Conman's tall tale fools police

[coffeeseven]

http://www.independent.ie/world-news/conmans-tall----tale-fools-police-1546266.html?from=dailynews

A Chinese conman who persuaded a city government to blow up its police headquarters by promising to build a high-rise development in its place has been jailed for life. The conman told the authorities in Hohhot that he would build western China's highest skyscraper.

But the businessman turned out to be a carpenter from central China who had performed similar tricks across China, earning 1.8 billion yuan (€215m) in development loans along the way.

[Lloyd Danforth]

I guess he should have the country

[error]

Convinced a city government to blow up its own police building: +1
Stole already stolen money that was going to be used for eminent domain: uh...

[KBCraig]

Convinced a city government to blow up its own police building: +1
Stole already stolen money that was going to be used for eminent domain: uh...

I'm sure he had some Ragnar Danneskjöld plan for the loot.



Right?