16 jailed for conspiracy to defraud
HONG KONG, May 20 (Xinhua) — Sixteen persons were put in jail on Saturday following a two-year extensive investigation on the case which involved twenty-one victims with 9.14 million HK dollars (1.18 U.S. dollars) deceived.
It sure seems like these 16 miscreants went to a lot of trouble to steal a dollar and eighteen cents.