Man Romances Girl with Stolen Money … Hers
A man in Shanghai’s Minhang District courted his girlfriend by buying her luxury goods but their affair ended when she found he was paying for the presents with money embezzled from her bank card, Shanghai Evening Post reported today.
The 24-year-old suspected fraudster, identified as Zhang Guyuan, was arrested over theft yesterday. Zhang admitted he had cheated the woman by pretending to come from a wealthy background, the report said.
“She revealed the password of her bank card inadvertently, and I took away the card secretly,” Zhang told police.
“He told me he’s a department manager with a foreign company and he earned 200,000 yuan a year,” said Jin, a designer.
“He bought me luxurious clothes and shoes and a 24K gold ring,” Jin said. What she didn’t realize was that it was actually she who was paying the bill.She had not realized that her card had been taken because she was careful with money and seldom used the credit card.
Zhang’s embezzlement was not discovered until May 27 when Jin went to withdraw some money on the card to pay for her mother’s medical treatment.
“I asked to watch the monitoring video at the bank to see who took away my money, and I was so surprised when I saw my boyfriend on the screen,” Jin said.
Lol. Such irony.