Li Shuwei stood in the defendant's box, listening to his sentence.
Embezzling earmarked funds of an especially huge amount, not having voluntarily returned them, but confessing to the crime and accepting the punishment, after comprehensive consideration, he was sentenced to seven years in prison!
Upon hearing the verdict, Li Shuwei immediately looked at Old Han.
"Appeal, we must appeal. How can they sentence me to seven years? I've already admitted guilt and accepted punishment. A seven-year sentence is too harsh!"
From Old Han's perspective, it was clear that the benefits could only be maximized after completing the second trial, so he had to persuade Li Shuwei to appeal.
Li Shuwei could now only rely on Attorney Han, and he indicated in court that he would appeal.
However, just three days after the appeal, Li Shuwei, who was in the detention center, received a message.
"New criminal facts have now been discovered, so the court has suggested that the prosecution office re-investigate or change the indictment, and the prosecution office has already sent the case back to the public security authorities for a new investigation!"
At the Bright District detention center, Li Shuwei, bewildered, said to the prison guard facing him, "So, I have to keep staying in the detention center?"
The guard nodded, "After the reinvestigation, the detention period can be recalculated..."
"But how could there be other criminal facts about me?" Li Shuwei was baffled.
However, the guard did not answer any further; there were some things he could not reveal.
Li Shuwei, filled with questions, finally saw Han Chengli a few days later and hurriedly asked.
Across from him, Old Han also wore a wry smile, "Mr. Li, didn't I tell you last time? Your subordinate Wang Yanlong and his group of people were arrested on suspicion of intentional homicide."
"Now, the public security authorities have discovered through interrogation that your group seems to be involved in organized crime..."
Wang Yanlong had too many prior offenses. After being captured, combined with the current case and various investigations, issues were uncovered.
This Wang Yanlong was likely the person Li Shuwei kept to engage in illegal activities.
Investigating along this line, indeed, Li Shuwei's gang had already become associated with the forces of darkness and evil.
In the current situation, the special struggle against gang crime had been ongoing; conveniently, the relevant departments were lacking achievements. This was like a pillow provided for someone wanting to sleep.
In fact, Li Shuwei had already gone mad when he heard about the things Lv Yazhen and others had done before.
He thought these people were insane. Why go after Tang Fangjing? He was just a lawyer!
Now everything was gone.
Before coming in, he instructed his wife, Lv Yazhen, to make sure the police didn't seize all their money.
They had divided their assets beforehand, hoping to use it as evidence to fight back.
But then his wife was also imprisoned, in a situation even more serious than his. What was there left to fight with!
Now because of this matter, his sentence was set to increase for no good reason. Such pig-headed fools!
"If I could have intervened, why wouldn't I? At a time , still playing those games, dammit," Li Shuwei cursed in all sorts as he was in the visitation room.
Old Han had been silent all the while. When Li Shuwei had finished cursing, he finally spoke, "Mr. Li, the contract your wife signed with me was only for defending the six of you against the crime of embezzling funds."
"But now the situation has changed. All six of you are suspected of other crimes. I believe I don't need to say much about the involvement with organized crime forces; the situation is quite serious."
Li Shuwei said grimly, "Attorney Han, just say what you have to say."
Old Han then said, "So you are going to need to pay more."
This was in accordance to the Lawyers Law. Originally, it was just the crime of embezzlement, but now there were additional problems, significantly increasing the lawyer's workload.
Thus, he was entitled to ask for an increase in the representation fee.
"Go out, make a phone call. It's to a brother of mine who would take a knife in the ribs for me; go find him," Li Shuwei thought for a moment and then said.
Now he could only depend on Attorney Han. He didn't trust any of those public aid lawyers at all.
Although Li Shuwei's case had returned to the public security authorities, the verdict had already been pronounced, and the money had been recovered.
Under the auspices of the court, with the involvement of the housing authorities and the bank, they began coordinating refunds.
Depending on the situation of each homeowner, those who had paid in full were refunded directly, while those who had made down payments were reimbursed for both the down payment and the principal of the bank loan.
In short, the money paid by the homeowners was to be refunded, and the remaining disputes would be slowly unraveled between the bank and the developer. The source of thɪs content is novel·fıre·net
Outside Jingzhou City Hospital, Sister Lian said into the phone, "Please give me a few more days' grace. I really don't have the money. My husband is still in his sickbed and truly can't come up with the money."
"Please don't make it difficult for us. We've already granted you a grace period..."
A lack of money could doom a hero, and while Sister Lian could confront the developer over the unfinished building, she was truly helpless when it came to money...
Just then, another call came in, and upon checking, she realized it was Song Tengfei from Tengda Law Firm.
Without worrying about the loan company representative still on the line, she quickly answered the call.
"Hello, Attorney Song? All of it will be refunded? When will it be deposited, in the next couple of days? Okay, okay, no problem, thank you, Attorney Song."
From the phone, Old Song's voice came through, "You should really be thanking Old Tang for this. Without his previous efforts, how could things be going so smoothly now?"
"I know everyone is in urgent need of money, so I'll keep urging them on my end, but rest assured, the bank is actually even keener than us to get this over with as soon as possible."
"Alright then, I still have to inform others. Let's leave it at that," he said.
After hanging up the phone, Lian Hongyu, who felt as if she had been carrying a mountain on her back, suddenly sensed she might be able to stand upright again. Initially buying the house cost her nearly eight hundred thousand in down payment, plus several years' worth of loan repayments...