A 77-year-old grandma was sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison by the Taichung District Court for being a defrauded driver and receiving a reward of NT$5,000.

A 77-year-old grandma-level woman named Jin from Taoyuan City joined a fraud group as a driver in 2025. The group falsely claimed to be a United Nations officer and defrauded the woman surnamed Wu of 450,000 yuan in person. Fortunately, Wu noticed that she had been deceived before she paid the money and reported it to the police. The police asked her to pretend to cooperate and arrested her on the spot to withdraw money. During the trial at the Taichung District Court, Jinnu denied committing the crime and claimed that she had also been deceived and felt that she was wronged. However, the judge believed that her job was easy but she could receive high remuneration, so she should doubt the legality of her work. She was sentenced to one year and six months in prison for the crime of attempted fraud by three or more people.

The verdict pointed out that a 77-year-old Taoyuan woman surnamed Jin joined a fraud group composed of people nicknamed "Li Yuhong" and others in 2025 as a driver. In November 2025, the group contacted the woman surnamed Wu through the Internet and pretended to be a warrior. Bing wanted to come to Taiwan to buy property and spend his life with Wu's daughter, but he had to pay vacation fees to the United Nations. Wu's daughter mistakenly believed that she made an appointment with the group at 10:30 a.m. on November 11, 2025, at a supermarket on Jiadi South Road, Dali District, Taichung City, to pay NT$450,000.

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Fortunately, Nv Wu noticed that she had been deceived and reported the crime to the police before paying the money. The police asked her to pretend to cooperate with the entrapment. Nv Jin followed the instructions and came forward to withdraw the money, but was arrested by the ambushed police on the spot. Jinnu admitted that she came forward to withdraw money and received a reward of 5,000 yuan, but she denied any criminal intent and argued that I was deceived and I felt very wronged.

The Taichung District Court believed that the golden girl had considerable social experience at her age, but had never met "Li Yuhong" in person and only contacted her through communication software, but she assured her to collect huge sums of money. The golden girl also admitted that after collecting money several times, the other party asked her to withdraw 5,000 yuan from the money paid in person for travel expenses.

The Taichung District Court believed that when Jin was arrested by the ambush police, she once argued that she was collecting a loan and refused to cooperate. It was obvious that she already knew that the work she was doing was not normal and legal work.

The Taichung District Court believed that Jin did not want to make money through legal means, but acted as a driver and seriously infringed on the property rights of others. Considering Jin's attitude after the crime of confessing objective facts and denying subjective criminal intent, and because Wu discovered in time that she failed to succeed, she was sentenced to one year and six months in prison for the crime of attempted fraud by three or more people.

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