Recently, Shanghai Dalwei Trading Co., Ltd., a company owned by Lin Ruiyang and Zhang Ting, was investigated for suspected pyramid schemes. In response, "TST Court Secret" responded that Shanghai Dalwei is a legally operating company. Since its establishment, it has always followed government guidance, adhered to legal operations, and paid taxes in accordance with the law.
In response to TST, relevant personnel from the Yuhua District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau of Shijiazhuang City said in an interview with the media that they had received a large number of reports from the public claiming that the "TST Court Secret" was suspected of pyramid schemes. After investigation, the Yuhua District Municipal Supervision Bureau determined that Shanghai Dalwei, the parent company of "TST Court Secret", was suspected of pyramid schemes. The reason is that Dalwei has the three characteristics of a pyramid scheme, namely the pyramid structure of recruiting people, paying entry fees and team remuneration. Relevant personnel also revealed that the case has now entered the audit stage, and the next stage involves penalty decisions and penalty amounts, which is expected to take several months.
This also means that relevant parties and enterprises still have differences on whether it is suspected of pyramid schemes. However, for things like pyramid schemes, no matter which company is investigated, even if there is irrefutable evidence, the company being investigated will think that it is not a pyramid scheme. Because once it is proven that it is a pyramid scheme, the punishment will be very severe. If the amount involved is too large, the relevant persons will also be held criminally responsible.
As for "TST Court Secrets", whether it is suspected of pyramid schemes certainly does not depend on the company or the staff of the market supervision department, but must be based on the facts. Judging from the reactions of netizens, it seems that they agree and support the actions of the market supervision department. They feel that "TST Court Secret" is a pyramid scheme organization and has been a pyramid scheme for a long time. However, why it has only attracted attention now, and it is not the Shanghai market supervision department, but a district-level market supervision department in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, is indeed worth pondering.
The fact is that it is indeed difficult to file a case for pyramid schemes. Because the marketing methods introduced by some "smart" companies and "smart" people are all on the fringes of the law, claiming that they are pyramid schemes, and the evidence given is not very strong. It's not a pyramid scheme, the behavior is a pyramid scheme. How to make a reasonable and legal determination is quite difficult.
Judging from the factual determination of the "TST Court Secret" by the Yuhua District Market Supervision Department, it should fall into the category of pyramid schemes. Recruiting people, paying entry fees and team remuneration all have the basic characteristics of pyramid schemes and have the basic meaning of pyramid schemes. There should not be much problem in identifying its pyramid schemes. At most, there are more bunkers covering the surface, making it more difficult to distinguish. Even so, it does not affect the market supervision department’s determination that “TST Court Secrets” is suspected of pyramid schemes.
More importantly, according to the information provided by the Yuhua District Market Supervision Bureau, after an inquiry into Dalwei's bank account, it was also discovered that the company used financial institutions to set up bank accounts to transfer and hide large amounts of market funds. In order to prevent heavy losses to the country, the Yuhua District Market Supervision Bureau applied to the court to take property preservation measures in accordance with the law and froze the company's 600 million yuan in funds.
Here, we hope that the Shanghai Municipal Market Supervision Department will also intervene in the investigation of this case, because the parent company of "TST Court Secret" is Shanghai Dalwei Company, and the response of "TST Court Secret" only said that Shanghai Dalwei Company is a legally operating company, and did not say whether the branches of Dalwei Company are also operating legally. Even if Shanghai Dalwei Company operates legally and its subsidiaries are engaged in pyramid schemes, it is actually Dalwei Company that is engaged in pyramid schemes, and it only retains the legal appearance of a parent company, which is a more terrifying and abhorrent behavior. Therefore, it is necessary for the Shanghai Municipal Market Supervision Department to cooperate with the investigation in order to find out the situation of this company.
The harm of MLM is considerable. If it is not controlled when it can be controlled, and investigated and banned in accordance with the law, once the bubble bursts and the capital chain is broken, the consequences will be disastrous. Therefore, while Dalwe Company still has financial strength, it is very necessary and urgent to investigate whether the company is suspected of pyramid schemes as soon as possible.
(Author Tan Haojun)
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