Woman Scammed Out of 750,000 Yuan, Catches Cash Courier, But Loses Compensation Lawsuit! Judge's Reasoning Revealed

In late October 2025, Ms. Wu joined a cryptocurrency investment group and sequentially handed over cash and USDT to a scam syndicate, losing a total of 750,000 yuan. After realizing she was scammed, Ms. Wu reported it to the police. She pretended to be willing to invest another 300,000 yuan and, in December of the same year, arranged a face-to-face transaction in front of a convenience store in Fengshan District, where police arrested Mr. Wei, the cash courier who came to collect the money. Ms. Wu argued that since Mr. Wei was arrested while collecting the money, he was a joint tortfeasor of the scam syndicate and should be jointly liable for the full 750,000 yuan previously lost. During the criminal investigation, Mr. Wei admitted that he was looking for work on Facebook and was hired by a company to collect customer exchange payments to secure his income and job. He officially started working on December 3rd and, on the 10th, went to the site for the first time to collect money as instructed. In the criminal proceedings, Mr. Wei was definitively sentenced to 8 months in prison for conspiracy to commit fraud by three or more persons. In the civil case, the Civil Division of the Kaohsiung District Court ruled that the 750,000 yuan Ms. Wu lost occurred in late November, while Mr. Wei was only hired and communicated with the scam syndicate in early December of the same year, meaning he joined after the fact. The judge determined that Mr. Wei could not foresee or conspire regarding the fraudulent damages that had already occurred before he joined, making it difficult to retroactively hold a low-level cash courier jointly liable for prior damages. Accordingly, the court dismissed Ms. Wu's claim for compensation. The case is still appealable.