Anti-gang campaign: Female bureau chief

Du Jinrong stopped talking.

After the case of the destruction of wheat fields in Shengli Village was investigated, the illegal profit chain behind Fengnong Ecology was completely uprooted.

The investigation team eventually discovered that Ouyang Kai and others, without approval, used the pretext of "land transfer" to intimidate and coerce villagers into handing over their land, and then sublet it to outside farmers at high prices to profit from the price difference.

To improve efficiency, they colluded with Du Jinrong, a town official, to obtain information about villagers and the town's work progress, while also hiring people with criminal records, such as Peng Xiaoliu, to go to the villages to "do work."

For farmers who do not cooperate, they destroy seedlings, block roads, throw manure, and knock on doors in the middle of the night, using soft violence to force them to comply.

Jiang Ruolan said at the case closing meeting:

"Land is the lifeblood of farmers. This kind of ruthless and vicious attack on their lifeblood is even more hateful than ordinary violence. We must strike as soon as it shows its face."

The wheat fields in Shengli Village were later replanted.

Gao Changshun stood at the edge of the field, watching as the tracks left by the rotary tiller were plowed back into smooth ridges. He then slowly squatted down, rubbed a handful of soil in his hands, and said:

"As long as the land is still there, that's good."

Chen Mo stood beside him and asked:

"Uncle Gao, if anything goes wrong in the future, will you come to me first, or will you try to handle it yourself?"

Gao Changshun smiled sheepishly:

"I'll look for you first. You're fast."

They both laughed.

The wind blew in from the south, carrying the scent of freshly turned soil and green grass.

Spring in Yi'an has deepened once again...

By the end of April, the weather in the north of Yi'an City was already quite hot and dry.

As evening fell, students from Chengbei No. 3 Middle School emerged from the school gate in twos and threes. Chen Mo and Zhao Rui drove past the school gate, heading to the Chengbei Police Station to discuss a plan for improving security around the school.

Chen Mo, with his sharp eyes, spotted a boy in a school uniform sitting on the curb under a ginkgo tree on the east side of the school gate, his schoolbag on his lap and his head bowed low.

The car had already driven past, but he looked back again and noticed that the boy's shoulders were shaking.

He told Zhao Rui to stop the car, then walked over, squatted down next to the boy, and softly called out:

"Excuse me, what's wrong?"

The boy looked up, his face covered in tears, a fresh scratch on the bridge of his nose, and his mouth was swollen.

Chen Mo's heart tightened, and he said:

"Don't be afraid, I'm Officer Chen from the Municipal Public Security Bureau."

Upon hearing the word "police officer," the boy's tears welled up again, and he choked out, "..."

"They said if I didn't pay back the money, they would drag me into the river."

Chen Mo led the person to the car.

The boy's name is Song Xiaolei, and he is a first-year high school student at Chengbei No. 3 Middle School.

He said that a month ago, a classmate introduced him to a "part-time job to earn pocket money" app, saying that as long as he registered his mobile phone number and ID card, he could receive 200 yuan first.

He happened to want to buy a scarf for his mother, so he registered.

A "credit loan" entry popped up in the software. He clicked on it casually, and the system showed that he had borrowed 1,200 yuan.

He panicked and wanted to cancel, but there was no refund button on the page.

The money did indeed arrive in his bank account, but he felt uneasy and wanted to return it immediately. He tried contacting customer service, but no one answered.

Three days later, the software automatically deducted money from his bank card and two linked small payment accounts, leaving him still owing more than 4,000 yuan.

He dared not tell his family and lived in constant fear.

Another two weeks later, two people claiming to be "offline staff of the platform" came to the school gate to block him, took photos, and said that if he did not pay back the money, they would put him on the "blacklist" and would go to his parents' house.

He could only use his living expenses and borrow money from his classmates, repaying more than 3,000 yuan in three installments.

But the other party said that 10,000 yuan was still owed because of overdue fees and "service fees".

The two men came again at noon today, dragged him into a small alley next to the school, slapped him twice, snatched his phone, unlocked it, and forced him to re-link a bank card.

Song Xiaolei said they called him "good boy" because they said he wouldn't be beaten if he obediently paid back the money.

After he finished speaking, he rolled up his sleeve, revealing several bluish finger marks on his arm.

Chen Mo's teeth clenched as he watched.

Zhao Rui took Song Xiaolei home and met with his mother again.

Song Xiaolei's mother, a stock clerk at a supermarket in the north of the city, with gray hair, almost lost her balance after hearing the situation.

Zhao Rui reassured the child, saying that the municipal bureau had intervened and that the money the child owed was irregular and did not need to be repaid.

Song's mother grabbed Zhao Rui's arm and said repeatedly:

"You must help him. This child is honest and afraid of being a burden to me, so he won't say anything."

Zhao Rui said:

"Auntie, leave this to us."

Subsequently, Chen Mo collected evidence of the so-called "part-time job app" on Song Xiaolei's phone.

After reviewing the software's backend, Lu Zheng said it was a typical case of illegal online lending, disguised as part-time work but actually a combination of usury and violent debt collection.

After hearing the report, Jiang Ruolan immediately decided to set up a special task force, led by Lu Zheng, to dig out all the people involved in this line of work.

Based on the remaining software package and payment records on Song Xiaolei's phone, the technical department discovered that the "part-time job software" was backed by a company called "Xinghui Information Technology," which was registered in a mixed-use commercial and residential building in the south of the city.

Lu Zheng led his men to investigate and found that the company's doors were usually closed, with only a piece of white paper on the door that read "Training Registration Office".

Chen Mo tried it out as a student, but the people inside were very wary. They only allowed him to register his information and wouldn't let him see any documents.

Zhao Rui found through the tax and business registration systems that the legal representative of Xinghui Technology was Lu Abao, but the actual controller of the company was Mi Songhui, 37 years old, from Chengnan, who had a prior conviction for illegal detention.

The money in Xinghui Technology's account was diverted through multiple personal accounts and then sent to underground "collection teams".

The debt collection team had seven or eight core members, most of whom were unemployed young people. Two of them were the ones who went to the school gate to find Song Xiaolei.

Lu Zheng said that "Xinghui" was actually a shell company with servers located overseas. It specifically lent money to minors or people who had just come of age through methods such as "part-time job loans," "game loans," and "beauty loans."

When releasing them, the threshold is extremely low; when urging them to release them, the methods are extremely ruthless.

The loan agreements are full of standard traps, and the interest is calculated weekly, accumulating daily.

Although Song Xiaolei received 1,200 yuan, after several layers of packaging and algorithms, he only received a little over 700 yuan, while the platform's "debt" had turned into tens of thousands of yuan.

After gathering sufficient evidence, the task force closed in.

That afternoon, Lu Zheng led more than 30 people from the Chengnan branch to simultaneously raid Xinghui Information Technology's office in Nancheng, two apartments rented by debt collectors, and a house storing ledgers and equipment.

Police apprehended five customer service staff at the office and seized mobile phones, computers, and a large number of printed sales scripts.

The script was written in great detail—how to "build trust" with minors, how to issue "legal warnings," and how to "contact teachers or parents."

The "debt collection team" was also caught in a billiards hall in the south of the city.

The suspect who slapped Song Xiaolei is named Kuai Xiaohu. While being pinned to the pool table, he shouted:

"I'm just an employee; collecting debts isn't illegal!"

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