Too Bad I Take Things Seriously-Chapter 512 - 211: It’s over, it’s all utterly over

Originally, they were having a good discussion about the case. But suddenly, Zhang Qingyuan and the others showed such concern for him, advising him to be careful.

In fact, if an ordinary person suddenly possessed a large amount of assets of unknown origin, there was a high probability they would be investigated. Two years ago, the relevant legislative bodies introduced a criminal law concerning the "crime of money laundering." It targeted ordinary people. Apart from employees of state agencies, ordinary people also needed to be monitored.

According to criminal law, money laundering is defined as knowingly disguising or concealing the source and nature of proceeds from various crimes and their benefits. This includes acts such as providing financial accounts or assisting in converting property into cash, financial instruments, or securities. It also involves assisting in transferring funds through bank transfers or other settlement methods, helping move funds abroad, or using other methods to disguise and conceal the origin and nature of criminal proceeds and their benefits.

The definition is rather lengthy. In short, any act of transmuting the earnings of criminal proceeds—such as money or real estate—from illegal to legal channels constitutes money laundering.

This provision was introduced because, in recent years, the loss of various assets has been too severe. There are many money laundering organizations in society that convert various illegal gains into legal forms to evade the scrutiny of investigating authorities.

Thus, nowadays, if an ordinary person has more than two hundred thousand in unexplained funds, they are subject to monitoring and review by the bank. If they still cannot explain the origin, they might be suspected of money laundering.

Regarding sentencing, assisting in legitimizing the proceeds of crime and their benefits can result in a sentence of up to five years in prison or detention. A fine may also be imposed, either additionally or solely. In severe cases, a term of five to ten years imprisonment and a fine are imposed.

"Ordinary people’s accounts are also monitored?" After hearing about the crime of money laundering, Zhang Qingyuan and the others widened their eyes.

"Luckily, I don’t have much money. All told, it doesn’t exceed two hundred thousand, so it shouldn’t concern me."

"Xiao Qin, you should be more worried. You’ve won tens of millions from the lottery alone; won’t that be investigated?"

"So, under two hundred thousand is no problem? What if I launder one hundred ninety thousand through each account and set up multiple accounts?"

"I feel this money laundering law is somewhat incomplete..."

"..."

Following that, everyone expressed their opinions, proposing various views and even suggesting that the money laundering regulations weren’t very reasonable.

Upon hearing this, the corner of Qin Mu’s lips twitched. He patiently explained, "You can’t calculate it like that. According to criminal law, merely providing one money laundering account constitutes the crime of money laundering..."

If ordinary people open multiple accounts, it will inevitably trigger risk monitoring. This is also to prevent certain assets from disappearing into the general populace.

"This Han Dongting obviously didn’t launder money; otherwise, he wouldn’t have been caught so easily." Subsequently, Qin Mu brought the conversation back to the topic, continuing, "If he did launder money, his sentence would probably be even longer."

Han Dongting definitely didn’t launder. Money laundering is a technical skill. Ordinary people simply can’t do it.

「At the same time.」

Jincheng District Procuratorate.

A certain interrogation room.

"Officer, don’t accuse me wrongly! You need evidence to back up your words. When did I ever give him money?" Liu Qiao looked at the three prosecutors before him, his face full of grievance.

As the case was investigated, he too was summoned to the Jincheng District Procuratorate for interrogation. This was because the illegal income of Han Dongting, which Qin Mu had reported, involved collusion with the pharmacy owner.

"If you weren’t colluding, then why is your pharmacy’s revenue tens of times higher than other pharmacies?" a prosecutor frowned and asked sternly.

After their investigation, they learned that Liu Qiao’s pharmacy had a monthly revenue exceeding 1.5 million. Sometimes, it even approached two million. Generally speaking, for a normal pharmacy, a monthly revenue of over one hundred thousand is already considered good. Clearly, there had to be something fishy going on.

However, after hearing this, Liu Qiao put on a pained expression and said, "Officer, I’m just good at business. My business is successful, and ordinary people like to buy medicine from my pharmacy. There’s nothing wrong with that, is there?"

"Besides, I’ve run many promotional activities, like offering various gifts to new members."

"Plus, with a convenient location and targeting the right customer base, it’s quite normal for the revenue to be a bit higher, isn’t it?"

As he spoke, he again put on an aggrieved expression, appearing like a law-abiding, upright citizen.

"Good at business?" The lead prosecutor’s expression turned cold as he stared at Liu Qiao, who seemed completely unfazed. He then asked, "Then why are the best-selling products in your pharmacy health supplements instead of standard medications?"

In their investigation, most of Wanantang Pharmacy’s sales data consisted of health supplements. The prices of these health supplements ranged from several hundred to several thousand. Despite such high prices, the sales volume was surprisingly high. This was truly abnormal.

"Officer, you have to be reasonable. How would I know? These were all purchased by patients who came to my store." Liu Qiao rolled his eyes and said innocently, "If you want to know, you should ask them. Maybe they just like taking health supplements?" 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Regarding this issue, he directly sidestepped it, passing the blame to the patients who bought the medicine. He completely disassociated himself from all the issues.

"Officers, you should know that all the medicines in my pharmacy are genuine, not counterfeit."