Chinese woman forced by husband to seduce men online and steal their money, and both are sentenced to jail
- Wife was ordered to trick men out of money, which her husband spent on cars and prostitutes
- After being handcuffed while working for months at a computer, she escaped and told police about the scheme
A man in southwestern China has been sentenced to seven years in prison for forcing his wife to seduce people online and trick them out of their money, which he then spent on prostitutes and fast cars.
The court in Chongqing’s Shapingba district sentenced the woman to two years, according to a report by local news portal Thecover.cn.
Police said the woman, whose name was not released, made 310,000 yuan (US$44,500) from the scheme between March 2017 and August 2018, when she escaped from her home and reported the activity to the police.
During that time, she was forced to sit in front of a computer from 7am to 11pm every day and chat with strangers on the internet, arousing people’s sympathy by highlighting her family’s destitution or luring male users to send her money by offering to have sex with them, the report said.
Her husband, who also was not identified, restricted her freedom by handcuffing one of her wrists to his own, the woman was quoted as saying.
