‘Dug himself a hole’: Con of ‘rich gentleman’ Chinese fraudster who fleeced eight women out of RM1.93mil unravels on high-rise window ledge

Transcripts of online conversations show the con man earned trust by transferring thousands of yuan to victims on payment apps. However, once trust was established, he borrowed large sums and then perpetually delayed repayment, using bogus excuses. — SCMP

A con man in China who stole more than 3mil yuan (RM1.93mil or US$415,000) from eight women was caught after getting stuck on a 23rd-floor window ledge while trying to flee.

The man, surnamed Nie, from central China’s Anhui province, met his victims on an online dating site where he posed as a gentleman who owned a successful home renovation company in Hefei, the provincial capital.