still dare to quibble. Who else could it be except your company?" The middle-aged man sneered and immediately walked to the notebook next to him.

He quickly opened his account, logged in and withdrew the funds.

When a text message came in on his phone, he picked it up, walked up to the police, and said, "Look, this isn't their company's account. What is it?"

The policeman took a look at the transfer text message and suddenly frowned: "Jiaji Group? Why does it sound so familiar?"

(End of this chapter)