"Something happened to Ezubao, what should we do?" Recently, a reporter from China Fund News received calls from several Ezubao investors seeking solutions.

"How can I get my own money?" This is what investors are most concerned about.

The reporter has learned from many sources that as for the current situation, the only thing investors have to do is to quickly report the case to the local police station, try their best to submit all the information related to Ezubao, etc., and then wait patiently to understand the incident and the progress of the case in a timely manner.

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However, many investors believe that the above-mentioned approach is just a last resort. Once the case is filed, legal procedures must be followed, and it is unknown when the principal can be recovered.

It is understood that the once sensational "Oriental Venture Capital Case" took more than 9 months to investigate and collect evidence, and the amount involved was 120 million yuan.

In the end, investors got back less than half of their principal.

"Compared to Ezubao's more than 70 billion in funds, 120 million yuan is nothing compared to Ezubao. The investigation will definitely take a long time," said an investor.

An executive of a P2P company who did not want to be named said that the problem of Ezubao is a type of Ponzi scheme. Judging from the content previously disclosed on the official website, the returns promised to investors are much higher than the returns of the investment targets of the products.

After an accident, investors are less likely to get their principal back.

One of the characteristics of Ponzi schemes is that the money of later participants is used to replenish early participants. The book deficit thus formed is generally difficult to make up. Moreover, the company is huge, and the exact amount of the deficit has to wait for the investigation report of the public security agency.

Now that the Ezubao website has been closed, reporters have no way to verify the above situation.

An investor confirmed the income status of the above-mentioned products to reporters.

He also asked the company's business personnel, who explained that this was subsidized marketing common among Internet companies, and took JD.com as an example. The investor felt that this subsidized marketing might be the company's business model.

Hence the investment.

Among investors, there are also old P2P users.

They know that there are constant incidents of scams in the P2P industry, and investors must choose a "reliable" platform. Reliable means a large platform that has advertisements in regular media.

In the past, Ezubao's overwhelming advertisements were even placed on some TV stations. This has undoubtedly become a strong endorsement for it, and the herd effect has become the key to its blind trust.

“I decided to invest after seeing many of their advertisements,” an investor told reporters.

A P2P practitioner told reporters that Ezubao’s advertising on TV stations is in the tens of millions, and this kind of data has long been available online.

However, the reporter asked other practitioners many times and was unable to verify the specific source of the data.

For investors, there is a glimmer of hope. Ezubao is different from previous P2P platforms. In the past, such platforms were premeditated and planned, and were only exposed by investors after they were implemented. By then, the platform had already

It is closed, the funds have been transferred, and the actual controller has lost contact.

When Ezubao and its related platforms were investigated, the company was still in operation, and neither the executives nor the actual controller lost contact.

"I don't know if this situation will help with investigation and evidence collection, and get the principal back earlier?" said an investor.

This issue has already involved the progress of the case investigation by the public security organs, and reporters were unable to obtain the latest information.

However, when the reporter arrived at its office in Beijing, many investors had already arrived, but they could only stare at the closed door helplessly.

According to the latest news from Xinhuanet, the public security organs, together with relevant departments, are investigating suspected illegal crimes of the "Ezubao" online financial platform and its affiliated companies.

Beijing and various provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities have established special disposal agencies in accordance with the principle of territorial management and carried out relevant work to protect the legitimate rights and interests of investors to the greatest extent in accordance with the law.