Cashier embezzled public funds and was sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment 15 years.

In order to pay off gambling debts, he actually took a huge sum of 2.3 million yuan from the account of the unit. The cashier made a big mistake and could not escape the punishment of the law after all. On the morning of March 20th, Dong Fengjie, a cashier in Fangshan District Municipal Administration Office, was sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of 15 years by Beijing No.1 Intermediate People's Court for embezzlement of public funds.

Dong Fengjie, 35, is from Beijing. From April 2004 to June 5438+February 2006, Dong Fengjie took advantage of his position as a cashier of Fangshan Municipal Administration Office in Fangshan District, Beijing, and used fraudulent means to fill in cash checks 44 times without going to the company account to withdraw cash, and used the company's public funds of RMB 2.303 million for gambling. On June 30, 2007, Dong Fengjie surrendered himself to the company. Before the incident, Dong Fengjie had returned 370,000 yuan to the company, and 1. 933 million yuan could not be returned.

The First Intermediate People's Court held that the defendant Dong Fengjie, as a national staff member, used his position to misappropriate public funds for personal use many times and carried out illegal activities, which constituted the crime of misappropriation of public funds. Defendant Dong Fengjie committed the crime of misappropriating public funds, the circumstances were serious and the amount was huge, which caused huge losses of public funds and should be punished according to law. In view of Dong Fengjie's initiative to confess the facts of the crime of misappropriating public funds to his unit before the case, he was able to truthfully confess the crime after the case, and returned some of the money and materials involved, which had the plot of surrender, and he was given a lighter punishment according to law. Accordingly, No.1 Intermediate People's Court made the above-mentioned first-instance judgment according to the facts, nature, plot and the degree of harm to society of the defendant Dong Fengjie, and in accordance with the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Interpretation of the People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Law in Handling Cases of Voluntary Surrender and Meritorious Service.

For this case, the reporter has many questions: the accountant and cashier are generally responsible for the financial affairs of the unit and restrict each other. Why did Dong Can Fengjie withdraw huge deposits by itself? Why didn't the annual audit find problems? Why did the unit leader not find Dong Fengjie's problem, but he turned himself in before he caught the news?

On March 7, the First Intermediate People's Court held a hearing to hear the case. In court, Dong Fengjie confessed that he kept the financial seal and leadership seal of their unit, and the financial management was not very strict. He filled out a cash check to withdraw cash from the bank for gambling, and successively participated in gambling activities in Yixian County, Hebei Province. In gambling, he claimed to be rich and made extraordinary moves, becoming a "gambling friend" that all gamblers like, so it was more than 2.3 million. Zhang, the accountant of Fangshan Municipal Administration Office, confirmed that Dong Fengjie was the cashier of his unit. Every year, the audit firm entrusted by its superior unit Fangshan Municipal Management Committee audits the financial accounts of its unit, and no problems are found in each audit reconciliation. After the incident, it was found through audit that Dong Fengjie misappropriated 2.303 million yuan of public funds of this unit.

When asked whether the unit audited the financial accounts, Dong Fengjie replied that every year, an audit firm audited the financial affairs of its unit, but no problems were found. According to two certified public accountants of an accounting firm in Beijing who have audited Dong Fengjie's unit, no letter was sent to the bank during the audit of Fangshan Municipal Administration Office in Fangshan District. The bank letter and bank statement during the audit were provided by Dong Fengjie, cashier of Fangshan Municipal Administration Office.

According to the later investigation, in 2006 alone, Dong Fengjie privately withdrew cash from the company for 28 times, the most time, and even withdrew 200,000 yuan. A leader of Fangshan Municipal Administration Office in Fangshan District confirmed that his unit is a public institution in balance allocation, and Dong Fengjie is the cashier of his unit, who is mainly responsible for deposit and withdrawal, external settlement and salary payment. Fangshan Municipal Management Committee entrusts an audit firm to audit the unit's finance every year. During the audit, Dong Fengjie was not found to misappropriate public funds or gamble. At the end of June 5438+ 10, 2007, Dong Fengjie felt that his behavior could no longer be concealed, so he confessed the misappropriation of public funds to the unit leader. According to a leader, Dong Fengjie knelt in front of the leader and told him that he was sorry for the leader and misappropriated the public funds of the unit. After the family knew him, they were willing to repay all their savings for him. According to the lawyer, Dong Fengjie's father said that he wanted to sell his property to atone for his son.

The judge of the First Intermediate People's Court pointed out: No matter what unit, it should learn from the lessons of Dong Fengjie's unit, strengthen financial management and supervision, ensure the strict implementation of the financial system, ensure the absolute safety of unit funds, and avoid causing losses to the state and the collective.