Cost of 10 yuan and selling price of 500 yuan, a man in Shanghai asked his wife to go on a blind date with someone else at his own tea bar, taking the opportunity to sell alcohol and go on a blind date | Liu Moumou | Tea Bar
After learning fraudulent techniques online, Gong and Liu decided to follow suit, renting a shop to operate a "tea bar" while their wife Liu pretended to be on a blind date and demanded high prices for drinks and food, deceiving multiple male victims of more than 13000 yuan. Recently, the People's Procuratorate of Qingpu District, Shanghai, prosecuted the two individuals on suspicion of fraud.
One day in 2022, Gong saw a video taken by someone else while browsing a short video. The content showed a man disguised as a woman and deceiving other men into blind dates. This was originally a funny video, but Gong took inspiration from it and believed that he could collaborate with his wife Liu to cheat money in this way.
On August 2, 2022, Gong rented a shop and opened a tea bar in a commercial street in Qingpu District, Shanghai. He wholesale low-quality liquor and fruit snacks at a low price online, claiming to be selling "high-end foreign liquor". The 10 yuan liquor is priced at over 500 yuan, and even a fruit snack plate costs hundreds of yuan.
Such a sky high priced tea bar naturally won't have many customers coming to visit, but Gong's intention is not here either. After the opening of the tea bar, he disguised his female identity as a beautiful woman on social media platforms to attract men to chat, claiming that he could meet and date offline. After gaining the trust of the other party, he invited him to his tea bar. Subsequently, Liu dressed up beautifully and flirted with other men under her husband's nose, using deception to persuade the man who came for the blind date to buy a lot of alcohol in the store.
Until January 2023, a man named Xiao Li who was online dating and marriage seeking was tricked into going on a blind date with Liu in a store. During this time, he had a great impression of Liu and listened to his persuasion. On the same day, he spent nearly 5000 yuan in the store. However, that night, Gong sent a message saying that both parties were not suitable and refused to contact him again. Xiao Li immediately realized that he had been deceived and reported to the public security organs.
After examination, the Qingpu Procuratorate found that Gong and Liu conspired to commit fraud multiple times, with a large amount of money involved, and their actions were suspected of fraud. Therefore, they were prosecuted in accordance with the law.
