“Godmother” became “wife” … Shanghai 27-year-old guy married 76-year-old bride a scam

The marriage certificate of the two. (Taken from Look News)

In June 2017, the young man Xiao Gao and old Mrs. Liu received their marriage certificate. That year, the groom was 27 and the bride was 76, a full 49 years apart! Accompanied by the marriage registry, there are two close friends of Xiao Gao, Xiaoyu and Xiaodai. The result of this marriage, however, was that the old woman was cheated out of her money and lost her place of residence.

The newsroom reports that things started in 2014, with Xiaoyu, Xiaodai and Xiaogao working in the same financial investment business before and after.

Mrs. Liu was a client of this business and had worked in the UK where she had some savings for investment. Mrs. Liu is a lonely old man, no children, once had an adopted daughter, has no longer come and go.

Although she is all alone, Mrs. Liu is very hospitable and often invites three young men to her home for dinner; the young men also often send small gifts to her home. The return on investment in the company of the boys is stable, gradually, the relationship is getting better and better, the three boys recognized Mrs. Liu as “godmother”, Mrs. Liu has something to do, will also call the boys to help.

One day, Mrs. Liu complained to the young man Xiaoyu, his investment in other places lost a lot of money. They proposed that “Godmother” first mortgage the house to the bank, wait for them to invest in equity after earning money, and then return the house money.

What worries Mrs. Liu is that after the sale of the house, the account where to go? The boys discussed that Xiao Gao lives alone, hanging to his home. So they went to the police station to move the account in the name of “godmother”. The police station said that only immediate relatives can move the household registration, the three discussed a “marriage” method.

The old lady got married, moved the account, sold the house, but the three boys got the money, did not invest in equity at all, privately divided the money. At first, they also slightly give some money to old Mrs. Liu every month, so that she rented in the field, but gradually contact less and less, the promised return are also hit the water.

The old woman was cheated of her money and had no place to live, so she had to ask her niece and nephew for help, barely settling in a rented room. The nephew of Mrs. Liu met with a few young men, but the other party was a scoundrel and had no choice but to take them to court.

Eventually Li, Gao, Dai was prosecuted for alleged contract fraud, as the three refunded all the losses of the victims, were sentenced to two to three years in prison, suspended for two to three years.