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· Ryan General
Malaysian Student Who Went on $3.4 Million Shopping Spree After Bank Error Let Off the Hook
The Malaysian student who splurged on $3.4 million worth of designer goods after her bank accidentally gave her a virtually unlimited overdraft is now completely off the hook after no deception was proven on her part. Back in 2012, 21-year-old Christine Jiaxin Lee’s Westpac bank…
· Kyle Encina
Chinese Woman Turns Old ‘Nail House’ Building Into Millions in Profit
The last remaining “nail house” in Shenzhen was finally demolished this month, but not before its owner nabbed a hefty compensation sum from the government. Property owner Yang held onto the decrepit building in Shenzhen’s Longhua District for as long as seven years before…
· Kyle Encina
Chinese Company Purchases Two Boeing 747s Off Taobao for Just $48 Million
Popular Chinese online shopping site Taobao has some strange items on sale such as portable flame throwers, but now they can add airbuses to the list as two Boeing 747s were auctioned off for 322 million yuan (more than $48 million) to a courier company. The heated bidding…
· Carl Samson
Nigerian Scammers Make $4 Million Targeting 48 Women and Elderly Man in Hong Kong
A syndicate that duped 48 women and a 77-year-old man out of 29.5 million Hong Kong dollars ($3.78 million) in Hong Kong in online romance scams was busted last week. The syndicate, based in Kuala Lumpur, had been tricking Hongkongers since January. Victims include a lawyer,…
· Bryan Ke
Devastating Study Reveals 9 Million People, Mostly in Asia, Die Every Year Because of Pollution
A recent study on global pollution has shockingly revealed that 9 million people, or about one in six, will die of complications related to poor air quality and contaminated water each year. The recent findings, published last week by the Lancet Journal, are the result of a two…
· Bryan Ke
Chinese Tea Boxes Hiding $3 Million Worth of Ketamine Discovered in Malaysia
Malaysian authorities found 254 kilograms (559 pounds) of ketamine — believed to have a market value of 4.1 million Singapore dollars (approximately $3 million) — in a recent anti-drug operation conducted in Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). The large amount of drugs…
· Carl Samson
China Invents Rice That Can Grow in Salt Water, Can Feed Over 200 Million People
Scientists in China succeeded in growing the yield of a strain of saltwater-tolerant rice nearly three times their expectation. In the spring months, over 200 types of rice were planted at the Saline-Alkali Tolerant Rice Research and Development Center in Qingdao, a coastal city…
· Heather Johnson Yu
6 Men Arrested in Texas with $2.3 Million of Marijuana in Neighborhood Grow Operation
Six people have been arrested and $2.3 million dollars in marijuana seized from grow house operations in Fort Bend and Harris counties, Texas, according to KHOU. The three people arrested in Fort Bend County, Trong Vo, 35, James Lai Nguyen, 27, and James Huy Nguyen, 37, were all…
· Khier Casino
9 Asian Americans Busted For $7 Million of Marijuana in Secret Residential Basements
Nine people were arrested in connection with running an indoor pot operation that grew more than 500 marijuana plants in a basement converted into a greenhouse in Gainesville, Georgia. With the help of the FBI North Georgia Major Offender Task Force and the Georgia National…
· Kyle Encina
1000-Year-Old Chinese Bowl Sets Record After Being Sold For $37.7 Million
The world record for the highest priced Chinese ceramics sold was broken after a rare brush-washing bowl was bought in Hong Kong for a whopping $37.7 million. Bidding on the 900-year-old ceramic bowl started at a hefty 80 million Hong Kong dollars ($10.2 million).
· Ryan General
China Installs 20 Million of the ‘World’s Most Advanced’ AI Surveillance Cameras to Track People
Chinese citizens are now being watched over by 20 million security cameras equipped with artificial intelligence technology as part of the government’s anti-crime operation program ironically named “Sky Net”. The state of the art surveillance system, claimed to be the most…
· Ryan General
$500 Chinese Vase Sets Record After Being Sold For Over $5 Million at Geneva Auction
A Chinese vase sold for 10,000 times its estimated price at a Geneva auction house after two people who believed it was from the 18th century engaged in a bidding battle. Sold for a record five million Swiss francs ($5.1 million), the 23-inch tall vase depicting three blue…
· Bryan Ke
Filipino Megachurch Buys Entire Ghost Town in Connecticut for $1.8 Million
Iglesia ni Cristo (Church of Christ), a church group originally based in the Philippines, recently bought the historic ghost town, Johnsonville Village, in Connecticut. Priced at $1.8 million, the 62-acre property was purchased by the group, which is often referred to as INC, in…
· Bryan Ke
Vietnamese American Immigrant-Turned-Billionaire Donates $5 Million to Hurricane Harvey Relief
Hoang Kieu, a Vietnamese immigrant and owner of a multi-billion dollar company, recently donated $5 million to the Hurricane Harvey relief fund in Houston. Kieu, along with Mayor Sylvester Turner, announced the generous contribution at a news conference on Monday held at Hallie…
· Carl Samson
Chinese University Spends Over $1.5 Million on Luxury Cars for Freshmen Class
A university in central China shelled out more than $1.5 million on luxury cars that welcomed its freshmen students last week. Wuchang Polytechnic College, located in Hubei province, bought 20 luxury cars for 10 million yuan ($1.54 million) and displayed them on campus, grabbing…
· Kyle Encina
Philippine President’s Son Accused of Smuggling $125 Million Drug Shipment From China
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s son Paolo is being accused of having links to a crime syndicate responsible for a seized drug shipment from China worth $125 million based on his “dragon-like” tattoo. The Duterte administration has been criticized by Sen. Antonio…
· Ryan General
Pharmacist Busted For Allegedly Stealing $15 Million from Medicaid For Plastic Surgery
A pharmacist in New York’s Chinatown was recently arrested by local police for allegedly stealing $15 millions of dollars from Medicaid. On Thursday, the pharmacist, identified as Hin Wong, faced grand-larceny and other charges in Manhattan Criminal Court, where she pleaded not…
· Carl Samson
Former Gangster is Now the Badass CEO of a $3 Million Diving Business in Singapore
At 13, Jacki Ng was part of a local gang in Singapore, leading him through a life of petty crime and fighting, which later led to his expulsion from secondary school. “I was always a child who was a bit different. I was neither conventional, nor rule-abiding,” Ng, who now heads…
· Khier Casino
Blogilates Cassey Ho Surprises Her 1.4 Million Fans By Getting Engaged!
Cassey Ho of Blogilates is officially off the market, sharing her engagement to longtime boyfriend, Sam Livits, on her Instagram page. “I got engaged in Kauai to the love of my life. It feels like a dream but Sam reminds me that it’s definitely real,” Ho wrote in excitement.
· Ryan General
Taiwanese Businessman Pays $13 Million Prison Bail in Cash After 90 Minutes
It took just an hour and a half for a Taiwanese tycoon Ho Show-Chung to come up with 400 million New Taiwan Dollars ($13 million) for his bail money. The 72-year-old founder of SinoPac Financial Holdings Co. was recently indicted for violations of the Securities Exchange Act and…
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