Faking Your Own Kidnapping for Slot Machine Money?

The headline sounds too terrible to be true, but it is. Not only is it true, but the man responsible for it also kidnapped his own 14 month old grandson to solidify his claim. The grandfather of the child has an addiction to slot machines, and faked his and the child’s kidnapping in an attempt to get money to play them. He and his accomplice are both slot machine addicts.

Allegedly the 53 year old man, Yimei L. faked his kidnapping along with the help of Jiantuan Y., and took the child with him. He called a relative of his son-in-law, the father of the child, and told him that he and his grandson were being held for a €50,000 ransom by a woman. The father then contacted the police.

Then Yimei called and put both of them on the phone saying that this was proof of their safety and that the kidnapper had allowed them to call him. The third call was from Yimei himself stating that he had escaped and that he needed the money to save the grandchild. When police found Yimei, they questioned him and he admitted the scam, and that they were just trying to get money for their slot machine addiction.

The police were then able to capture his partner in crime, after she abandoned the child in a grocery store buggy. She said that Yimei was the mastermind of the plot to get the money and admitted the slot machine addiction.
 

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