As far as rackets are concerned, it was a master stroke – but now, finally, the law has caught up with Auntie Wang Xiuxia, who made nearly £1m by allowing her customers to circumvent Beijing’s stringent traffic laws. For the past eight years, authorities in the Chinese capital have limited the number of car number plates, and therefore also cars, in an attempt to combat Beijing’s chronic smog problem. But for the retired Auntie Wang, the opportunity was too good to pass up. In 2005, just before the restrictions…
‘Auntie’ Wang Xiuxia makes million from car number plates scam in congested Beijing
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