Fake government official caught in fraudulent act

The suspect, Lo Chih-ping, 23, was arrested by police Tuesday afternoon as he tried to collect another US$100,000 from one of the victims, surnamed Chu. Lo has been transferred to the Taipei District Prosecutors Office for investigation. The other victim, surnamed Chen, said that on Monday morning she received a call from a man who said he was an investigator with the Shihlin District Prosecutors Office.

She was told that her identity had been stolen and needed to pay off the debts in her name immediately. She proceeded to withdraw NT$300,000 from her bank account and delivered the money to Lo.

Chu also received a phone call on Tuesday, this time from someone who said was an employee of the registration office of the Ta An District. The employee told Chu that her identification had been stolen and that he would report it to police. Later that same day Chu received another phone call from a man pretending to be from the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) who asked her how much money she had. Chu told the man she had NT$5.5 million and US$100,000.

After Lo went to collect the first batch of NT$5.5 million from Chu, Chu felt that something was not right and after calling the CIB she realized that she had been swindled.

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