北京一名董事长王诚以虚假投资项目骗取了700多名老年投资者的1.6亿元集资款，其中超过九成受害者年龄在60岁以上[1]。王诚采用"借新还旧"的手段，先以24%年回报率等高额利息吸引投资者，随后以虚假项目进行诈骗[1]。北京市海淀区人民法院经过4次庭审，于2025年11月作出一审判决，认定王诚犯集资诈骗罪，判处其有期徒刑十四年六个月并罚款100万元[1]。该案二审于2026年3月终审，北京市第一中级人民法院维持原判[1]。
面对这起大规模诈骗案，受害者李守田、林慧等人自发组织起来，主动配合司法机关收集证据[1]。林慧等受害者挨家挨户教老人填报材料，将数百名被害投资人分成若干小组[1]。办案组在过程中先后5次接待被害投资人代表[1]。截至目前，共追回集资款160余万元[1]。
A Beijing chairman has been sentenced to fourteen years and six months in prison for orchestrating a massive investment fraud scheme targeting elderly residents. Wang Cheng, the defendant, deceived over 700 investors—more than 90 percent of whom were aged 60 and above—out of 160 million yuan through fabricated investment projects [1]. The Haidian District People's Court of Beijing issued the first-instance conviction for the crime of fund-raising fraud in November 2025, sentencing Wang Cheng to imprisonment and imposing a fine of 1 million yuan [1]. The second trial maintained the original verdict in March 2026 [1].
Wang Cheng employed a "borrowing new to repay old" scheme, initially attracting investors with promises of exceptionally high returns of 24 percent annually before deploying fake projects to misappropriate funds [1]. Throughout the legal proceedings, which spanned four court hearings, investigation teams met with representatives of defrauded investors five times to facilitate evidence collection [1]. Victims including Li Shousheng and Lin Hui organized themselves independently, going door-to-door to help elderly investors complete necessary paperwork and systematizing hundreds of victims into multiple groups to coordinate their participation in the case [1]. Authorities have recovered over 1.6 million yuan in seized funds [1].