China Scene: East

Woman in her 70s tricks men with marriage scam

A lady in her 70s was sent to prison for a year and fined 9,000 yuan ($1,319) for tricking four men into believing she wanted to marry them. She stole 18,000 yuan from the men.

Jiang Ying of Shanghai used fake names with the four between May 2007 and October 2008. She asked them for money to buy jewelry and pay for her mother's medical expenses.