Singapore: To attract Singleton Victim, a criminal union recruited from KTVS and bars workers as “matchmaking lures” to arouse the interest of meeting platforms.
The ruse worked: 128 people were defrauded on more than 2.5 million yuan (US $ 342,000).
The case is part of a disturbing trend in cases of fraud linked to matchmaking platforms and meetings, highlighted by the Chinese prosecutor organization because it sounded the alarm on scams operating the growing market of singles in the country.
From January 2024 to March of this year, 1,546 individuals were prosecuted in criminal cases linked to the twins industry, revealed that the procurator of the supreme people (SPP) in a press release published last Thursday (April 17).
“In recent years, the demand for twinning services has continued to develop – but also illegal and criminal activities linked,” said the SPP. There are no other available statistics showing if there has been an increase in such cases.
China saw its greater drop in marriages recorded in 2024With just over 6.1 million couples registering for marriage. It was a drop of 20.5% compared to 7.68 million the previous year, according to the Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs.
Almost 30% of children aged 30 in the country were not married in 2023, according to the Chinese population and employment directory 2024 – against 14.6% per decade earlier.
In this context of Divide weddings and a swimming pool inflated by singlesIllicit twinning operations have found fertile land.
