Three get lengthy terms for card scam

Three people have been sentenced in Beijing's Tongzhou Court for a credit card fraud that netted them 540,000 yuan, according to Beijing News.

Xu Chunjiao, a nightclub manager who initiated the fraud, was sentenced to 12 years and fined 100,000 yuan.

Ji Weidong, a former employee at a State-owned bank, was sent to jail for 11 and a half years. Ji's cousin, Yin Pengfei, was ordered to serve eight years. Ji and Yin were also fined 90,000 yuan and 60,000 yuan respectively, Beijing News reported.