Police solve medical fraud case

1,700 women lost 650m yuan in scheme with fake doctors overseas

A case that saw thousands of women swindled out of 650 million yuan ($102 million) while seeking medical advice overseas has been solved by police in Zhuzhou, Hunan province.

Some 1,700 women fell victim to the fraud between January and October last year after unwittingly consulting fake medical experts in countries including Malaysia and Thailand, Zhuzhou police said on Wednesday.