China love crime: woman forges documents to pose as wealthy heiress and lies about name and age to hold onto boyfriend
- The woman used an alias and pretended to be 22 years old and own multiple properties, but was in fact 31 years old and not wealthy
- The sham was exposed after police were called during an argument between the couple and the woman’s alias did not appear in the police database
Police in China have arrested a woman using a fake identity and pretending to own three properties using forged ownership certificates to keep her boyfriend from leaving her.
In 2019, the woman, using the alias surname of Chen and claiming to be 22 years old started dating a 33-year-old man, surnamed Gao, while working in a local nightclub in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu province, eastern China, Jiangsu Television reported.
After they started dating Chen handed over three certificates for property she claimed to own to Gao to gain his trust.
“I just thought she had a nice personality and came from a well-off family,” Gao said. “Unlike other people from wealthy families, she did not seem to waste money.”
The couple had even made plans to marry but it all came crashing down after a heated argument, which Gao alleged was triggered by Chen’s drinking problem. It ended with the police being called.