Former police assistant jailed for insider residence permit scam

A former civilian assistant to the police, who made fake Beijing hukou using genuine information stolen from the police's system and earned 660,000 yuan, was sentenced to 11 years in prison at Chaoyang district court.

The court said it was the first case in which genuine ID information was used to make fake hukou in Beijing, according to Mirror Evening News.

Gao Shan was arrested on Dec 11, 2008, after a woman visited a police station to apply for an ID card for her son.