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Matchmaking con man dated 14

A 56-year-old married man pretended to be single and defrauded 14 women out of 370,000 yuan ($56,776). The man, surnamed Xiao, worked for a matchmaking company from June 2011 to May 2012. He pretended to be an official, businessman and a retired officer to date the 14 women, who had registered as the company's clients seeking a husband. Xiao was caught in February 2014 and was recently sentenced to 5-years imprisonment for contractual fraud.