Telecom fraudsters plead guilty in student death case

Seven people involved in a high-profile telecom fraud case that led to the death of a university candidate stood trial at a court in Shandong province on Tuesday.

The defendants pleaded guilty at the province's Linyi Intermediate People's Court to cheating others out of money by posing as officers of educational, financial and real estate institutions in telephone calls made between November 2015 and August 2016.

One of the defendants, Chen Wenhui, also confessed to buying personal information online.