Swindler gets 12-year prison sentence
By Jasmine Zhao |
April 7, 2012, Saturday
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A man who pretended to be the manager of a Hong Kong company and defrauded four people out of more than 924,000 yuan (US$146,508) was sentenced to 12 years in prison, the Minhang District People's Court said yesterday.
Prosecutors said the 59-year-old convict, surnamed Yu, lived in Putuo District and claimed he was the construction department manager of the Hong Kong-based Jiuxin Co since February 2009. Yu then spread false information, saying his company was seeking subcontractors to develop a land parcel on Wuzhong Road, which lured some bidders. To win construction projects, two victims, surnamed Zhang and Qin, handed a total of 424,000 yuan to Yu as commissions in August 2009.
Between March 2010 and July last year, Yu registered himself as a wealthy man at several match-making agencies and swindled two women out of 500,000 yuan. Yu was caught by police last July 10 and fined 100,000 yuan in that case, the court said.
Prosecutors said the 59-year-old convict, surnamed Yu, lived in Putuo District and claimed he was the construction department manager of the Hong Kong-based Jiuxin Co since February 2009. Yu then spread false information, saying his company was seeking subcontractors to develop a land parcel on Wuzhong Road, which lured some bidders. To win construction projects, two victims, surnamed Zhang and Qin, handed a total of 424,000 yuan to Yu as commissions in August 2009.
Between March 2010 and July last year, Yu registered himself as a wealthy man at several match-making agencies and swindled two women out of 500,000 yuan. Yu was caught by police last July 10 and fined 100,000 yuan in that case, the court said.
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