What's wrong with this lawyer?!-Chapter 541 - 180 Is this what you meant by someone paying the lawyer’s fee?_2

Old Tang stepped forward and said, "Hello comrade, I’m the one who reported it. The situation is like this..."

Xu Shouchang looked at Tang Fangjing, who had stood up, and was a bit bewildered. Where did you pop up from!

The villagers nearby were also a bit curious, as they had never seen this young man in the village before.

Old Tang had already explained the situation clearly. Old Chang frowned upon hearing this and then turned to Xu Shouchang, "Is what he said true?"

Xu Shouchang didn’t speak; he dared not admit it.

Seeing this, Old Chang also roughly understood the situation, "Alright, you few, take a trip back to the station."

After speaking, he asked, "Who is the village cadre? Come with us, and call two of the villagers involved to return to the station as well."

Half an hour later, Old Tang got out of the car and sighed. The young people nowadays are not bad. Xue Lingling just graduated not long ago, and she already has a car.

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He didn’t need to come over, but Xue Lingling insisted on having him there, saying she always felt uneasy without him by her side.

Secretary Gao was a bit confused; he was waiting for Old Tang in the office after finishing his work. He waited and waited and didn’t see him, and only after coming out to ask did he find out that the other party had gone to the police station...

Indeed, as notified by the county, wherever Lawyer Tang went, peace did not follow...

Of course, to use Old Tang’s words, it wasn’t that wherever he went, trouble followed, but rather, these places had such issues to begin with, and he merely brought them to light.

Is pressing down on the issue and pretending stability makes the problem disappear?

It’s just like Old Liu’s situation. Without Tang Fangjing, the problem still existed!

Inside the police station, two villagers followed behind Xue Lingling, a bit scared. The police had them wait outside the door and took several people in for questioning first.

About twenty minutes later, Old Chang came out with Xu Shouchang and a few others.

"Come over here, all of you. You’re the assistant to the village Party secretary, right?"

Xue Lingling nodded and said, "Yes, I am."

"The matter has been investigated, and these people did indeed take out loans by registering the personal information of the villagers and using facial recognition, just as you guessed," Old Chang said.

In fact, he was quite astonished by this situation. He could only say that these people’s methods were becoming more and more innovative.

Just a little inattention, and you could be duped. It’s not that you won’t be affected if you just refuse to pay.

Upon hearing this, Xue Lingling asked, "Officer, does this count as fraud then?"

The villagers also chimed in, "Yeah, isn’t this fraud? We suddenly have loans that we never intended to take out..."

Old Chang intervened, "Well, I’ve talked with a colleague from the legal affairs department at the bureau, and it’s not quite to the level of fraud yet."

Although she had heard from Tang Fangjing earlier that it probably didn’t count as fraud, Xue Lingling was still taken aback.

"No, comrade, how can this not count as fraud? They clearly deceived the villagers into taking out loans!" Xue Lingling said anxiously.

Old Chang motioned for Xue Lingling and the others to calm down before speaking, "The situation is not what you think. The products they sold do have value; it’s not purely for deceiving people."

"The money that villagers were asked to take loans for was actually to buy goods, and although there was deception involved, it doesn’t amount to fraud."

"It’s more like civil deception, and I’ve just arranged with them to contact the online lending institutions and cancel the loan applications before they are disbursed."

"As for those from a few days ago that have already been disbursed, they are responsible for repaying them, and your village doesn’t need to worry about it."

"Once you’re back, you can return the goods, and that should resolve it. Your village won’t have any losses. If you agree, we can sign a mediation agreement and settle this matter."

Xu Shouchang and the others had been silent the whole time but couldn’t help sighing internally; with such actions, the village’s efforts would be in vain.

Truly, they were sales representatives for this product company, not the official kind, and resorting to these methods to sell products was out of necessity.

It’s really too competitive nowadays...

Old Chang spoke soothingly, which is how things are handled at the grassroots level. Don’t mention these kinds of cases; even with some criminal cases, they might end in mediation.

Especially under specific circumstances, like when two brothers have a fallout and get into a fight, with one party getting injured to the point of light injuries, by rights, it should be processed as a criminal case.

But then, the brothers have just had a quarrel, and things become complicated after that; perhaps filing a case here will lead to them coming to the station there, asking not to press charges, insisting on withdrawal, and causing a scene if not given a withdrawal. What do you do then?

Withdrawing a case once it’s filed is not an easy matter.

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The old lady turned to Xue Lingling, "Assistant Xue, should we agree to this?"

Xue Lingling hesitated a bit. Fairly speaking, this was the simplest solution, with no bother and no losses.

But, deep down, it didn’t feel right.

It was at this moment that Old Tang spoke up, "Officer, just wait a moment. As you’ve just said, although their behavior doesn’t amount to fraud, it still counts as civil deception, right."

"Just returning the money seems a bit too lenient. While it may not be fraud, their actions are still quite reprehensible."

Policeman Old Chang frowned at this but still asked, "Young man, what are you suggesting we do?"

Old Tang smiled and said, "Officer, what I mean is that we should proceed according to the law. According to Article 55 of the ’Consumer Rights Protection Law,’ under these circumstances, they should return the principal and compensate threefold."