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Kaohsiung man loses more than NT$1.38 million in romance-investment scam as police arrest female courier

From Liberty Times · () Chinese

Translated from Chinese and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Police in Kaohsiung arrested a 48-year-old woman suspected of serving as a cash courier in a romance-investment scam.
  • The 61-year-old victim paid through app purchases, online transfers, cash parcels and in-person handovers, losing more than NT$1.38 million.
  • Investigators seized NT$17,600 in cash, luxury-brand goods and a mobile phone, and are tracing the wider fraud group.

A 61-year-old Kaohsiung man thought an online romance had led him to a girlfriend. Instead, sweet talk built his trust before investment advice drew him into a scam that cost him more than NT$1.38 million.

The man made repeated payments between June and July through app purchases and stored-value services, online transfers, cash parcels and face-to-face handovers. He realized something was wrong only when he could no longer withdraw the promised profits.

He then reported the case to police. Officers from the Gushan Precinct traced the identity of the person handling the in-person collections and arranged an operation with the victim’s cooperation.

Police arrested a 48-year-old woman surnamed Chen outside a convenience store in Kaohsiung’s Yancheng District. They seized NT$17,600, luxury-brand goods and a mobile phone as evidence. Investigators are continuing to work upward through the suspected fraud network.

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Originally published by Liberty Times in Chinese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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