On the morning of the same day, due to the physical discomfort of one defendant, the scheduled court session was postponed. 120 after the on-site inspection by medical staff was confirmed, the trial officially began on 10 in the morning.
Xi People's Procuratorate accused: In August 2005, due to the lack of funds for the development of West China University, the defendant Wang Mingliang, then the president of West China University, negotiated with others and set up a fund-raising team in the name of investing in education and helping the poor, and illegally raised funds from the public. The financing team signed the Cooperative Education Agreement with the fundraiser, with the loan term of 65,438+0 ~ 5 years and the annual interest rate of 65,438+00% ~ 65,438+06%. 75% of the raised funds will be handed over to Huaxi University, and 25% will be used as the commission of the financing team and the investment return of investors. After the contract expires, Huaxi University will repay the principal and pay interest to the investors.
In the case that the financing team composed of social personnel left one after another, the defendant Wang Mingliang organized the defendants Wang Junming, Bai Jianjun, Ma Qiang and Han Lang to set up the "Outreach Department" of West China University, which was responsible for receiving people with investment intentions to inspect the school, lobbying customers whose contracts expired to renew their contracts, and encouraging salesmen to continue to attract new customers and raise funds for the school on the grounds of raising funds to start the school and high interest returns.
According to the audit, from the beginning of 2007 to the beginning of 20 14, Huaxi University * * and 1493 1 signed the Cooperative Education Agreement, and the actual amount of funds raised was 2.392 billion yuan. The principal and interest of the funds raised by investors were returned to128.7 million yuan, but the funds raised by the public were not returned. Except for the commission of 686 million yuan paid to the business personnel, the rest of the funds are used for the purchase of land, school equipment, foreign investment and other projects.
Among them, the defendant Han Lang signed 9057 cooperative education agreements from September 2065,438+065,438+0 to June 2065,438+02, with a total contract amount of 825 million yuan. Defendants Gao Rongping, Zhang Mingzhu, Ke Mi, Bai Zhenyuan, Liu Qin, Yu, Tan Ru, He, Zhang, Cha Weiping, Ke Jun, etc. A total of 4.69 million yuan to 2 109 million yuan was raised from 32 fund-raising salesmen of West China University.
On this basis, the public prosecution agency believes that Huaxi University, the defendant unit, illegally absorbed huge public deposits without the approval of the People's Bank of China, which seriously disrupted the financial order and constituted the crime of illegally absorbing public deposits. Wang Mingliang and other 18 defendants are directly responsible persons or direct participants, and their actions have constituted the crime of illegally absorbing public deposits.
During the trial, the public prosecution agency presented relevant documentary evidence, identification transcripts and the defendant's confession on the alleged facts in court, and the prosecution and the defense conducted cross-examination respectively. After the court debate, the defendant made a final statement to the court. After the trial ended on June 14, the court announced an adjournment. It is expected that the trial will last for two days and the case will be pronounced on an optional basis.