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"my girlfriend was introduced to me by my childhood friend. we have been dating for four years but have not met each other."

"my girlfriend said her mother had breast cancer and needed money urgently, but she was too embarrassed to ask me for it."

"my childhood friend told me that the situation was true, so i believed it."

"i asked my childhood friend to transfer 100,000 yuan."

"he took more than 1 million yuan from me."

this is a bizarre incident that mr. chen encountered. his girlfriend, who was introduced to him by his childhood friend, borrowed more than 1 million yuan and then disappeared inexplicably. after mr. chen called the police, the police found out the truth based on relevant clues. it turned out that mr. chen’s girlfriend, who had been dating online for four years, was actually a married childhood friend.

the people's procuratorate of hebei district, tianjin city, filed a public prosecution against the defendant xue for the crime of fraud with the people's court of hebei district. the court sentenced the defendant xue to 12 years' imprisonment in accordance with the law.

the picture shows prosecutors discussing the case.

the childhood friend played two people to cheat money

in 2019, 31-year-old mr. chen asked his girlfriend xiao xue to introduce him to a girlfriend. later, xue introduced xiao qing to mr. chen.

the two parties added each other on wechat and exchanged photos, but xiaoqing felt that mr. chen was not suitable for her, so she deleted him from wechat and stopped contacting him.

mr. chen found xue to inquire about the situation, and xue claimed that xiaoqing’s wechat account could not be used and needed to be re-registered.

to show his gratitude, mr. chen got a new mobile phone number and gave it to xue, hoping that xue would pass it on to xiaoqing.

faced with this situation, xue came up with a bold idea. he registered a new wechat account using the mobile phone number provided by mr. chen, pretending to be "xiao qing" and started a relationship with mr. chen.

"my mother has been ill and hospitalized recently, and i don't want to involve you." "my mother is seriously ill and needs a lot of money." not long after, xue began to contact mr. chen in the name of xiaoqing, saying that she had to raise money for surgery in the near future, on the grounds of taking care of her sick mother.

after hearing about this, mr. chen checked with xue. xue said: "xiao qing" really needed money urgently, and it was very stressful to deal with such a thing.

mr. chen said that "xiao qing" was his girlfriend and she was in trouble now, so it made sense for him to help. he transferred 100,000 yuan to xue and asked her to help pass the money on to "xiao qing".

afterwards, xue lied that the money had been transferred to "xiao qing" and thanked her on behalf of "xiao qing". in fact, she squandered the money, and mr. chen, who was unaware of the situation, was secretly delighted, thinking that he had helped "xiao qing" solve a big problem.

my girlfriend only wants money, not meeting me

as the two of them kept in touch, mr. chen also proposed to meet several times, but was rejected by "xiao qing" on the grounds that she had no time to take care of her sick family, was hospitalized and isolated, and the community where she lived was closed due to the epidemic.

from 2019 to 2022, xue, under the name of "xiaoqing", lied that he and his family needed money for surgery, medical treatment, illness and death, lawsuits, etc., and asked mr. chen to transfer money via wechat many times, totaling rmb 1,133,159.

during the period, chen's mother asked about the progress of mr. chen and "xiao qing"'s relationship. mr. chen said that their relationship was stable and took out photos that he had synthesized using software as proof.

chen's mother discovered something was wrong and asked mr. chen to cut off contact with her.

"i synthesized the photos because i didn't want my mother to worry about it. i also had doubts, but my childhood friend said it was all true." mr. chen believes that when two people are together, they should trust each other. during this process, he had doubts many times, but they were all dispelled by xue with "the situation is true."

when mr. chen had financial difficulties, "xiao qing" took the initiative to provide him with assistance and used the pos machine to help mr. chen swipe his card to "cash out", which made mr. chen more convinced of "xiao qing's" feelings for him.

later, mr. chen had no money to give to "xiao qing" anymore, so he asked chen's mother to lend money to "xiao qing" on the pretext of doing business. when chen's mother found out, she became more convinced that her son had been cheated, so she asked "xiao qing" to return the money. after asking for it many times to no avail, she reported the case to the public security organs.

after multiple investigations, xue, who played "xiao qing", was finally arrested by the hexi branch of the tianjin public security bureau.

the picture shows the prosecutor interrogating the suspect.

i found him to be quite deceptive.

xue said in his confession: "at first i just wanted to see if he had any money, but then i found he was easy to cheat, and i became more and more addicted."

in may this year, the hexi district procuratorate filed a public prosecution against xue for the crime of fraud with the hexi district court.

the hexi district procuratorate alleged that the defendant xue and mr. chen were friends. in 2019, xue borrowed the identity and photos of xiaoqing, whom he had met before, to introduce a partner to mr. chen, used another mobile phone number to register a wechat account in the name of "xiaoqing", and pretended to be "xiaoqing" to have an online relationship with mr. chen through wechat. from 2019 to 2022, xue, in the name of "xiaoqing", lied to mr. chen through wechat that "xiaoqing" and her family were sick and died, and that money was needed for the lawsuit, etc., and defrauded mr. chen of a total of 1,133,159 yuan on many occasions. during this period, xue used "xiaoqing" and his own wechat to return a total of 35,528 yuan to mr. chen, and the rest of the stolen money was squandered.

the public prosecution agency believes that the defendant xue, for the purpose of illegal possession, fabricated facts and defrauded others of a total of 1,097,631 yuan, a particularly large amount. his behavior violated article 266 of the criminal law of the people's republic of china and he should be held criminally responsible for fraud. it is recommended that xue be sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment and a fine.

after trial, the hexi district court sentenced the defendant xue to 12 years' imprisonment and a fine of rmb 100,000, and ordered the defendant xue to pay rmb 1,089,631 in compensation to the victim mr. chen.

prosecutors remind: be cautious when making friends online and beware of fraud traps. criminals often take advantage of people's desire to make friends and seek emotional support, and gradually build trust through carefully fabricated false identities and stories, and then commit fraud. when making friends online, you must remain highly vigilant, do not easily disclose personal sensitive information, and do not transfer money at will.

author: legal daily omnimedia reporter fan ruiheng correspondent zhou jianxia