Trung Quốc: Viện dưỡng lão bất hợp pháp lừa đảo 125 triệu usd

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Two people have been sentenced to life in prison (tù chung thân) after setting up an unregistered (không đăng ký) elder care facility (viện dưỡng lão) in central China’s Hunan province and illegally (bất hợp pháp) raising over 800 million yuan ($125 million) from local families.

The pair registered a company named Loving Care in 2010 to build serviced apartment buildings for seniors in Changsha, the capital of Hunan province. When the venture (dự án kinh doanh) ran into financial trouble (khó khăn về tài chính), they reportedly teamed up with an organized crime group specializing in illegal fundraising to swindle money from the local community.

The two offenders, surnamed Gan and Luo, ran leaflet campaigns and held marketing events falsely promoting Loving Care as a successful business, according to court documents. Thousands of people handed over large sums of money — believing they were pre-paying for nursing beds and other care services — before the pair was finally arrested.

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