Detectives Boris Konaiff, a Russian photo studio "salesman, was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment yesterday by the First Special District Court charged with extortion by posing as a police detective. Two of his Chinese accomplices were given similar prison terms, while another couple drew one year's imprisonment each. The sixth man was sentenced to seven months in jail.
During the past two months they had visited five Chinese residences and extorted $1260 from their victims by posing as detectives attached to the Central Police Station searching for opium. In all the cases the victims were asked to pay some money in order that their secrets might be hushed up., Among the victims there was a singsong girl living in Wei Lo Alley off Foochow Road. The fake de-tactives went to her home and found some opium there. The girl paid $120 as hush money. Two rich store keepers, the proprietor of a piece goods shop and the chief tenant of a house in the western area, were the other victims. The sentenced men were extradited to the French police yesterday, since they were believed by the police to have also committed crimes in the Concession.
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