Influential Internet Celebrity 'Taiyuan Laoge' Under Investigation for Alleged Fraud and Other Issues
TapTechNews August 11th news, on the evening of August 9th, the Network Security Guard Detachment of the Taiyuan Municipal Public Security Bureau released a video through the Douyin account Taiyuan Net Police, stating that the internet celebrity Taiyuan Laoge has been placed under investigation for alleged fraud. According to the merchant Wang Cui, in four live-streaming sales events, Taiyuan Laoge has cumulatively received 9 million yuan in commission, but 19.11 million yuan of the sales amount was achieved through order brushing, and the actual sales amount is only 9 million yuan, and she provided evidence of order brushing.
According to the report of Hongxing News, according to the case-filing decision of the Longkou Municipal Public Security Bureau on April 9th, in accordance with the provisions of Article 112 of the Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China, it was decided to file a case for investigation into the contract fraud case of Wang Cui.
Wang Cui said that from July to November 2022, her products participated in the live-streaming sales of Taiyuan Laoge four times and cumulatively paid 9 million yuan in commission. In one of them, Taiyuan Laoge's side claimed that paying 3 million yuan could guarantee a sales volume of 10 million yuan, but when Wang Cui requested to sign a contract, the other party refused and said my mouth is the contract. Wang Cui said that in the live-stream, the data of the other party seemed very good in each event, but the actual sales amount was far lower than expected. At that time, her goods sold for more than 13 million yuan, and after consumers returned the goods, the actual amount received was only more than 4 million yuan, resulting in a loss of more than 10 million yuan for her.
Taiyuan Laoge's side claimed that the return was due to the epidemic situation, but Wang Cui considered this as fraud. After the two parties failed to negotiate, Wang Cui chose to report to the police, and currently, the public security is collecting evidence. The order records provided by Wang Cui showed that a large number of orders were only for refund, and the refund time was similar, and the reasons were mostly ordered too much, ordered wrongly. Taiyuan Laoge has also been accused of false propaganda and data fraud in previous live-streams.
TapTechNews noted that Taiyuan Laoge has 68.98 million fans on the Kuaishou platform. On August 8th, he held a birthday live-stream in Sanya called Super Century Appointment, inviting many stars such as Han Lei, Hai Quan, Jiang Yuheng, and Sa Dingding to assist, and claiming that the Kuaishou official sponsored 10 million yuan in cash red envelopes. However, the live-stream suddenly interrupted at about 3 p.m., and the rumored video showed that the staff of the market supervision bureau and the police arrived and requested to stop the live-stream. Subsequently, Taiyuan Laoge admitted this matter in the video.
It is known that the rumored video was shot by the打假 internet celebrity blogger. After learning about Taiyuan Laoge's live-stream, this blogger rushed from Hangzhou to Sanya and reported to the market supervision department after purchasing a number of products in the live-stream. After the arrival of the market supervision bureau staff, they requested to stop the live-stream immediately. On August 10th, the Sanya Municipal Comprehensive Law Enforcement Administration Bureau confirmed that they did arrive that day and fixed the evidence of false propaganda and is currently investigating.
In addition, the plots performed by Taiyuan Laoge in multiple live- stream videos are exaggerated. In September 2019, the Kuaishou platform once issued an announcement stating that a batch of accounts suspected of malicious speculation, vulgar gossip, deliberate show of wealth, and seriously disrupting the community order were banned, including Taiyuan Laoge.