A 21-year-old man from eastern China who spent his university tuition on travel rather than enrolling devised a scam using dead roaches and used condoms to blackmail 63 hotels for free accommodation and compensation. This scheme ultimately led to his arrest and public outrage.
When his travel fund ran dry, Jiang devised a scheme to scam hotels using dead roaches and dirty condoms. -- Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Douyin
The 21-year-old man from Taizhou, Zhejiang province, known only by his surname Jiang, began his deceptive journey in September last year after opting to forgo university enrolment in favour of travelling with his tuition money.However, when his finances dwindled, Jiang resorted to a “creative” scheme to extort compensation from hotels.
“Over a span of 10 months, Jiang frequently stayed at hotels, sometimes checking into three or four different ones in a single day. He would exploit minor flaws or plant insects, bugs, and hair to threaten hotels with complaints or online exposure, demanding free stays or compensation,” explained an unnamed police officer from Linhai in Zhejiang.
Preliminary investigations led police to apprehend Jiang at a local hotel, where a thorough search of his belongings uncovered 23 packets containing items he used to stage his scam, including dead cockroaches and dirty condoms.
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