Chongqing News (by reporter Feng): In order to obtain more land requisition compensation, villager Liu from Fengming Mountain Group in Shapingba District forged a marriage certificate and defrauded 79,000 yuan in compensation. Yesterday, I learned from the Shapingba District Court that Liu was sentenced to probation for the crime of fraud.
The Shapingba District Procuratorate charged that the 43-year-old Liu is a villager from Fengming Mountain Group, Xiniao Village, Tanjiagang Town, Shapingba District. In May this year, a land requisition and demolition was carried out in Xiniao Village. Liu presented her marriage certificate with Li and Li's ID card, and signed a land requisition demolition compensation and resettlement agreement with the land requisition office, obtaining two portions of land requisition compensation. Later, after receiving reports from informants, the land requisition office discovered that Liu was single. To obtain more compensation, she had forged a marriage certificate and received an extra 79,000 yuan in compensation.
After investigation by the Shapingba District Court, it was found that in April 2008, Liu divorced her ex-husband Ren and has not remarried. To obtain more compensation, she spent money to have someone forge a fake marriage certificate between her and her brother-in-law Li, deceiving the land requisition office.
During the trial, Liu admitted that she was temporarily blinded by greed. She also thought that after the demolition, her life would become even harder as a single person, so she decided to obtain an extra portion of compensation. Liu's defense lawyer stated that after the incident, Liu returned all the illicit gains and showed a good attitude towards confession, with minimal social harm. The lawyer requested leniency for the defendant Liu.
The judge believed that Liu used fabricated facts to defraud a significant amount of property, disrupting public security and constituting the crime of fraud. Considering her active return of ill-gotten gains and signs of repentance, Liu was sentenced to three years in prison, suspended for three years, and fined 50,000 yuan.