A honeytrap gang in Yilan County, Taiwan lured men into hotel rooms and then shook them down with fake husbands, costing one wealthy landowner more than NT$3.7 million.

• Young women invited men out for karaoke and drinks, then took them home or to hot-spring rooms wired with hidden cameras.
• Accomplices burst in claiming to be the woman's husband, beat the victim, and forced him to sign promissory notes.
• One landowner handed over NT$3.76 million and was pressed for more; two later targets refused to pay.
• Ten people were charged, and the Yilan District Court handed down sentences from three months to a year and two months.

Outlook: The ringleaders face the stiffest terms, but short sentences convertible to fines mean little jail time is likely.