The Red Star Capital Bureau noticed that in this document, Niu, who claimed to be the chairman and general manager of AXA Private Equity Fund, described his experience of being examined by the police officer of Shanghai Pudong Branch, the project attorney general, the judge of Shanghai Intermediate People's Court and the director of the financial bureau of the procuratorate, and paying a deposit of up to100,000 yuan. Later, due to lack of funds, he borrowed more than 3 million Hong Kong dollars from the company to pay the "handling fee".
Some netizens commented: "The chairman of private equity fund will be cheated by telecom."
Red Star Capital Bureau inquired from official website of China Asset Management Association that the name of the chairman of AXA Private Equity Fund was "Yuanmingniu", which was consistent with the online announcement. His work experience is the same as that on the Internet.
65438+10.8, Red Star Capital Bureau contacted Zhang Beibei, head of the compliance department of AXA Private Equity Fund Management Co., Ltd., and when asked whether Niu had suffered telecom fraud and whether this statement was written by himself, he did not deny it and replied to Red Star Capital Bureau: "I can't comment on this now."
Suspected private equity fund chairman issued a statement
I turned100000 and I haven't found myself cheated yet.
The Red Star Capital Bureau noticed that the above-mentioned online file name was "My Complaint and Statement", claiming to be Niu, the chairman and general manager of AXA Private Equity Fund, and the time of signing was 65438+February 26, 2022.
First of all, I explained my basic situation: 57 years old, British nationality, China and Hongkong permanent identity cards, work experience and so on. Then Niu told us that he received a phone call from Miss Fang on June 7, 2022. She claimed to be an employee of the Wan Chai Prevention and Control Center of the Department of Health of the China SAR Government. The "Miss Fang" said that Hong Kong Anxin Travel Software registered with a mainland mobile phone number under Niu's name showed that she had a secret connection record on the afternoon of June 6, 2022, and asked her to contact the Department of Health.
Cattle's complaints and statements
However, Niu said that this mobile phone number was not mine, and then he suspected that the identity information was leaked and stolen by criminals, so he took the initiative to report the case. Miss Fang, who claimed to be the Hong Kong Department of Health, took the initiative to help Niu contact the police officer of Pudong Branch of Shanghai Public Security Bureau, and Officer Li quickly started the online case handling procedure and showed him the "report receipt".
After verifying the identity of Niu, "Officer Li" told him that he might be related to a highly confidential and important case being carried out by the police and needed to ask his superiors immediately. Then this "case" went to another case handler, Captain Gu of the Criminal Investigation Team of Pudong Branch. Niu said that "Captain Gu" showed him the case information on WhatsAPP, instructed him to go back to his residence and start online monitoring, and asked not to tell anyone about the case information.
After "Captain Gu", there appeared people who called themselves "Gao Ming Procurator-General" and "Judge of the Second Hall of the Intermediate People's Court". Under their guidance, in order to prove his innocence and not affect the company's business and reputation, Niu applied for bail pending trial, amounting to RMB 6,543,800,000. Niu immediately collected100,000, and hit the "designated account" of the Hong Kong Independent Commission Against Corruption.
The relevant person in charge of the private equity fund responded
Netizen: The chairman of private placement was cheated. How to help investors make money?
It's not over yet. Half a month later, the "Gao Procurator-General" informed Niu that his application for bail pending trial passed WhatsApp, saying that it had nothing to do with the case, and that he had left the identity of the suspect involved, and finally he was cleared, and said that the bail of 6,543,800 yuan could be returned.
However, a person who claimed to be "Director Liang Haojun of the Finance Bureau of the Procuratorate" told Niu that it would take six months to retire because of the latest anti-money laundering regulations of the country. Then "Director Liang" said that there is a quick return method, which requires an additional 30% mortgage deposit, about 3 million Hong Kong dollars, so that the formalities can be completed within 2 to 48 hours and all the previous deposits can be returned quickly.
However, Niu said that he had been in debt of more than several million Hong Kong dollars, because he was unable to pay back the money because of the repayment requirements of his friends before Christmas and the year before last. Therefore, we urge the company to borrow HK$ 3 million urgently in the short term, and strive to return all the bail money and the company's short-term personal loan as soon as possible, so as to get out of the predicament as soon as possible.
