According to SCMP, a 40 -year -old Manh family planned to cheat relatives after her small real estate company went bankrupt in 2014.
In order to convince her relatives, the woman asked a car driver she met when she relying on the car staged a fake wedding, the reason that her parents were forced to get married for her age. The driver of Giang family was married, agreed to participate in the plan and organize the wedding with her with the fake name.
The woman told her relatives that her husband was responsible for building a large real estate project and having a relationship in the industry, which could help them buy real estate at a cheap price. To prove, she bought a small apartment worth 1 million yuan (about 3.5 billion) and sold it to their cousin for half the price.
After that, she asked this person to lie to relatives that he only had to pay half of the price because the couple had a relationship. Next, she led relatives to the gallery of new residential areas and told them that she could discount 5,000 yuan (about 17 million) for each square meter, about 20% cheaper than the price head.
At least 5 relatives are said to have fallen into a woman's trap and give her a large amount of money to buy a home. Some even sold the apartment they were living in exchange for a better apartment.
At first, the woman delayed the delivery of the house for many years and said it took time to arrange the discount. About 2018 and 2019, she rented an apartment to those relatives and lied that it was the real estate they bought.
The woman did not give them the certificate of ownership of the apartment on the grounds that "temporarily could not" apply for a certificate for discounted real estate. Until one of the victims realized something was wrong and went to check with the real estate investor, she discovered that the apartment was living was not her.
Another victim, a woman's cousin, spent more than 100,000 yuan (about 350 million) to decorate and buy furniture for a rented apartment.
After the incident was investigated, the court sentenced the woman to receive 12 years and six months in prison for contract fraud.
Her fake husband was sentenced to 6 years in prison for being a contractor for rent with the real owner of the apartment. Her cousin lied to other relatives who were sentenced to 5 years in prison.
