Colluded with fake landlords, used street friends as victims, defrauded rental subsidies, and made millions in 3 years

Government-subsidized rental housing turns out to be a fraudulent cash machine! The fraud group headed by a man surnamed Liang recruited street residents and low-income households to serve as victims, colluded with six homeowners to create false rental contracts, and then applied for rent subsidies from the Kaohsiung City and Hualien County governments. Over the past three years, they fraudulently obtained millions of dollars. The police arrested a total of 27 people, and they were successively brought to justice for crimes such as fraud, forged documents, and violation of personal information laws.

Police arrested 27 people for inducing vulnerable people to act as tenants through financial inducements and brought them to justice

Gao City police received information that a fraud syndicate was targeting the tens of billions of rent subsidies launched by the government. Through monetary inducements or providing living assistance, they found a total of 12 economically disadvantaged street friends and low-income households to serve as tenants. They then connected six house owners to act as "fake landlords" and created false lease contracts. They applied for rental subsidies from the government over a long period of time and then divided the expenses.

The police identified the main suspect Liang Nan (45 years old) as being involved in the case. After investigation, Liang Nan originally worked in small loans and brokered bank loan business, and gradually obtained a lot of personal information. When the government launched a rent subsidy project, he had evil intentions. He was suspected of using these personal information to induce others to act as tenants, persuade friends to act as fake landlords, and at the same time recruit employees to handle the application procedures.

The Gao City police launched multiple operations from May to October this year, going to Kaohsiung City, Hualien County and other areas to search and arrest, and successively arrested 27 people including Sue Liang. On-site evidence such as mobile phones, notepads, lease contracts and related application documents were seized at the scene. Preliminary investigation revealed that since 2022, there have been 12 cases of suspected fraudulent housing subsidies, with illegal gains exceeding one million yuan.

It is understood that millions of yuan in subsidies were allocated and then shared among the main suspects. However, some tenants and landlords claimed they had no knowledge and said they only let Liang Nan rent the property or apply for it on his behalf. They denied being involved in the fraud. After interrogation, the police handed over all 27 people to justice.