Taiwanese singer-actor Vic Chou and his actress wife Reen Yu have lastly gotten justice after being cheated out of NT$34.47mil (RM5.04mil) by a pal surnamed Feng in 2021.
On Wednesday (Aug 6), it’s reported that the Taipei District Court in Taiwan had sentenced Feng – who was working as an insurance coverage agent – to 2 years and eight months in jail for embezzlement, with the choice to attraction.
According to reviews, Yu invested in a six-year excessive worth financial savings insurance coverage from Feng beneath Chou’s identify in 2019 and needed to pay a premium of greater than NT$6.85mil (RM1mil) per instalment.
Although the preliminary settlement was to have the cash mechanically debited from Yu’s account, Feng managed to persuade the couple to pay in money from their second cost onwards – claiming {that a} periodic switch of tens of millions might arouse suspicions of laundering.
Feng had since been pretending to pay the insurance coverage firm utilizing the cash she had acquired from Yu, 35.
It wasn’t till 2021 that the deception was uncovered after Yu and Chou, 42, referred to as for an investigation once they acquired a discover reminding them to pay regardless of already handing over the instalment to Feng.
Feng confessed that she had saved the cash she acquired however denied scamming the couple.
However, a consultant of the insurance coverage company later confirmed that Yu and Chou had been certainly victims of fraud as there have been no particular promotions or reductions for money funds as claimed by Feng.
Chou is a former member of Taiwanese boy band F4. He married Yu in 2015 and the couple have a daughter.
