Chapter 352: Ten Years of Stealing Aircraft Carriers
"Oh, twelve years," Zhou Yi asked, as if suddenly realizing something. "Then it seems Accountant Fan made quite a lot in the first fourteen years. He started making ten thousand yuan a year in the 1970s and 1980s, and he was able to save it even without eating or drinking. He was a ten thousand yuan household every year."
Fan Zhongliang was so frightened that he didn't dare to breathe, because he really couldn't explain what Zhou Yi said.
Zhou Yi, originally smiling, suddenly changed his expression and asked gloomily, "Or is it that Accountant Fan works as an accountant for Zheng Guangming during the day and kills and sets fires for him at night, so he makes so much money?"
Fan Zhongliang was frightened by his gaze and shouted, "This... this money was stolen by me..."
"Stolen? From whom? How?"
"From the... company, I usually secretly stole money from the company, and I stole about 200,000 yuan in total. I didn't kill or set fire for Zheng Guangming, but I admit that I have been stealing money from his company." Fan Zhongliang said impatiently.
"Why did you run today?"
"I heard the police came to the company yesterday and took Mr. Zheng away. This morning someone said they couldn't contact the boss's wife, and everyone in the company was in a panic. Then I heard the police came to investigate again. I don't know what happened in Mr. Zheng's family, but I'm afraid that when you police investigate, you'll find out that I stole money from the company, so I thought I'd go out and hide for a while."
Zhou Yi nodded. It sounded reasonable, but in fact it was completely unreasonable.
If an accountant steals the company's money, it will inevitably involve many accounting problems, which is different from stealing a gold bar.
Gold bars are physical objects. If they are missing, they are gone. Whoever’s pocket they are found in is naturally the suspect. The logic is very simple.
However, the company's financial and tax affairs are quite complicated, especially when the boss's family is in trouble. No matter how guilty you feel, you can't just run away immediately. Checking the accounts is time-consuming, laborious and requires professionalism.
What he said was completely evasive, trying to replace the main issue with a false one and get away with it.
Zhou Yi asked Xia Yu to take everything out of Fan Zhongliang's bag.
Soon, 80,000 cash, two deposit certificates and a passbook were placed on the table.
Zhou Yi picked up the passbook and flipped through it, then looked at the deposit slip and the cash. He said coldly, "Fan Zhongliang, you are not honest."
"Comrade police officer, I didn't..."
Zhou Yi interrupted directly: "Do you know what the consequences will be if you resist stubbornly?"
"80,000 in cash, a 50,000 certificate of deposit, a 60,000 certificate of deposit, and a demand deposit of over 70,000 in your passbook. Judging from the records in your passbook, every deposit was made in cash."
Zhou Yi flipped through the passbook and said, "Five thousand, ten thousand, eight thousand, six thousand, and all deposited in whole numbers. Hey, there's a withdrawal record here."
"On February 13th of this year, I withdrew 8,000 yuan."
"March 17th, withdraw 20,000 yuan."
"Four..." Zhou Yi looked up at him, "From April 11th to the 27th, which was yesterday, I withdrew a total of 80,000 yuan through multiple small withdrawals."
Zhou Yi suddenly felt a little strange about the withdrawal time.
The timing of Fan Zhongliang's first two cash withdrawals happened to be very delicate.
February 13th, the sixth day of the Chinese New Year, was the time when Fu Daqing and Li Youqiang arrived in Anyuan.
As for why it is 8,000 instead of 10,000, Fan Zhongliang himself has to explain it.
Twenty thousand yuan was withdrawn on March 17, which coincided with the time of Zheng Guangming's death.
The 20,000 should be the final payment to the two of them.
What's strange is that starting from April 11, he suddenly continued to make multiple small withdrawals, and as of yesterday, he had withdrawn a total of 80,000 yuan, which is the 80,000 yuan in cash tied up with a rubber band in front of you.
Sudden cash withdrawal is most likely a preparation for escape.
As for why he did it by withdrawing small amounts of cash multiple times, it was probably because he was afraid of being regulated by the bank. He is an experienced accountant and must be very alert to such things.
But the question is, what was the opportunity that led him to decide to do this.
Both the suburban well and Xiaoqiushan Park are relatively remote places, so the news of the discovery of the body was not leaked and the public was not aware of it.
What's more, the timing doesn't match.
Zheng Tianlan was taken away yesterday.
What is the key point at which Fan Zhongliang withdrew the money?
"Fan Zhongliang, come here and explain to me where so much cash came from?" Zhou Yi asked, holding up the passbook in his hand.
"Stolen...stolen..." Fan Zhongliang said guiltily.
"You're saying that, starting from the first cash deposit four years ago, not counting the two certificates of deposit, you stole these hundreds of thousands of dollars from Guangming Trading Company by abusing your position?"
Fan Zhongliang remained silent.
Zhou Yi slammed the table and shouted angrily: "Answer me! Yes or no!"
