India, Feb. 8 -- In a case that has left the social media in disbelief, a 40-year-old Shanghai woman, Meng, devised an elaborate scheme to defraud her relatives of 12 million yuan ( Rs.12.8 crore). The incident, reported by Shanghai TV in January, traces back to 2014, when Meng's small real estate agency collapsed.

Facing financial ruin, Meng concocted a plan to exploit her relatives' trust. She hitchhiked and proposed to the driver of a random car, a married man surnamed Jiang, convincing him to stage a fake wedding. She explained that her parents were pressuring her to marry due to her age. Jiang agreed, and the two held a wedding ceremony, during which Jiang used a pseudonym, reported the South China Morning Post.

Meng portrayed Jian...