What happened to the six Sifang brothers in Beijing who were arrested?

On September 11, 2020, the Chaoyang Branch of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau transferred the case of Zhao Mouqiang and others from Beijing Sifang Brothers Moving Co., Ltd. to the Beijing Chaoyang District People's Procuratorate for review and arrest on suspicion of forced transaction. After review in accordance with the law, this court approved the arrest of six people including Zhao Mouqiang, the person in charge of the company, on September 18, 2020, on suspicion of forced transaction. The case is under further investigation.

Previously reported that Sifang Brothers Moving Company uses the bidding ranking of search platforms as an important customer acquisition channel for the company. Many consumers came to our company after searching on the Internet and reached cooperation with Sifang Brothers even though the true charging standards were concealed.

On August 18, according to the Chaoyang police, they received a call from the masses: a moving company called Sifang Brothers claimed that the price was low and there were no other additional charges before accepting the order, and then used it as an excuse to hurry up and move. , urging customers to sign contracts with implicit additional fee clauses. During the moving process, the moving personnel sat on the ground and raised the price. On the grounds of the contract, they demanded high additional labor costs. At the same time, they made verbal threats, saying that they would not leave without paying, and would stay at the customer's home.

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Use low prices to attract customers, and then increase prices

The police collected evidence from a large number of return visits to previous service customers of Beijing Sifang Brothers Moving Company. It is understood that the moving company publishes low-price information on major website platforms to attract customers, and when the victim inquires about the price, it informs the victim that there are no surcharges and only a low basic fee. During the process of transporting the items from the departure point to the truck, the moving personnel used various reasons such as urging the victim to move quickly, so that the victim signed a contract with implicit additional cost clauses without clearly seeing the contents of the contract.

But after arriving at the destination, when moving the items from the truck down, the mover required the owner to pay labor fees (300 yuan per person per hour) that were much higher than the basic moving fee in accordance with the contract. They also used "soft violence" methods such as verbal threats and threatening to take away the goods to ask for money. In this situation, many victims choose to endure it and pay the corresponding amount according to the other party's requirements because they are afraid of the other party's later retaliation or the impact on their daily work and life arrangements.

After preliminary verification by the police, the company has forced 26 victims to pay additional fees*** totaling more than 50,000 yuan. On August 11, Chaoyang police arrested the gang and controlled the gang members headed by Zhao Mouqiang (male, 24 years old) in Dongcheng, Fengtai, Fangshan District and other places. Zhao Mouqiang and 21 other people were criminally detained by Chaoyang police in accordance with the law on suspicion of forced trading.

On August 15, reporters learned from the Chaoyang District Market Supervision Bureau that in accordance with the relevant provisions of the "Price Law" and "Advertising Law", the bureau made an administrative penalty decision on "Sifang Brothers Moving" and gave " "Sifang Brothers Moving" warned them and ordered them to immediately correct their illegal behavior and eliminate the impact within the corresponding scope. They were also fined 800,000 yuan.

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