A saleswoman with a criminal record claimed on Instragram that she had tickets for Jay Chou and Eason Chan concerts. A female victim paid more than 23,800 yuan successively, and followed her instructions to transfer 1,300 yuan to a bank account, until she failed to collect the tickets. Call the police if you know you've been scammed.
The salesperson pleaded guilty to fraud in the Kowloon City Court today (24th), claiming that he committed the crime due to financial difficulties, and asked the victim to deposit money into the owner's account due to arrears in rent.
Magistrate Wong Ya-yin pointed out that the defendant's tactics were common and sentenced her to 10 months in prison. Since the defendant is currently serving sentences in other cases, she ordered that 5 months of the current sentence be executed in installments with the existing sentence.
Defendant has 7 similar records in the past
The female defendant, Lai Zihui, 24 years old, a salesperson, admitted that on October 17, 2019, she defrauded the female victim surnamed Li 23,800 yuan and paid 1,300 yuan to Bank of China for her benefit.
The defendant has 9 convictions in the past, 7 of which are related to similar cases, and are currently serving their sentences. They are expected to be released from prison in 2023.
The magistrate pointed out that the case involved the account of the defendant's owner, and no compensation order was issued for the case, but he pointed out that the owner could make a civil claim.
Both Eason Chan and Jay Chou originally held a concert in Hong Kong in December 2019, but they were both cancelled.
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The owner must pay the deposit in advance
The prosecution alleges that the defendant posted on Instagram in 2019, claiming that the concert tickets of singers Jay Chou and Eason Chan could be sold. The female victim, Miss Li, contacted the defendant and asked for 10 tickets for each of the two singers, and the total cost exceeded 23,000. Yuan, they agreed to meet on October 17 of the same year, and handed over a deposit of 11,900 to the defendant.
Need to pay 1300 yuan to get a refund
However, Li never received the tickets. After she questioned the defendant, the defendant asked her to pay more than 11,900 yuan first. Li suspected that he had been deceived and asked for a refund. The defendant said that Li had to pay 1,300 yuan to a bank account. On March 18, Li repeatedly questioned the defendant to no avail, and then called the police.
Asking for money to pay the rent, the owner deposits the money into the owner's account
Under caution, the defendant claimed that she committed the crime with greed, and because she needed money to pay the rent, she asked the victim to deposit the refund fee into the bank account, which was actually the account of the owner.
In her plea today, she said that she was pregnant at the time of the crime, committed the crime because of unemployment and financial difficulties, and now has remorse.
Case No.: KCCC 1514/2022
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