China sentences three members of fraud network to death
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Expresso das IlhasOur method
Three members of the Wei criminal clan have been sentenced to death by two courts in China’s Fujian province for transnational fraud organised from Myanmar. Three other defendants received life sentences and 55 were given terms of three to 24 years, reports the Chinese press cited by Expresso das Ilhas.
Three members of a criminal network linked to transnational fraud operations based in Myanmar have been sentenced to death by two courts in China’s Fujian province. The rulings were handed down by the courts in Quanzhou and Nan’an, in south-eastern China, reports the local press cited by Expresso das Ilhas.
In the same proceedings, three other defendants were sentenced to life in prison and 55 received prison terms ranging from three to 24 years, according to China’s official Global Times newspaper. The network was involved in transnational fraud operations conducted from Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.
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