The Keelung District Court recently concluded that Ding Nan had committed the crime of obtaining money by fraud and was sentenced to 50 days of imprisonment and a fine from Yi Ke.

(Photo by reporter Wu Shengru)

[Reporter Wu Shengru / Keelung Report] A formwork worker surnamed Ding, who graduated from the Department of Stomatology at Taipei Medical University, falsely claimed that he was a graduate of the Department of Stomatology of Taipei Medical University in order to apply for the vacancy of a tutor in a cultural and educational enterprise, and successfully applied for a job.

As a result, due to the poor teaching situation of Ding Nan, the company found that he lied about his educational background and filed a fraudulent complaint against him.

The Keelung District Court found that Ding Nan had committed the crime of obtaining money by fraud and was sentenced to 50 days of imprisonment and a fine.

Prosecutors investigated, Ding Nan knew that he did not have a graduate degree from the Department of Dentistry of Taipei Medical University. In November of the previous year, he entered a fake degree through a well-known job search website, and then took a screenshot to a cultural and educational company for an interview for a job. He was hired as an assistant and a tutor; however, the company later found that Ding Nan had poor teaching ability, and after an inquiry on December 8 of the previous year, it was found that Ding Nan was not a student of Peking Medical University, and asked him to resign.

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Two days later, Ding Nan applied to the Keelung City Government for labor dispute mediation. The company believed that he had been deceived, but had paid the other party a total of 12,160 yuan in salary during his tenure, so he filed a fraud complaint against him.

Ding Nan argued that he did apply for an interview at the cultural and educational business company and filled out his resume on the job search website, but there was no fraudulent intention. At that time, he chose a random university to fill in his resume. When it comes to academic qualifications, there is no requirement to show proof of academic qualifications. In the company, students are only tutored to solve problems, but not taught.

During the interrogation by the prosecutor, the company's chief operating officer stated that when the recruitment advertisement was published on the job-seeking website, it was stated that the applicant must have a university degree. Director Yang, who interviewed, also said that at that time, Ding Nan claimed to be studying at Peking Medical University but did not graduate because it was a slang word, and finally decided to admit him.

After the trial, the judge held that Ding Nan filled in false academic qualifications and defrauded others to obtain positions and salaries. After being fired, he also applied to the city government for mediation to request wages and severance pay, and even glorified the reasons for his dismissal, but considering that he admitted the crime at trial, He has no criminal record and good conduct, and his income from formwork work is unstable. He still has a young child to support. Therefore, he was sentenced to 50 days of criminal detention for the crime of obtaining money by fraud. He was fined 50,000 yuan by Yi Ke and confiscated 12,160 yuan of illegal income.