A SUSPECTED scammer was busted at the Shenzhen North Railway Station in Longhua New Area on the New Year’s Day before he could flee with the 10 million yuan (US$1.44 million) he had swindled out of a client, Chinese-language media reported yesterday.

    The suspect, identified as Liu, who in previous years had cheated money out of a victim surnamed Yuan, was arrested by Shenzhen police on a train that was about to depart Sunday morning.

    Six plainclothes police officers were dispatched to wait at the train station after receiving a tip that the suspect might take the D2318 train to leave Shenzhen on Sunday.

    Upon spotting the suspect at the train station, the police officers followed him on to the train. Liu had taken off his jacket and was looking forward to taking a nap after he found his seat, when the six police officers took the opportunity to arrest him.

    Liu was then taken to a police station. The suspect had been on the wanted list of fugitives. From August 2011 to December 2015, Liu had swindled the victim out of 10 million yuan by claiming that he knew how to help his client earn money using a letter of credit financing. (Zhang Qian)