Chapter: 2170

But then he had some doubts "Logically speaking, this grandma's family wealth exceeds one billion, even if she lost two million yuan, she wouldn't be this agitated, would she?"

So he looked at Mrs. Shao again and said "Mrs. Shao, I'll confirm with you again. You said your daughter-in-law, Red Ye, took two hundred yuan from you, and this two hundred is referring to two hundred thousand, right?"

"No." Mrs. Shao said "It's just two hundred yuan, two one-hundred yuan bills in cash."

"Ah?!?" Several officers almost drooled their jaws on the ground.

The first person was embarrassed and said "Mrs. Shao, your daughter-in-law took two hundred yuan from you, do you want to report her?"

Mrs. Shao's eyebrows shot up and she asked "What's wrong? Can't I report her? She stole my hard-earned money, why can't I report her?"

"Ah, okay... Maybe so, but I need to explain a basic legal concept to you. According to our country's laws regarding theft, the prosecution requires a minimum amount that exceeds a certain threshold."

He continued to explain, "That threshold is between one thousand and three thousand yuan. If it's less than this standard, we can't pursue criminal responsibility."

Mrs. Shao furrowed her brows and said, "What nonsense?! She stole my hard-earned money! Do you know how hard I worked yesterday? I earned only 100 yuan in wages after working so hard all day! Someone slapped me in the face, then someone else compensated me with another 100 yuan! And these 200 yuan are our family's savings for New Year's dumplings!"

The officers looked at each other, thinking to themselves, "Is this old lady pulling our leg? She lives in such a large villa, and she's reporting us over just 200 yuan? Moreover, those 200 yuan were earned by working hard and getting slapped in the face. This is too fantastical!"

However, he could only patiently explain, "I'm afraid so, Mrs. Shao. This is governed by law. If someone stole your 200 yuan, we can't prosecute them. We can only record the case for now. If they commit other crimes that meet the prosecution standard in the future, we might be able to help you recover your loss."

Mrs. Shao hastily said, "Wait a minute! She didn't steal my 200 yuan, it was 2,000 yuan!"

The officer looked embarrassed and said, "She stole how much money from you? We need to investigate the case first. Even if you're saying she stole 2,000 yuan now, we've already filed the report and arrested her. If it's found that you were lying, you'll be held responsible for your false statement."

He reminded her again, "And, Mrs. Shao, even if she did steal 2,000 yuan, it would only lead to a suspended sentence, not imprisonment. A suspended sentence means we won't imprison her, but will instead impose certain restrictions on her personal freedom, requiring her to participate in community correction programs until the end of her sentence."

"What?!!" Mrs. Shao exclaimed. "Your management is too lenient! This is theft!"

The officer sighed, "Well, let me put it this way, Mrs. Shao. Theft is indeed a crime, but we also need to consider the circumstances. If a student reports that his classmate stole an eraser worth one yuan from him, are we going to arrest someone over that? That's not suitable."

As soon as he finished speaking, the officer said again, "Mrs. Shao, your daughter-in-law only stole 2,000 yuan from you, so we can't really file a case about this. It's just that she stole too little, even if she had stolen your TV and sold it, we would still calculate according to the price when you bought the TV, which is enough to warrant a case. But she didn't steal your TV after all!"

The officer was only using the TV as an example, but Mrs. Shao suddenly thought of the time she, her son-in-law Xie Hai Long, and her brother-in-law Xie Chang Qian sold off the TV in Wu Donghai's villa together, and she felt a chill run down her back, asking nervously, "Officer, if someone stole a TV worth 100,000 yuan, how would they be judged?"

The officer said seriously, "If this TV is really worth 100,000 yuan, that's an extremely large amount. As long as the value of the stolen goods reaches 60,000 yuan, the standard for imprisonment will be 10 years, based on which, every additional 4,200 yuan will add one month to the sentence. If the TV is worth 100,000 yuan, it would basically be sentenced to 11 years in prison."

"What?!?" Mrs. Shao was shocked!

"'Steal a TV and get sentenced to 11 years?! That's too scary!'"

"It's lucky that Wu Donghai didn't report it then! Otherwise, I would probably have died in prison directly at my age."

Inside the room, Xie Chang Qian and Xie Hai Long were also shocked by this talk.

Xie Hai Long shuddered all over and immediately, Xie Chang Qian felt a cold sweat dripping down his leg. He exclaimed, "Hai Long, how did you wet the bed?"

Xie Hai Long looked miserable and whispered, "Dad, I'm scared. If we steal a TV, we'll get sentenced to 11 years, which is too scary." JrNovels.com