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The ATM Sent 20,000 Yuan to a Stranger. The Bank Blamed a Recycled Phone Number.
At an ATM in Xiaogan, Hubei, on Oct. 5, Mr. Xu picked “transfer to phone number.” He typed his own mobile number and sent 20,000 yuan from his father’s bank card. The cash dispenser was empty, so he wanted to move the money to his own account first. No text arrived. At home, his father got the debit alert. The money had gone to an account named “Xu Fei.”
By Jinabout 7 hours ago in Criminal
400 Clients. 3,000 Yen a Day. 100,000 Retweets for Her Abuser.
I. A Single Tatami Mat In Ikebukuro, Tokyo, on the second floor of a mixed-use building, behind a shop with a "girls' bar" sign, there was a storage room.
By Jin5 days ago in Criminal
Two Soup Pots, One Luxury Flat, and a Trial Still Running
One In the early hours of 24 February 2023, police forced their way into a rented village house in Lung Mei Village, Tai Po, Hong Kong.
By Jin5 days ago in Criminal
A Robot Touched a Teenager in Cologne. The Real Legal Fight Is Over One Word.
Shortly before midnight on 11 October, a 16-year-old girl stood outside a fast-food restaurant at the corner of Palmstraße and Hohenzollernring in central Cologne with two older female friends. A humanoid robot, about 1.2 metres tall, dressed in red and gold with a white vest and black trousers, approached her from behind. It touched her buttocks and made a thrusting movement towards her. The girl screamed and moved away. When she called the police, she said the person who had harassed her was a robot.
By Jin6 days ago in Criminal
The Agent That Wrote Back
1. The detail that made me read the report I first opened the Swarmchasers report because of a detail that sounded like a prank. The researchers hid an email address in text that humans cannot see but an AI agent can read. The address was mailbox.termina.digital . The next day, the agent wrote to them.
By Jin6 days ago in Criminal
The Court Called Him a Father. It Never Asked If He Agreed.
A parentage case in Jiangsu has drawn public attention because of a few details: a married company chairman, twin babies, a DNA report, an assisted reproduction agreement, and a refused paternity test.
By Jin6 days ago in Criminal
He Was Fired a Month After His Stage 4 Cancer Diagnosis. Then the Arbitration Award Arrived.
September 11, 2026 Li Yu read the arbitration award twice. He did not smile. He folded the paper in half and placed it in a clear plastic document bag. The bag already held his gastroscopy report, a chemotherapy appointment slip, and an estimate for second-line treatment. The estimate said 50,000 to 60,000 yuan per treatment. Someone had written "possibly 70,000" in pen next to the number.
By Jin9 days ago in Criminal
She Was 13, Alone in a Hotel Room at 2 A.M. The Men Said They Didn’t Know
At noon on March 30, 2024, 20-year-old Gong added 13-year-old Wan as a friend. They chatted. Then Gong invited her to a hotel. Wan said yes. She asked her cousin to come. On the way out, she ran into a friend. The three of them went to the hotel. Gong’s friend, 18-year-old Hua, was walking to the entrance at the same time. They went inside and met Gong and another friend, Yang.
By Jin9 days ago in Criminal
She Sold Fried Potatoes for 10 Yuan. A Warning Post Killed Her Three Days Later.
I On the morning of October 9, Ms. Hu said one sentence to her husband. “Put the newly bought potatoes in the storage room.”
By Jin9 days ago in Criminal
He Was Forced to Take Out a Loan in Myanmar. Does He Have to Pay It Back?
I On that afternoon in the Myanmar compound, someone took Wang Xing’s phone. A hand pressed his shoulder. Another hand turned his face toward the screen. Facial recognition passed. The loan application went through. The money arrived and left before he could see the balance.
By Jin9 days ago in Criminal
The Family That Had Its Own Army: Inside the Wei Crime Group’s 122 Billion Yuan Empire
On October 13, 2026, the Quanzhou Intermediate People’s Court and the Nan’an People’s Court in Fujian Province delivered first-instance judgments in the Wei family criminal group cases. Wei Huairen, Chen Dawei, and Liao Jingfang received death sentences. Wei Qingtao, Kang Min, and Xiong Hengxing received life imprisonment. Su Hongxiang, Deng Zida, Chen Longjiang, and 52 others, 55 defendants total, received fixed-term sentences from 24 years to 3 years and 3 months.
By Jin9 days ago in Criminal
She Walked Into the Wrong Room. He Knew She Wasn't His Friend. A Court Called It Rape.
At around 3 a.m. in 2025, the hallway of a wellness club in Yibin, Sichuan, was dim. Ms. Lu, in her early thirties, left Room 808 to use the bathroom. She had been drinking at a dinner with friends and had been given the room to sleep it off. Her steps were unsteady. She held the wall to keep her balance.
By Jin9 days ago in Criminal