40 telecom fraud criminals penalized

Perpetrators, including five from Taiwan, cheated money from mainland residents

Forty defendants, including five from Taiwan, who participated in telecom fraud after going to Kenya, received criminal penalties and fines on Friday in Beijing.

The Haidian District People's Court in the capital handed down the sentences, ranging from three to 12 years in prison, for the crime of telecom fraud, as well as ordered them to pay fines, which were not specified in the court ruling.