[direct reporting network Beijing on January 9th news] (net) in July 2013, Ma Qiang (at large in this paper, a pseudonym) and his wife Qiao Yan, brother of the MCA has set up a finance and investment advisory company, they take a membership under the guise of financial investment and entrepreneurship, lured the public participation, register as a member. As of the incident, they received a membership fee and financial funds totaling 462 million 380 thousand yuan. Recently, the Shimenn County Changde Court on the case of the case of the case of a large network of first instance verdict.

It is understood that Ma Qiang and others to take the old members to recommend new members to the membership, the need to pay the deposit or credit comprehensive service fees, account fees. Account fees from 100 yuan to 10000 Yuan different standards. They agreed that the account opening fee shall not be extracted, within three years the company will be in the form of dividends to customers 1.2 times the security benefits.

In addition, members recommended to adopt double track form, composition hierarchy, payment is calculated according to different levels of good faith deposit according to the proportion and set the award from the line to pay or investment income, payment by the company to the member account, including business management commission, bonuses, dividends, business subsidies, entrepreneurial counseling award, investment banking revenue, revenue returns award.

As of December 2014, the number of members of the investment and Financial Advisory Co., Ltd. registered a total of 53078 accounts. Through the company's bank account and Qiao Yan, Ma Hua personal bank account to open membership fees and investment funds totaling 462 million 380 thousand yuan, to pay a bonus of $93470543.

Recently, Qiao Yan, Ma Hua and other 17 people appear in court for trial. The court held that their acts constituted the crime of organizing and leading pyramid selling activities. Accordingly, Qiao Yan and Ma Hua were sentenced to 6 years imprisonment of not less than 6 years and fined.