The Red Star Capital Bureau found that Niu didn't realize that this was "telecom fraud" after writing the statement, and hoped to borrow 3 million yuan from the company to pay the above-mentioned "mortgage deposit", so this "my statement and statement" came into being.
This statement has attracted a lot of attention on social platforms such as Weibo. At the same time, netizens also have many questions about Niu's experience of "bail pending trial" and "paying the deposit".
Some netizens commented: "Go back to your residence and start online monitoring. Don't tell anyone. This is a complete telecom fraud! " "The chairman of a private equity fund will actually be cheated." "How can this help investors make money?"
In order to confirm the authenticity of the online documents, Red Star Capital Bureau contacted Zhang Beibei, Director of Compliance Department of AXA Private Equity Fund Management Co., Ltd. on October 8, 65438 ... When asked whether Niu had suffered telecom fraud and whether this statement was written by him, he responded to Red Star Capital Bureau and said, "I can't comment on this now."
Lawyer: There are many loopholes in the legal procedure of the whole case.
100000 is a single large sum.
"From this statement, there are many loopholes in the legal process," Xu Jiaxiang, a partner of Beijing Strategy Law Firm, told the 65438 Red Star Capital Bureau on June 8.
Lawyer Xu said that Niu said in his statement that "Captain Gu" showed him the case information on WhatsAPP. However, in the actual legal procedure, the public security organs will notify the parties to accept the investigation by face-to-face, summons, telephone and other means, and will not notify them on social software or even foreign social software.
Secondly, lawyer Xu said that in Niu's self-report, the progress of the whole case is also very unusual. 165438+ 10 received a call from "China Hong Kong Department of Health" on October 6, and "Attorney General" appeared on June 8 +065438, which was out of procedure. Generally, the public security bureau first applies for approval of arrest, and the prosecutor decides whether to approve the arrest after finding out the facts of the crime. Here, the prosecutor may intervene in the early stage, and there will be no long-distance face-to-face inquiry between the attorney general and the parties.
Lawyer Xu further mentioned that the public security personnel could not be guarantors, so Niu could not mention: "Captain Gu Dong proposed to be guarantors, and he never met me."
Finally, Mr. Xu said that in China, the deposit will not exceed 1000000 yuan, usually starting from 100000 yuan, and the maximum amount of cases he handled is100000 yuan. And Niu mentioned that "the latest national anti-money laundering regulations will take six months to return" is also wrong, and there is no such provision in China's anti-money laundering law.
Lawyer Xu told the Red Star Capital Bureau that if everything in this statement is true, it is very likely that this button has been cheated by telecom. Among the cases he represented in the past, 6,543,800,000 yuan was a single case with a large amount.
AXA Private Equity Fund is a newly registered foreign private equity last year.
The chairman has worked in many well-known insurance companies.
AXA Private Equity Fund is one of the newly registered foreign private equity in 2022. This manager was established at the end of 20 16 with a registered capital of1050,000 USD. It is a wholly foreign-owned enterprise, and its parent company is AXAIMInvestmentManagers, the asset management department of AXA Group, one of the largest financial and insurance groups in the world.
According to public information, AXAIM was founded by AXA Group in 1994. At present, it has more than 2,400 employees in 18 countries and regions around the world, and the assets under management by the end of 20021exceeded 6 trillion yuan.
Red Star Capital Bureau inquired from official website of China Asset Management Association that the name of the chairman of AXA Private Equity Fund was "Yuanmingniu", which was consistent with the online announcement.
China Asset Management Association official website page
His work experience is the same as that on the Internet. June 5438 +2020 10 joined AXA Investment Management Asia Co., Ltd., and has been the general manager of AXA Overseas Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd. since February 2020. From June 5438 to February 2020, he served as the chairman and general manager of AXA Private Equity Fund Management Co., Ltd.
Before joining AXA, Niu also worked in Swiss Reinsurance Co., Ltd., Zhongli International Insurance Co., Ltd., Sino-Italian Life Insurance Co., Ltd., China Pacific Insurance Co., Ltd. and Zhongan Technology Group Co., Ltd.
Red Star journalist Qiang Yaxi
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