Mother and daughter defraud 3.66 million yuan from relatives and acquaintances through "familiar fraud"
When they were tried together, the mother wiped away tears in court: "I failed to educate my son!"
By reporter Li Jie and intern Liu Weiye - Relying solely on hearsay "good news," unemployed woman Duan Yinan portrayed herself as a highly educated mid-level corporate executive. Together with her mother, Duan Gaimai, under the pretense of internal fundraising share purchases and collective housing construction, they defrauded multiple relatives and acquaintances out of over 3.66 million yuan. On March 11th, Duan Gaimai and her daughter Duan Yinan were tried at the Lanzhou Intermediate People's Court for suspected fraud and contract fraud. During the trial, Duan Yinan remained calm in her tone: "In fact, my mother is also a victim." Her mother, however, sobbed uncontrollably, fainting several times. The case will be announced at a later date.
Duan Yinan, now 32 years old, was once an operator at the Lanzhou branch of Unicom Company. In January 2005, already resigned, Duan Yinan told the Zhou sisters that her former company was offering high-interest shares at 86%. She then claimed she had reliable information that the Gansu Provincial State Taxation Bureau would be conducting a collective housing construction project. With Duan Yinan's persuasive rhetoric and Duan Gaimai's strong recommendation, the Zhou family handed over 583,000 yuan as investment funds and housing purchase fees to Duan Yinan. Subsequently, Duan Gaimai boasted to friends that her daughter Duan Yinan was a graduate student currently serving as a mid-level manager at the Lanzhou branch of Unicom Company, leading a steady stream of people seeking connections.
In June 2008, Duan Yinan lured her uncle-in-law Tang by claiming that there was a collective housing fund and that she could arrange work for his children. It was reported that Duan Yinan used a forged Gansu Provincial State Taxation Bureau seal, costing only 10 yuan, to smoothly sign a false collective housing agreement with Tang, defrauding him of 1.14 million yuan. In February 2010, deeply trusted by Tang, Duan Yinan claimed she needed to repay a bank loan and deceived Tang into handing over his property certificate... Over five years, the Duan mother and daughter fabricated various schemes such as high-interest share investments and collective housing projects, targeting familiar individuals, collectively or individually defrauding nine relatives and acquaintances out of over 3.66 million yuan. On May 21st, 2010, the Duan mother and daughter were legally arrested by the Lanzhou City Procuratorate.
During the trial, articulate and clear-minded Duan Yinan largely admitted to the charges levied against her by the prosecution and stated, "My mother also wanted to make some money for her friends; she is also a victim." Meanwhile, Duan Gaimai continuously wiped away tears, lamenting, "I never interfered with Duan Yinan's affairs before; I have failed to educate my child!" Fainting several times. The public prosecutor argued that Duan Yinan and Duan Gaimai, with the intention of illegal possession, defrauded others' properties through means such as collective housing construction, either jointly or separately. They should be held criminally responsible for fraud and contract fraud.
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