Shanghai, "Aug. 22.
Convieed of Ave counts of fraud, Koo Cheng-yi, son of a wealthy Chinese silk' merchant in -Hangchow, was sentenced to two years' imprison. ment yesterday by the First Special District Court, Kao, it was revealed in court, obtained more than $40,000 from a sing song girl sweetheart on the pretext of doing business on partnership basis, and later he also obtained more than that amount of money from four other rich women who are friends of the sweetheart using the same pretext.
Hie told his women' partners thal was doing good business by transporting rice and other commodities from the occupied areas to Shanghai for sale but, in reality, he spent most of the money in gambling houses in the western district. When he lost hho always tried fo get his money back. Finally his partners did not believe that he had been doing any real business and reported the matter to the police, who caught him recently after he had just left a gambling house.
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