SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Authorities in China have detained 160 members of a criminal gang in the financial capital of Shanghai after the group lured patients to fake medical clinics and sold them overpriced drugs, Shanghai police said on Tuesday.
The gang cheated more than 500 victims out of 1.7 million yuan (163,741.99 pounds), using corrupt doctors to inflate drug prices and prescribe large amounts of medicines, the city's police department said on its official microblog.
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