Fan Zhongliang shuddered. "Yes, yes, I stole it from the company. I noticed that Mr. Zheng hadn't been to the company for a long time. One time, something needed Mr. Zheng's signature, and Mr. Zheng said he could just sign it. I told him that the legal representative of the company had to sign it, and then Mr. Zheng looked very embarrassed. I suspected that something had happened to Mr. Zheng, and he was afraid that I would be implicated sooner or later, so I started withdrawing money."
"Oh, because large cash withdrawals from the bank require separate applications and records, I was afraid of attracting your attention later, so I withdrew cash in batches of small amounts multiple times." Fan Zhongliang added.
After saying that, he immediately lowered his head.
But after a while, he found that the policeman opposite him didn't react at all, so he couldn't help but look up secretly.
He was shocked because Zhou Yi was staring at him.
So he quickly lowered his head again.
Just after this action, Zhou Yi was certain that he was lying.
In this seemingly logical statement, only the last sentence is true, that is, withdrawing cash separately is to avoid attracting attention.
"Fan Zhongliang, do you think the police don't understand financial work?"
"I……"
"Since you started saving money four years ago, that means you've been stealing an average of 60,000 to 70,000 yuan from Zheng Guangming's company every year, or at least 5,000 yuan every month. That's ten times the salary Zheng Guangming paid you!"
Zhou Yi sneered, "Of course, Accountant Fan, you're a peerless thief. The country is wasting its talent. We're sending you to the other side of the ocean. You'll steal missiles in three years, fighter jets in five, and an aircraft carrier battle group in ten."
Xia Yu on the side couldn't help but laugh out loud.
But Fan Zhongliang was not happy at all, because he knew that the lie was quite clumsy. He was just hoping for luck and thought that he could get away with it.
This is also the true psychological portrayal of many liars. Don’t think that all criminals are highly intelligent. Many times they just lie reluctantly.
Just like a student sitting below in class, the teacher at the podium can see everything clearly, but is just too lazy to care about you.
"Fan Zhongliang, since you refuse to tell the truth, then I'll ask you. After all, I've already given you the chance, but you didn't cherish it. Don't blame me later."
"Wait...wait...what do you want to ask?"
Zhou Yi was stunned and thought to himself, do I have to greet you in advance if I want to ask you something?
Just as he was about to speak, he heard Fan Zhongliang say, "Would you like me to think about it again?"
When Zhou Yi heard this, he knew that he had lost his composure and that the previous lie was ridiculous. He was weighing whether to tell the truth or not.
Okay, then I'll add fuel to the fire.
"Okay." Zhou Yi said readily, "I'll give you five seconds."
"Five seconds? That's too short." Fan Zhongliang was stunned.
"five."
"No, it's starting now?"
"Four."
"Wait a minute, wait a minute, I'm not ready yet."
"three."
"No, this is also..."
"two!"
"etc……"
"one!"
"I say!"
Zhou Yi completely ignored Fan Zhongliang, stretched out his hand and counted down to himself.
He knew that he had to control the rhythm in his own hands and not give the other party any chance to defend himself.
Zhou Yi slammed the table and said, "Okay, then I'll give you one last chance to confess."
Fan Zhongliang nodded repeatedly. He knew what the four words "take the initiative to confess" meant.
But things are not that easy. Extreme pressure is like a slap in the face, and giving the other party a chance to confess voluntarily is a sweet treat. But after eating the sweet treat, you must also prevent the other party from becoming arrogant again.
Zhou Yi then added, "Let me remind you of a few key words. Think carefully about them. Fu Daqing, Yang Jian, and the crematorium."
These words made Fan Zhongliang's eyelids twitch a few times, because Zhou Yiming was obviously telling him that we all knew what he had done, and there was no point in lying.
This is the deterrent power of the sentence "What you say is completely different from what we say" during interrogation.
There are almost no criminal suspects who are not afraid of the law. People think they are not afraid, but it is just that the guillotine of the law has not fallen on their heads yet.
In his previous life, Zhou Yi had seen many serious criminals. When the court announced the death penalty, some were frightened and cried, some had weak legs and could not walk, and some even wet their pants.
Even Huang Jinbao, who killed Chen Yan and other innocent victims with utmost cruelty and declared when he was arrested that he was not afraid of death and that he was a brave man again 18 years later, finally burst into tears out of fear and regretted his actions when the final verdict upheld the death sentence of the first instance.
But what's the use? It's too late. The victims will never come back. The verdict is just an explanation to them.
So Fan Zhongliang is no exception. The reason why he wanted to think about it again and strive for the opportunity to "confess" was for the subsequent sentencing.
Maybe he had some luck before, but when Zhou Yi said those words, he knew that the situation was over.
He will not be able to walk out of the Public Security Bureau today. What he can strive for next is to avoid being shot. He will be sentenced to suspended death penalty or life imprisonment.
He wanted to survive, because he did all this just to survive.
"Comrade police, I confess. I told you that I hired Fu Daqing to kill Zheng Guangming," Fan Zhongliang said dejectedly.
"But this is not my fault. If I don't kill him, he will kill me sooner or later."
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