NEW YORK, BRONX (ORDO News) — Recently, people in China have witnessed an astonishing story of fraud. The 35-year-old woman, surnamed Zhou, was accused of defrauding three men of huge sums of money by holding fake wedding ceremonies.
Zhou began her years-long fraud scheme while she was already legally married and raising a daughter. At first glance, her family did not have financial problems, since her husband owned his own business. But the thirst for wealth and the ability to manipulate the situation allowed Zhou to deftly maneuver between four husbands over the years.
She began to work out her fraudulent scheme, looking for potential husbands who were attracted to her attractive appearance. She managed to date them at the same time without arousing suspicion from her real husband.
To avoid detection, Zhou told the men that her house had been illegally demolished and that she needed to remain unmarried to be eligible for compensation. This maneuver allowed her to bypass civil proceedings and continue her manipulations.
Apparently none of the “husbands” found this suspicious, especially since she was really good at pretending that she genuinely wanted to marry them and insisting that the wedding ceremony was what really mattered.
In fact, she only cared about the wedding ceremonies because she wanted to receive gifts and money from the attendants. She made sure the weddings went off without a hitch, hiring actors to play the role of her friends and family members during the festivities, and apparently no one suspected a thing.
However, her scheme collapsed when one of her fake husbands named Zhang learned that Zhou was supposedly pregnant with twins and needed financial support for the birth. Strange circumstances and implausible photographs aroused suspicion among the man, who decided to check Zhou’s background. He found out that she was already legally married and immediately called the police.
After a thorough investigation, it was discovered that Zhou had defrauded her fake husbands of more than 660,000 yuan, equivalent to $92,000. As a result, the fraudster faces at least 10 years in prison for her actions.
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