Qin Huohuo


Qin Zhihui , also known under the pseudonym Qin Huohuo, has been described as an internet celebrity and as a rumor monger. He has been accused of fabricating and spreading rumors online via the Sina Weibo microblogging website.

Biography

Qin Zhihui was born in Hengnan County, in Hunan, China. He went to Guangzhou to work after high school. He was a text checker in Northern China. He moved back to Hunan to study in 2004 and he went to Huayi Baichuang in 2005.
He joined Erma in 2010 and left in 2011.

Creating rumors

According to officials, Qin created and reposted rumors 3,000 times on Sina Weibo. The important rumors are:
  1. Wenzhou train collision: The weibo is "After just got the news, Railway Ministry has train accident victims in Italy Sissy agreement compensation thirty million euros, it is the Ministry of Railways with reference to European law provisions relating to personal accident, had to agree to the compensation agreement. If this is true compensation agreement, will create China's foreign personal accident up to record."
  2. Make Lei Feng luxury life: The weibo is "Lei Feng in 1959 for his purchase of a leather jacket, wool pants, black shoes and so full of high-end line head, leather jacket, wool pants, shoes, then add about 90 yuan, while Lei's wage was only six yuan a month."
  3. Hype Guo Meimei incident
  4. Created rumor about donation by Red Cross.
  5. Created rumor about Zhang Haidi has Japanese Citizenship. The weibo is "Once a generation idol Zhang Haidi, please answer the following several questions: Why was your sister renamed Zhang Nuowei? Billionaire, Shandong Ruisen Construction Engineering Co., Ltd. Chairman Zhang Nuowei, has Chinese nationality? Ruisen whether to undertake projects about CDPF? Please use facts to prove you are not supercilious look wolf, then we do not want to love the results kept a supercilious look wolf."
  6. Created rumor about Luo Yuan and Kong Qingdong.
On August 19, 2013, police searched Erma Company, Qin was arrested on the same day.

Trial

On April 11, 2014, Beijing Chaoyang court heard Qin's cases. The court found him guilty on defamation and rogue.
On April 17, 2014, Beijing Chaoyang court sentenced him to three years.