A woman who took over 30,000 RMB from her boyfriend’s bank account without his consent has been sentenced to a six-month suspended sentence for stealing.

Liu Peng and Wu Xiaoli met by chance at a dinner party. The attraction was instant and the two began dating in early 2014. Soon after that, they moved in together.

One day, Wu Xiaoli happened to see Liu Peng’s pin number when he was paying for something by card. Liu didn’t mind because he thought there was no harm in his girlfriend knowing his pin number.

He thought nothing of it until December, when he tried to make a payment and was shocked to find that there were insufficient funds in the account. Panicked, he called 110 and reported that he had been defrauded. The police pulled up his bank records and it transpired that Wu had made a series of withdrawals in November, totaling over 32,000 RMB.

Angry, he returned to their home to confront Wu. Wu however, didn’t see the problem: “We live together! You’re money is my money, right? This is our common property. ”

The Suzhou People’s Court didn’t feel the same way and gave her a six month suspended sentence and a 10,000 RMB fine. The sentence was relatively light as she surrendered herself and actively promised to compensate Liu for the money she spent.

The judge presiding over the case cautioned the public that there is no such thing as common property between unmarried couples in the eyes of the law, and that couples can’t just freely dispose of each other’s money and property.

Source: Tencent

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