These marriages are termed “flash weddings” because the brides often escape, disappear, or coerce the men into divorce through various means, including frequent conflicts. - Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock
BEIJING: A group of matchmaking companies in southwestern China has come under police scrutiny for defrauding desperate single men out of significant sums of money, while some women posed as potential brides in the scam.
Some of these women earned as much as 300,000 yuan (US$42,000) within months.
