SINGAPORE – A 34-year-old man who deceived at least 20 young girls and women for sexual gratification in an elaborate catfishing scheme has been sentenced by the Supreme Court to 34 years’ jail and 24 strokes of the cane.
From 2018 to June 28 in 2019, he met his victims on the WeChat mobile application or TanTan dating app. With no immediate family members in Singapore and few friends, she downloaded the TanTan app with the intent of widening her social circle. The videos were then used to extort the girl for money, but because she did not have the money to give him, she had to borrow RMB5,200 from a cousin in China to do so.Knowing that the girl was a virgin, Lin — through his online persona — told the girl that he could “sell her virginity” and that he knew of a buyer who would pay RMB10,000 to have sex with her.
Thereafter, he asked for the girl’s age and when she replied that she was 14, he feigned surprise and said that LZX had lied to him that she was 18. When HY asked to have sex with her, the girl agreed, and they did so at least seven occasions — twice in the girl’s dormitory when her flatmates were away for the holidays.All this while, Lin had continued threatening and blackmailing the girl for money as LZX, and she sought the help of HY, who would transfer money to the girl that she used to give to LZX, for instance.
Court documents stated that the girl was previously a sociable person, but she was now unable to trust people easily.In delivering her sentence, Justice Hoo said that Lin had exploited the vulnerability of his victims, some of whom were not only young, but foreign students with no immediate family members in Singapore.
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