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Chinese woman spends boyfriend’s US$140,000 entrusted for safekeeping on plastic surgery

Girlfriend with ‘appearance anxiety’ places trust in beauty clinic ‘shareholder’, gets lips, lines on neck done to look ‘young and wealthy’

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A Chinese businessman lost more than US$140,000, which he had entrusted to his girlfriend for safekeeping, after she spent the money on plastic surgery. Photo: Shutterstock/Baidu
Yating Yangin Beijing

A Chinese man who entrusted more than one million yuan (US$140,000) in savings to his girlfriend for safekeeping was shocked when she spent it all on cosmetic procedures.

The man, surnamed Jin, and his girlfriend, Min, were in a romantic relationship when the cash was handed over.

Min had relocated from southeastern Jiangxi province to Chongqing in southwestern China to live with Jin.

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To give her a sense of security, Jin entrusted her with more than one million yuan in business earnings over the several years.

Min, above, placed her trust in a woman who said she was a shareholder in a beauty clinic. Photo: Baidu
Min, above, placed her trust in a woman who said she was a shareholder in a beauty clinic. Photo: Baidu

In 2022, Min visited a beauty clinic for a skincare treatment and met a woman called Li, who claimed to be a shareholder at the clinic and later became her closest friend in Chongqing.

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