Have you ever been tempted by the low price of "10 yuan processing gold jewelry, styles can be changed at will"? Many elderly people fall into the trap of renovating their jewelry, only to find that gold becomes lighter and lighter with each repair. The People's Court of Cixi City, Zhejiang Province, has tried a gold theft case specifically targeting the elderly. Five defendants used low-priced processing as bait and cooperated to steal gold. In the picture, at a farmer's market in Cixi, Zhejiang, around 6 o'clock in the morning, a man and a woman set up a gold jewelry processing stall early. Approaching seven o'clock, an old man carrying a red cloth bag approached the stall, and the woman on the stall immediately stood up to chat with her. Shen Wei, Deputy Chief Judge of the Criminal Trial Division of Cixi People's Court: Just tell her that your earring is a bit crooked. I'll give you a new dozen, which is also very cheap, such as 15 yuan or even 10 yuan. Another possibility is that the victim may have worn jewelry and then went up to strike up a conversation. For example, if you have a red string wrapped around your ring and it may be broken underneath, we can melt it again and make it look new. This is how you approach the victim. Due to the fact that the processing price of the gold jewelry given by this couple was much lower than that of a regular gold shop, the old man took off the gold jewelry on the spot and handed it over to the man at the booth for processing. Shen Wei, Deputy Chief Judge of the Criminal Trial Division of Cixi People's Court: The victim mentioned that the shop owner soaked the jewelry in medicine, burned it, and forged it, and the entire processing process lasted for a while. During the processing, the woman kept talking to the elderly person to attract her attention. Not long after, the gold jewelry was reprocessed, but the old man didn't know that by this time, her gold jewelry was already missing a piece. Shen Wei, Deputy Chief Judge of the Criminal Trial Division of Cixi People's Court: The victim probably didn't know when she was at the scene. Maybe when she went home, she realized that rings or earrings were lighter than they were at the beginning. One of the victims was wearing a pair of rings, and her husband had a ring on his side. She weighed it and realized that her ring had lost weight. There are more than one elderly person who has been deceived by a gold theft gang that specifically targets them. After some victims discovered the abnormal weight of the gold, they promptly reported it to the police. After investigation, Wei, Feng and five others saw the rise in gold prices and had ulterior motives of using gold processing to commit theft. They work in pairs every time they commit crimes, setting up stalls near small vegetable markets in various places, soliciting business under the guise of "low-priced processing of gold", specifically targeting the elderly population with weak identification ability and poor awareness of rights protection. Shen Wei, Deputy Chief Judge of the Criminal Trial Division of Cixi People's Court: This case involves five defendants, mainly two couples, with another female defendant added in between. The male in this couple and the female in another couple form a group, rather than just two couples doing their own things. This forms supervision between each other and avoids unclear division of spoils. Among the two groups, the female member is specifically responsible for soliciting business, using methods such as chatting and chatting to cover up, while the male member takes advantage of the opportunity to process gold jewelry and seize the victim's gold. After the success, the five people divided the stolen money equally, and a total of ten victims were involved in the case. Shen Wei, Deputy Chief Judge of the Criminal Trial Division of Cixi People's Court: The victims are over 60 years old, with the oldest one being over 80 years old, so they are mainly concentrated in the elderly population. According to the above division of labor, the gang committed theft in multiple rural vegetable markets in Cixi City and Yuyao City, Zhejiang Province, stealing more than 30 grams of gold in total. Shen Wei, Deputy Chief Judge of the Criminal Trial Division of Cixi People's Court: The crime occurred in six vegetable markets, with the nature of wandering crime. They may also be afraid of encountering the previous victim in the same place, which may lead to the crime, so they changed the crime location. After the incident, the five defendants fully paid the compensation refund. The court held that the defendants Wei and others, with the purpose of illegal possession, jointly secretly stole other people's property, and the amount was relatively large. Their actions have constituted the crime of theft. According to their respective criminal circumstances and repentance, the court sentenced the five defendants to imprisonment ranging from one year and two months to five months of detention with a suspended sentence of ten months, and fined them 2000 yuan to 8000 yuan in accordance with the law. Shen Wei, Deputy Chief Judge of the Criminal Trial Division of Cixi People's Court: When we process gold, we still need to go to regular stores for processing or cleaning. Although the price may be higher, it is safer. When you hand over precious metal jewelry to others, you should also be cautious. In addition, when you feel that your property has been damaged, you should report it to the police in a timely manner. In this case, we should give a thumbs up to the grandmother who reported the case in a timely manner, because her report allowed the public security to intervene in a timely manner, ultimately capturing the suspect and reducing the number of victims. (New Society)