Pharmacy teamed up with MCN private domain to "cheat old people" was exposed, and the three departments in Changsha collected evidence and investigated overnight

On November 9, the main station broadcast a report that some MCN organizations have teamed up with offline pharmacies to set up a bureau to "trap the elderly": first, they use AI to synthesize fake news, send free treatment devices, etc. to attract the elderly to scan the QR code; and then use corporate WeChat accounts such as "Hunan Taiyang Pharmacy" to attract the elderly into private WeChat groups in batches. After joining the group, the group owner pushed "health live broadcasts" every day, step by step inducing the elderly to spend high prices on medicines and draining their pension money.

On the night the report was broadcast, the Changsha Municipal Market Supervision Department immediately collaborated with the municipal and district public security and cyber information departments to conduct on-site inspections of the pharmacies and MCN institutions involved, extract core data in accordance with the law, interrogate relevant parties, fully understand their marketing methods and processes, and conduct comprehensive data collection.

Next, Changsha City will seriously investigate and deal with the illegal activities of the pharmacies, MCN institutions and related parties involved in accordance with the law and regulations, draw inferences from one example, carry out comprehensive investigation and rectification of pharmacies and MCN institutions across the city, and severely crack down on the illegal activities of "hunting" the elderly through private marketing and other methods.