A MAN was swindled out of more than 6 million yuan (US$875,912) by a masseuse at a bathhouse he frequented over the past few years, according to Shenzhen Municipal People’s Procuratorate.

The woman, identified as Qingqing, was recently prosecuted for fraud.

The 39-year-old woman lied about her age when the victim, a 28-year-old man from an affluent family in the city, approached her after noticing her appealing appearance at the bathhouse in 2006. The victim, who wasn’t identified, fell for Qingqing after talking to her a few times because of her soft personality. Qingqing told the victim she was 27 years old.

They added each other as friends on WeChat. Since then, the man would always order a massage from the woman when he went to the bathhouse and would give her considerable tips.

They started dating the next year. Shortly after establishing their love relationship, Qing-qing started to borrow money from the victim. Each time she would return the exact amount, making the victim think Qingqing was trustworthy and honest.

Qingqing later borrowed larger sums, saying she wanted to help out her brother who needed money to operate property management companies for various real estate projects. The victim gave Qingqing a lot of money to invest in her brother’s projects.

It wasn’t until this year that the victim stopped giving more money to Qingqing because he was broke.

According to the procuratorate, the victim managed the finances for his family business and was in charge of several bank accounts. He had transferred money from the family business.

In March, the victim’s brother found the victim had overdrawn all of his credit cards, so he called the police.

The victim had transferred a total of 8.86 million yuan to Qingqing and she had returned 2.13 million yuan to him during their relationship.

Qingqing admitted to gambling away all the money in Macao over the past two years. To swindle the money from her boyfriend, Qingqing lied about her brother and mother needing money for surgeries. (Zhang Qian)