A seventy-year-old woman has purchased 2 million course fees in a fitness center for many years. When she met a young fitness instructor who claimed to help her get a refund, she was defrauded of more than 2.6 million in handling fees and was tricked into buying 4 watches for the coach with all her credit cards. .
The coach was later revealed to have cheated another woman over 550,000 yuan.
He pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud in the District Court today (28th). When the judge sentenced him, the defendant used his identity as a coach to contact the two victims, falsely claiming that he could help them with refunds, etc., defrauding them of more than 4.1 million yuan. The amount is huge. It is very serious. The victim may have been cheated out of his life savings. He advised the defendant to reflect on himself in prison and not to commit another crime. He was sentenced to 40 months in prison.
The two victims were defrauded of more than 4.1 million by the defendant
The defendant, Chen Zhanxi (28 years old), pleaded guilty to 2 counts of fraud, alleging that between October 2020 and January 2021, he defrauded the woman surnamed Feng of 4 watches and money of about 350 yuan at the Comfort Fort of Amoy Plaza in Kowloon Bay. 10,000 yuan, and another 556,000 yuan was defrauded of a female victim surnamed Huang.
The defendant, Chen Zhanxi, pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud in the District Court and was sentenced to 40 months in prison.
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The 72-year-old female victim once bought 2 million courses in the fitness center
The facts of the case are that the 72-year-old female victim surnamed Feng is a member of Comfort Fort Fitness. She spent about HK$2 million on personal training courses from 2012 to 2020. She met the defendant in September of the previous year, and the defendant told Feng that he could help her get it back. Refunds over the years, and can obtain refunds for memberships that other immigrant customers have given up, but Feng has to pay the handling fee first.
Defrauded more than 2.62 million and then asked to buy 4 watches
The defendant asked Feng to pay handling fees and legal fees for the refund five times, and Feng also handed over 2.62 million Hong Kong dollars. Fung was defrauded of a total of 3.55 million yuan for watches worth between 98,000 and 398,000 Hong Kong dollars.
In January last year, the defendant asked Feng to pay more than one million yuan, but Feng had no more money to pay, so he directly inquired with Fort Comfort, only to learn that the defendant had been fired.
Another victim was also defrauded of more than 550,000
In addition, the defendant coaxed a 28-year-old female member surnamed Huang to hand over more than HK$420,000 by means of promotion and refunds, and asked Huang to buy a watch worth 128,000 yuan for him. million Hong Kong dollars.
Pleading for financial difficulties caused by the epidemic
The defense interceded that the defendant's income was greatly reduced due to the impact of the epidemic, and the restaurant he jointly operated with his friend also failed, and his friend later committed suicide because of this.
He has regretted it now, apologized to the victim, and promised to work hard for his two children after he is released from prison, and reform himself.
Case number: DCCC 857/2021
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