Man in Shanghai, China defrauded two women of 450,000 formers by posing as ``international students from wealthy families''... Man sentenced to 8 years and 6 months in prison = Chinese report

A man in Shanghai, China, who defrauded two women out of a total of 450,000 formers (approximately 9.4 million yen) by pretending to be an international student from a wealthy family, was sentenced to eight years and six months in prison and fined on the 2nd of this month. 120,000 former (approximately 25
00,000 yen). According to the Huangpu District Public Prosecutors Office in Shanghai, Ms. A, a woman who was studying abroad in Australia in 2021, met Mr. B online.
Regarding himself, B was studying abroad at the University of Toronto in Canada, but due to the impact of the COVID-19 virus, he had to return to the country to China, and he was working at his home in Jiangxi Province.
I explained that I was taking online classes. He also revealed that his father runs a company and that his family is wealthy. Mr. A and Mr. B quickly become close friends because they have the experience of studying abroad, and they fall in love.
develop into a love relationship. Afterwards, B gave various reasons to Mr. A, including ``My parents are divorced and don't give me any pocket money,'' ``I need money for surgery on my appendix,'' and ``I crashed into someone's car while driving.''
asked for money. Mr. A believed B's words and gave him 350,000 formers (7.3 million yen), which his parents had given him for school fees and living expenses. In October of the same year, with the start of the new semester, it became necessary to pay tuition fees.
Mr. A asked B for a refund, but B did not return the money, citing various reasons. In October 2022, Mr. A called the police, but B had already disappeared.
In August 2023, about a year after the report, B was taken into custody. When questioned by the police, B said, ``I have never studied abroad, and my final educational background was a junior high school.
All the information I said above is a lie. His father also passed away at an early age." ``When I heard that Mr. A's parents were in business, I thought he was from a wealthy family.I don't have a job and don't have much money.''
``So I decided to defraud Mr. A,'' he admitted to the charge. He also confessed to deceiving other women using the same trick.
From 2021 to July 2023, B defrauded Mr. A and another woman of a total of 450,000 formers.