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Chen Liping, Lin Meijiao Cheated Of $273K & $186K Respectively In Investment Scam

The two actresses, who testified in court recently, did not receive any restitution.
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Actresses Chen Liping, 57, and Lin Meijiao, 59, were cheated a total of $460K after falling victim to an investment scam involving foreign currency exchange.

According to the Straits Times, Chinese national Wu Hong, 41, scammed two people out of more than $2.1 million between 2016 and 2019 by offering fictitious investment schemes to provide Chinese tourists with Singapore currency for their spending here, particularly for gambling in casinos.

To entice them to invest, she had purported to offer attractive returns.

Tam Kwong Yoeng was suckered into giving her more than $1.4 million and Soh Choon Heong, 61, some $734K.

Wu Hong used the monies for her own expenses and did not make any restitution to the victims.

She was sentenced to 12 years' jail on Tuesday (Feb 14).

Liping invested $273K with Wu Hong

According to reports, Choon Heong had initially declined to invest as she had no money but Wu Hong convinced her to rope in friends.

That’s when she approached Liping and Meijiao, who handed over $273K and $186K respectively to invest with Wu Hong.

The actresses, who testified in court, said Wu Hong counted the cash swiftly when they met at Choon Heong’s home to pass her the money between November and December 2019.

Both Kwong Yoeng and Choon Heong said they trusted Wu Hong, but the former grew suspicious when she evaded him.

He filed a police report against Wu Hong in 2018, while Choon Heong alerted the police in February 2020.

In a statement through her manager, Meijiao thanked everyone for their concern and said she would like to put the incident behind her and move on.

Photos: Chen Liping/Instagram, Lin Meijiao/Instagram

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