The woman Li claimed that when she watched the news, she learned that someone was blackmailing the restaurant with insects, so she secretly put the dead insects into the seasoning bowl, and threatened to complain to the food and drug administration, and blackmailed the Haidilao store 6 times. Eventually, she also became a negative textbook in the news. A few days ago, the Beijing Xicheng District People's Court sentenced Li to 7 months in prison and a fine of 15,000 yuan for extortion.
In May this year, when the head office of Haidilao hot pot restaurant was conducting an account inventory, it was found that many branches were complained about finding bugs during meals, and multiple compensation was given to the same woman, Li. The company felt that there was something strange and reported the case to the police.
After careful investigation by the police, surveillance footage was retrieved, and the waiter was questioned, and it was found that between October 2022 and October 2023, Li had deliberately put insects into his seasoning bowl in 6 branches in Xicheng, Fengtai, Tongzhou, Daxing, Shunyi, and Yanjiao, Hebei, Beijing, and then demanded compensation from the store on the grounds of complaining to the food and drug administration.
The first blackmail, Li successfully succeeded, and the store compensated her with 3,000 yuan in cash and a stored-value card with a face value of 2,000 yuan. In the next two times, Li received a meal fee waiver and ten times the compensation of 1,550 yuan and 1,640 yuan respectively. But in the next three crimes, Li was exposed. The store's surveillance video captured Li deliberately putting insects in the bowl and refused to make any compensation.
On May 14, the public security organs seized Li and found a box of dead insects in his temporary residence. Li confessed to his extortion.
In court, 36-year-old Li confessed that she had failed to invest before, not only losing her and her parents' savings, but also owing a lot of debt. Because of the pressure to repay the money, she saw the news that someone was using bugs to extort the restaurant, so she was fascinated and collected the dead bugs in the rental house and brought them to the store to carry out the extortion. The reason why he chose Haidilao to commit the crime was because Li felt that the store had "good service" and should compensate her.
In fact, before these 6 extortions, Li had been administratively detained for blackmailing other catering companies by the same means, but she did not learn a lesson and change her ways. "I was really wrong, I had the opportunity to change it, and I didn't cherish it myself." Li said in court: "During this time, I have also reflected on myself, and I hope that the court can give me a lenient punishment and give me another chance to mend my ways." ”
After the incident, Li's family compensated the victim company on her behalf, and Li truthfully confessed, pleaded guilty and accepted punishment, and some of the acts were criminal attempts, so the court gave him a lenient punishment and sentenced Li to 7 months in prison and a fine of 15,000 yuan for the crime of extortion.
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