3 Chinese women send ‘shared’ boyfriend to jail after he stole US$15,000 from them, then become pals, holiday together
- The women soon became good friends and ended up taking an overseas holiday together as a way of dealing with their experiences
- The scammer claimed he was about to break up with one woman and the others were just for casual sex
A Shanghai man has received two years and six months in jail after three women he conned 100,000 yuan (US$15,000) from while posing as a love interest discovered the truth and worked together to expose him.
The women, who became friends during the police investigation and subsequent court case, went on an overseas trip together one month after sending their “shared” boyfriend to jail, Shanghai TV reported.
On February 10, the three women went to a police station in Shanghai’s Yangpu District to report He Shiwei of deceiving them all into lending him money that was never repaid. The women had only met each other the day before.
On the evening of February 9, He and one of the women, Chen Hong, went out for dinner, and after drinking lots of alcohol, they returned to Chen’s home, where He fell asleep.
While He was asleep, Chen, who had become suspicious, checked his mobile phone and found multiple messages from another woman asking him why he was rejecting her calls.
Chen contacted the woman and spoke with her. The other woman, Xiao Fan, said she lived with He, who usually came to her flat to sleep every night.
“I was so outraged! My hands were shaking,” Chen said.
