"Taiwan version of the ground engineer" defrauded an elderly man living alone of 140 million yuan in real estate. The mastermind Cai Shangyue was sentenced to 20 years in the second trial.

Cai Shangyue, the main suspect in the "Taiwan Version Ground Master" fraud case, had his sentence increased to 20 years in the second trial. (File photo)

Cai Shangyue, the actual person in charge of the Quanrong Real Estate Company, was accused of colluding with lawyer and private notary Cai Hongshen, police officers, district chiefs, clerks, and others to forge a ghostwritten will for an elderly person living alone and transfer real estate in his name for profit. In three years, he fraudulently obtained 11 houses and made a profit of 1. 400 million yuan. In the first instance, the Taipei District Court sentenced Cai Shangyue to 14 years in prison for corruption and bribery, and Cai Hongshen was sentenced to 25 years in prison. After the case was appealed, the High Court rejected Cai Hongshen's appeal on the 2nd of this month and upheld the 25-year sentence. Yesterday, Cai Shangyue was commuted to 20 years in prison. Another group "second boss" Wang Yuti was sentenced to 10 years in the first trial and was sentenced to 8 years in prison, which can be appealed.

Colluded with lawyer, police chief, ghostwritten will and infringed property

The case originated from a man surnamed Shi living in the United States. After Shi's mother passed away in 2018, Shi returned to Taiwan to register her death in 2022, and then returned to the United States. His return to Taiwan was delayed due to the epidemic, and he failed to register his inheritance. Unexpectedly, the inheritance was taken away by Cai Shangyue and others who forged a will, and the whole case was exposed.

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Lawyer Cai Hongshen’s appeal dismissed and 25-year sentence maintained

The collegial bench of the High Court held that Cai Shangyue led a group that expropriated the property of the elderly, demented or living alone. He was involved in numerous cases and had huge criminal proceeds, which seriously damaged the credibility of the will, notarization and real estate registration systems; and although he pleaded guilty, he The proceeds of crime were not returned, and Cai Hongshen was exonerated in the first instance by recanting his confession. In May this year, he even tried to collude with him. His attitude after the crime was bad, so his sentence was commuted to 20 years, he was deprived of public rights for five years, and his criminal proceeds of 22,206,705 yuan were confiscated.

As for Wang Yuti, the High Court determined that he was responsible for finding targets, arranging witnesses, contacting people, and distributing criminal proceeds. Considering that he confessed to the crime during the investigation, reconciled with some victims, compensated, and repaid a total of 21,298,526 yuan in criminal proceeds, the high court commuted the sentence to eight years, deprived him of his public rights for two years, and confiscated the criminal proceeds and an underground parking space in Songshan District, Taipei City.

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