Chinese university graduate pickpockets to satisfy lust for worldwide travel
Man tells police he ‘loves’ to travel, took trips to cities across China and in 7 foreign countries using stolen cash, credit cards
A 25-year-old man has been arrested by police in China for stealing multiple wallets full of cash and credit cards to fund his travels around the world.
The man, who has been identified only as An, graduated from a top university in Shanghai and works in human resources at a major company in the city.
Over the past three years, he has made more than 120 domestic and foreign trips, Shanghai TV reported.
The suspicions of police were raised because he earns just 10,000 yuan (US$1,400) a month, hardly enough to cover the cost of his extravagant travel desires.
Officers caught An after a man, surnamed Li, attended An’s company for a job interview and reported to the police that his wallet was missing.
Li told the police that An had been highly suspicious, adding that after the job interview he received a call from his bank telling him that someone had used his credit card to buy a return air ticket to a foreign country in An’s name.
Officers also discovered two wallets belonging to men surnamed Zhou and Zhang at An’s home.
