A 60-year-old woman surnamed Yu makes a living by mending and altering clothes at the market in Taoyuan’s Dasi District. Charging just NT$50 to NT$100 for each article of clothing, she can just about get by. A little over a year ago, a woman surnamed Chen went to Yu’s shop to have some clothes mended. Chen said she had done well out of investing in foreclosed properties and was on close terms with foreclosure officials at the law courts. She then asked Yu to invest in the business. Finding Chen’s glib pitch rather persuasive, Yu handed over NT$50,000 that she had saved by eating and living frugally for the other woman to invest. Unexpectedly, after taking the money Chen disappeared without a trace and could not even be contacted on her mobile phone.
A few days ago, Huang Ming-chen, a team leader in Dasi Precinct’s Criminal Investigation Squad, went to Yu’s shop to ask her to alter a pair of pants, and Yu told Huang her sorry story. After hearing what had happened to the old lady, Huang took on the task of investigating the case. He found that Chen had used a false name and that her phone number had changed hands several times. Persisting in his efforts, he requested access to the relevant data from the telecom company. He found out that Chen lived in Longtan District and had a previous conviction for fraud. After being summoned for questioning, Chen confessed to having defrauded Yu and returned the NT$50,000. After being questioned, Chen was indicted on fraud charges.
Having solved the case, the police asked Yu to collect her NT$50,000. Yu was overjoyed and kept praising the police for handling the case so efficiently. She said with a smile that now she would be able to celebrate the Lunar New Year in comfort.
Photo: Lee Jung-ping, Liberty Times
照片：自由時報記者李容萍
(Liberty Times, translated by Julian Clegg)
一名六十歲的余姓婦人靠著在桃園大溪區的菜市場修改衣褲為生，每件收費僅五十到一百元，勉強維持生活。一年多前，一名陳姓婦人上門修改衣服，自稱投資法拍屋有成，且與法院法拍人員熟識，邀她投資。陳女的舌粲蓮花讓余婦聽了心動不已，就將省吃儉用存下的五萬元交給對方投資。不料陳婦拿了錢後就此不見人影，連手機也打不通。
數日前，大溪警察分局偵查隊小隊長黃銘鎮上門找余婦修改褲子，余婦向黃訴苦。黃銘鎮聽了阿嬤的遭遇後，主動追查，發現陳婦使用假名，電話號碼也轉手數次。他鍥而不捨的向電信公司調閱資料，查出陳婦住在龍潭區，且有詐欺前科。陳婦被通知到案後，坦承向余婦詐騙，也歸還五萬元。訊後依詐欺罪嫌移送偵辦。
警方破案後，請余婦領回五萬元，讓她驚喜不已，直誇警方的辦案效率，笑說可以過個好年了。
（自由時報記者李容萍）
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