46 Taiwanese nationals sentenced in China for telecom fraud
04/16/2021 10:54 PM
Photo from the Weibo page of the Beijing Municipal High People s Court
Taipei, April 16 (CNA) A court in Beijing on Friday sentenced a total of 46 Taiwanese nationals, who were deported from Spain in 2016, to up to 13 years in jail for their alleged involvement in telecom fraud.
The accused were charged with defrauding Chinese people from Spain in two separate cases, according to a bulletin posted by the Beijing Municipal High People s Court on its Weibo account.
In one of the two cases, seven main culprits, including one surnamed Lu, were sentenced to 10-13 years in prison for victimizing residents in Mainland China from October-December 2016, the court said.