Swindler jailed

2009-6-1 | NEWSPAPER EDITION

THE Minhang District People's Court yesterday sentenced a 40-year-old woman, Cui Yinghua, to 18 years jail for swindling. Cui, a Jilin Province native, swindled 1.55 million yuan (US$226,940) from eight victims from August 2006 to October 2008.

Judges said Cui promised high returns in foreign currency trade.

Seal forger

THE Minhang District People's Court on Wednesday sentenced an Anhui Province farmer, Du Jiachuan, to 15 months in prison for forging police seals. In February 2008, Du forged police seals to falsify six certificates...