National hero turns criminal, scams 460,000 yuan

Fame is a double-edged sword and not many can handle it well. 21-year-old Lei Chunian learned his lesson the hard way. 6 years ago, he saved 7 classmates during the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake and thus honored as one of the "figures that move China" by CCTV and even became a torch carrier for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. However, 6 years later the national hero was put on a trial stand for fraud and faced up to 10 years jail time. […]Read more…

Taobao Crack Down on “Rating Fraud”, Anti-Taobao Alliance Strikes Back

[NetEase] Since July 24th, Taobao (ebay like online retail marketplace) started operation: “honesty self-inspection” and closed down over 12,000 stores suspected of serious “hype fraud” (hype up the product by give fake ratings and reviews). Many Taobao sellers questioned the reliability of the operation. Some sellers said that this action might have wrongfully closed down many honest sellers. Taobao said they will not wrongly accuse any honest sellers. This triggered already formed “Anti-Taobo Alliance” organizing varies attacks against Taobao.

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Impostors With Same Faces But Different Names In TV Commercial Fraud

From NetEast and Sohu

Look at these impostors, all from Jinan (济南) TV station. While watching TV, noticed on Jinan TV station, in one of the diabetic medicine commercial there is a doctor named Sun(孙仕友)is the same person as one in selling memento coins specialist named Sun, Yun(孙云).

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