Chinese Health Centre Scams Elderly Out of Millions with Soy Sauce Trick
En resumen
- Beijing police arrested over 30 people for defrauding over 100 elderly individuals of 10 million yuan (US$1.5M).
- A health center used soy sauce in intestinal cleaning liquid to convince victims they had toxins, leading one woman to spend 700,000 yuan.
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A health center in China defrauded over 100 elderly people by using soy sauce in intestinal cleaning liquid to deceive them about toxins in their bodies.
A Chinese health centre scammed more than 100 elderly people out of a total of over 10 million yuan (US$1.5 million) by putting soy sauce in an intestinal cleaning liquid to dupe them into thinking they had toxins in their bodies.
The Beijing police have arrested more than 30 people involved on suspicion of fraud.
They cracked the case after the family of a woman in her 60s discovered she had spent 700,000 yuan (US$104,000) in the health centre.
The victim, surnamed Li, bought numerous expensive treatments, priced at tens of thousands of yuan per session.
When Li had run out of money and decided to give up the treatment, clinic staff even asked her to pawn her golden bracelet, saying: “If your illness cannot be treated, what do you need money for?”
Preguntas abiertas
- What is the full extent of the scam network?
- What specific treatments were offered?
- What are the penalties for those arrested?
