Sichuan court jails 54 telephone fraudsters

Criminal organizations headed by Taiwan residents reaped millions

Fifty-four people involved in two telecom fraud cases were sentenced to jail recently, the Sichuan High People's Court said on Thursday.

Liang Ting-wei, a resident of Taiwan who led 21 other criminal suspects in the first case, was sentenced to 11 years and six months in prison and fined 1 million yuan ($147,702).