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A man in central China who dated more than a dozen women in the past two years and had children with four of them has admitted cheating them out of possessions.
Assuming different identities, the man pretended to be the son of a wealthy family and used a fake luxury car and counterfeit jewellery to start romantic relationships with 19 women since 2017, the Zhengzhou-based Dahe Daily reported on Monday.
Four of the women had his children and two others were pregnant, the report said, quoting police in Henan province. One of them said he stole her car as she went into labour in hospital.
Officers detained the man, surnamed Tan, last month after women separately reported that they had fallen victim to a romance scammer, police said.
Seventeen of them decided to file a case with the police against Tan but two declined, although they said they were cheated, the report said.
Tan began tricking women in 2017 after he lost his job selling alcohol to entertainment venues, investigators said.