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A man who imitated a policeman with two accomplices and cheated a prostitute over $ 15,000 was sentenced on Thursday, November 29 to 14 months and two weeks in prison.
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Liu, his cousin Hu Zhihao, 26, a former naval officer, and 29-year-old Tan Shi Feng, who was used to the navy at the time, devised a plan to trick prostitutes into pretending to be cops. . They assumed that such victims would be less inclined to report police.
Tan found the victim online and made an appointment to visit his apartment in Balestier.
On June 23, at about 23:40, the trio arrived in the women's unit and ran its program. Mr. Hu held a video camera during the act to give the "police raid" an authentic appearance.
The trio told the woman that she suspected her of carrying out illegal activities and that she had to search her apartment. Believing they were real police officers, she allowed them to seize objects belonging to the unit.
The men earned $ 15,000 in cash and an iPhone valued at $ 600. They divided the money and threw the iPhone after breaking it.
The incident was reported to the police the next day. Hu and Liu were identified through a CCTV sequence and arrested the same day. They provided Tan's identity to the police and he was arrested that evening.
Only $ 3,050 was recovered from Tan. The rest of the money had been spent.
At the time of the crime, Liu was on bail for stealing the apartment of a nightclub artist.
His cousin Hu had recruited him to steal the artist. Hu had discovered that the artist did not close his apartment when he was out.
May 16, between Hu and Liu entered the apartment of the man in search of objects to steal. They eventually recovered $ 8,000 worth of property from three different victims – all residents of the apartment. These included a laptop, a Canon camera and its accessories.
Two days later, Hu told Liu that the nightclub bouncer had obtained a video surveillance sequence entering and leaving the apartment.
Liu went to the police on May 24 and was released on bail the same day.
For cheating personally, Liu could have been sentenced to a term of imprisonment of up to five years and a fine.
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