India, March 27 -- In an elaborate fraud spanning five years, Wang Wei from Gansu, China, managed to change the locks on 80 flats, forge property documents, and sell them at reduced prices to unsuspecting friends and family members. The fraudulent scheme, which began in 2019, amounted to 24 million yuan ( Rs.28 crore) and went undetected for years, reported the South China Morning Post.

Reports from the news outlet Nanfengchuang reveal that Wang, believed to be in her early 30s, started the scheme after accumulating massive credit card debt due to her extravagant spending. Her husband, Cheng, was unaware of the fraud and was diligently repaying a 450,000 yuan ( Rs.52 lakh) loan taken by his father to help the couple financially.

Wang di...