By South China Morning Post | Created at 2024-11-25 10:09:49 | Updated at 2024-11-25 12:30:01
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A man in China has been jailed for conning three women out of a total of 540,000 yuan (US$75,000), using the money to present himself as a “diamond bachelor” and lavish gifts on his “real girlfriend”.
When arrested by police in Wugong county, Shaanxi province, northwestern China, the man, identified as Wang, did not acknowledge his crime but defended himself by claiming that the victims “were willing to date him and were willing to send money to him,” according to Jiupai News.
At the end of last year, a woman reported to the police that Wang, whom she had been dating for several months, had borrowed money from her under false pretences. He used various excuses, including claims that his sister had cancer, that he needed to buy an electric bike and a mobile phone, and that he had to pay medical bills for his own kidney problems.
When the woman asked him to return the money, Wang initially promised to do so but repeatedly delayed repayment, citing various reasons. Eventually, he cut off all contact with her.
Police discovered that two other women had also fallen victim to Wang’s scam. All three victims are single and divorced, in their 30s, according to the police.
Wang, who posed as a wealthy businessman, was actually a migrant worker with a low income and no car or house, as revealed by the police investigation.
