WHEN 96 people from China arrived at Taoyuan International Airport near Taipei after paying hundreds of dollars to compete in a music contest offering big cash prizes, they soon discovered they’d been swindled.
A con artist had faked invitations from the city of Taipei, pocketed the contest entry fees and abandoned the “contestants” at the airport when they arrived in mid-February. Some of the musicians were so angry that they refused to return home.
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