China executes mafia family that duped internet users into fake romances

The family made more than a billion each year through their crimes (Picture: AP)

Eleven members of a crime family, which lured people online into fake romances and swindled them for cryptocurrency ‘investments’ have been executed by the Chinese government.

The head of the Ming family, Ming Xuechang, took his own life to avoid being brought to justice along with his family members.

Targeting mainly Chinese speakers from their Myanmar-based scam centres, the family would defraud people around the world...