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BackFandi leader Zhao Chongling was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in prison for defrauding RMB 6 million by holding a fake concert
Fandi leader Zhao Chongling was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in prison for defrauding RMB 6 million by holding a fake concert
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Fandi leader Zhao Chongling was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in prison for defrauding RMB 6 million by holding a fake concert

Chao Chung-ling, head of advertising at Fandi International, defrauded NT$6 million by falsely claiming to hold BTOB, VIXX and Su Ji-sub concerts. The Taipei District Court sentenced him to three years and six months in prison in the first instance. The entire case can be appealed.

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  • Chao Chung-ling, head of advertising at Fandi International, was sentenced to three years and six months in prison by the Taipei District Court on the crime of obtaining property by fraud for falsely claiming to hold a concert for Korean boy bands BTOB, VIXX and actor Su Ji-sub, and defrauding investors of NT$6 million.
  • The entire case can be appealed.

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Zhao Chongling was sentenced to one year in prison in April for fraud by falsely claiming to hold "Nine One One" and "BTOB" concerts.

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Zhao Chongling, the head of Fandi International Advertising Company who once served as the agent of the Russian female model Anne, was sentenced to one year in prison in April for falsely claiming to have a concert with the rap group "Nine One One" and the Korean boy band "BTOB", but after seeking a funder to invest 3 million yuan, the concert was not held. The Taipei District Court issued a verdict today for using the same method to defraud 6 million yuan in 2017, and sentenced Zhao to 3 years and 6 months in prison for the crime of obtaining property by deception. Can be appealed.

The prosecution pointed out that in 2017, Zhao Chongling falsely claimed that he would hold concerts for Korean boy groups BTOB and VIXX, and that he was looking for Korean actor Su Ji Sub to come to Taiwan, and successfully raised 5 million yuan and 1 million yuan. However, after Zhao Chongling received the money, he immediately disposed of it. In the end, he was accused of fraud by investors. Finally, the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office prosecuted Zhao for the crime of obtaining property by fraud. The Taipei District Court made a first-instance verdict today.

As for the one-year and April sentence, it was in 2017 that Zhao Chongling claimed to hold a "911 Locals Concert" at the Nangang Exhibition Hall. In order to package the lie, Zhao Chongling forged a studio contract between the company and "911" to convince investors, and successfully raised 1 million yuan and 530,000 yuan, but he did not hold a concert at all.

In addition, in 2017, Zhao Chongling pretended to Baseus that he would hold a concert for the Korean boy group "BTOB", and successfully defrauded the trust of the other party by forging a contract between the company and "BTOB"'s agency, and ultimately defrauded Baseus of 3 million yuan. However, Baseus was unable to wait until Zhao provided proof of the remittance to the "BTOB" agency before it discovered that it had been deceived.

In response to these two cases, the Taipei District Court first instance sentenced Zhao Chongling to one year and four months in prison for two counts of forging documents. After the case was appealed, the second instance verdict was upheld. After another appeal, it was rejected by the Supreme Court and the whole case was settled.

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