A woman from the mainland was arrested last Thursday for cheating a cosmetic shop owner out of 384,450 yuan (485,000 patacas) for the purported purchase of cosmetic products earlier this year, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said at a press conference on Monday.
The 31-year-old suspect surnamed Jiang told the police that she is unemployed.
According to Ho, a woman reported to the Judiciary Police on September 28 that she had been cheated by a mainland woman surnamed Jiang out of 384,450 yuan for the purported purchase of cosmetic products for her shop. She told the police that Jiang went to her shop in September and told her that she could help purchase cosmetic products at a discounted price. The victim transferred 570,000 yuan to Jiang’s mainland bank account but she did not receive the goods. When she checked with Jiang the latter told her that she was required to place an additional order worth 488,900 yuan so that she would receive all the goods she ordered.
Ho said after the victim transferred the money, Jiang kept on delaying delivery of the goods. Only after the victim’s repeated requests did she receive some products and some money worth 674,450 yuan in total. Afterwards, the victim was unable to contact Jiang so she reported the case to the police.
According to Ho, Jiang was arrested last Thursday when she was about to leave Macau via the Barrier Gate checkpoint. Under questioning, Jiang admitted to defrauding the victim. She claimed that she used the ill-gotten money to gamble and pay her debts. The Judiciary Police discovered that Jiang had overstayed in Macau since October 21.
Jiang was transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) last Friday, facing a fraud charge, according to Ho.
