How did the couple set up a trap to defraud more than 30 million yuan?

It is understood that in 2015, Mr. Liu established a company in partnership with his friends. The main business scope is planning and data analysis for enterprises. In the early days of the company's operation, Mr. Liu met Feng Shui master Li in the process of asking people to do Feng Shui. After several contacts, Mr. Liu became familiar with Li. In addition to looking at Feng Shui, he sometimes asked Li for advice on some issues regarding the company's internal operations. Later, on Li's recommendation, Mr. Liu met Gu and his wife. Mr. and Mrs. Gu claim that they have met many business leaders and can help Mr. Liu's company expand its business scope and create more benefits. Mr. Liu did not take Mr. Gu and his wife seriously at first. Mr. Liu was completely convinced of the Gu and his wife's ability to do things because of the two tender projects they encountered shortly after. At that time, Mr. Liu's company encountered difficulties during the bidding process, so he thought of Mr. Gu and tried to ask for help. After hearing this, Mr. Gu agreed to help Mr. Liu get through the relationship. In the end, Mr. Liu’s company won the bid. During this process, Mr. Liu made multiple transfers to Gu and his wife’s bank account for operating expenses, totaling more than 30 million yuan.

At the beginning of 2016, Mr. Liu encountered difficulties in the operation of his company. When he asked Gu and his wife again for help, they were often unable to contact him. Gu and his wife also repeatedly declined, and Feng Shui master Li also began to deliberately avoid Liu. gentlemen. The change in the attitude of these three people made Mr. Liu suspicious, so he asked his friends and colleagues in the industry to help verify the situation of Gu and his wife. Through various inquiries, Mr. Liu discovered that the Gus and his wife claimed to know many business leaders, which were false. The company's winning of the bid relied entirely on its own strength, and the Gus and his wife did not participate. Mr. Liu then reported the incident to Chaoyang police. After receiving the report, the Chaoyang Criminal Investigation Detachment immediately started working. On April 22, 2017, investigators from the Chaoyang Criminal Investigation Detachment arrested Gu, his wife, and Li in one fell swoop.

After interrogation, Gu and three others confessed to the crime of defrauding Mr. Liu of money. According to Gu's confession, he and his wife Zhao took risks because they were unable to repay their foreign debts. They approached Li to tell them their plan, and they met the victim, Mr. Liu, on Li's recommendation. Before committing the crime, Gu and his wife fully understood Mr. Liu's company's operating conditions, operating model, bidding process and other relevant business knowledge through various channels. During the contact process, Mr. Gu and his wife found that Mr. Liu had very strong professional knowledge, but lacked experience in company operations and bidding projects. Therefore, this weakness is exploited to commit fraud. During the bidding process, Mr. Gu and his wife used the excuse of smoothing their relationship to ask for money from Mr. Liu many times.

At present, Gu and three others have been criminally detained by Chaoyang police in accordance with the law on suspicion of fraud, and the case is still under further trial.