{"id":33063,"date":"2014-04-28T11:40:30","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T06:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=33063"},"modified":"2014-04-28T11:40:31","modified_gmt":"2014-04-28T06:10:31","slug":"118-people-jailed-pyramid-ring-scam-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/118-people-jailed-pyramid-ring-scam-china","title":{"rendered":"118 people jailed for pyramid ring scam in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/118-people-jailed-pyramid-ring-scam-china\/bb-48\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-33064\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"33064\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/118-people-jailed-pyramid-ring-scam-china\/bb-48\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/04\/bb8.jpg?fit=224%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"224,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bb\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/04\/bb8.jpg?fit=224%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-33064 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bb8-150x96.jpg?resize=150%2C96&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"bb\" width=\"150\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/04\/bb8.jpg?resize=150%2C96&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/04\/bb8.jpg?w=224&amp;ssl=1 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>A court in south China&#8217;s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region Sunday awarded varying sentences to 118 people for their involvement in a pyramid fund raising scam.<\/p>\n<p>The defendants, including leaders and major members of the pyramid scheme, were awarded jail terms by the Nanning intermediate people&#8217;s court of varying duration between seven months and 10 years for organising pyramid selling activities, Xinhua reported.<\/p>\n<p>The multi-level marketing network, running since 2009, had nearly 5,000 members. Each new member was asked to pay 3,800 yuan (about $600) to 69,800 yuan on the promise of profits and promotions, the court heard.<\/p>\n<p>The scam involved more than 100 million yuan.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the network came from several provinces or regions, including Xinjiang, Anhui, Sichuan, Shandong and Gansu.<\/p>\n<p>The 40-tier pyramid ring was busted in April 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Pyramid selling has been banned in China since 1998 but has remained rife in many less-developed regions.<\/p>\n<p>This scheme is banned in many countries.<\/p>\n<p>(Source: IANS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A court in south China&#8217;s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region Sunday awarded varying sentences to 118 people for their involvement in a pyramid fund raising scam. The defendants, including leaders and major members of the pyramid scheme, were awarded jail terms by the Nanning intermediate people&#8217;s court of varying duration between seven months and 10 years 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