23 people from Taiwan arrested for stealing money from Chinese mainlanders
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Suspects arrested in Taiwan for swindling people from the Chinese mainland out of nearly 117 million yuan(USD 17 million).[Photo: taihainet.com]

As many as 23 people were arrested in Taiwan for swindling people from the Chinese mainland out of nearly 117 million yuan (USD 17 million) by pretending to be bank staff, police, or prosecutors, reported taihainet.com on January 21st.

Police in Taiwan say the mainland victims received phone calls saying that their personal identification had been used by someone else and they were involved in severe criminal cases. The con artists would then ask to review the victim's financial accounts, and then request that money to be transferred.

The theft of the 117 million yuan is the largest of its kind on the mainland.

A suspect surnamed Xu is said to have been in charge of a computer room in Uganda, which was used for transferring stolen money. He has confessed that swindling people on the mainland out of money was their daily work. Fearing police, they fled back to Taiwan.

After interrogation, the 23 suspects were transferred to prosecutors in Taoyuan, Taiwan for further investigation.

Author： 　　　Source：CRI　　　 Editor：Yang Fan