Tang, a former stylist in China robbed men he met online by
dressing up as a beautiful woman, luring them to a hotel and drugging
them, police said.
The 48-year-old who used the alias "Black
Rose" pretended to be a well-off, divorced woman who was just “looking
for a good time.” He’d entice men with sexy snaps over social media to
hotel rooms in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. But once they were together,
he’d slip them sleeping pills and make off with their cash and
valuables.
Tang targeted at least six people with the
sophisticated scam but his luck finally ran out. He was finally captured
when he invited Zhang Jun to a hotel.
Zhang, 22, awoke the next morning to find his mobile phone and cash had been pinched, and contacted police.
Cops had previously been unable to gain a good description of Tang. But
Zhang gave such a detailed account of what he looked like that officers
were able to arrest him at another hotel later that day.
Reports
said that not even police realised Tang was a man when they brought him
into custody. They had originally thought he was a female con artist,
until he removed his wig and make-up.
Tang told authorities
that he learnt how to do make-up when working in a barber shop during
his younger years. He is apparently married but separated from his wife,
with whom he has a son in his 20s.
Tang is being held by police and will be charged on multiple counts of fraud and robbery.
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