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August 18 2014

A Chinese court convicted British fraud investigator Peter Humphrey and his wife, Yu Yingzeng, a naturalized US citizen, of illegally obtaining personal information.

A Chinese court convicted British fraud investigator Peter Humphrey and his wife, Yu Yingzeng, a naturalized US citizen, of illegally obtaining personal information.

The husband and wife team ran a China-based consulting ChinaWhys Co, that specialized in providing risk advisory services to multinational companies doing business in China. Prosecutors alleged that the couple violated the law's prohibition on illegal obtainment by collecting 256 personal information records. According to prosecutors, ChinaWhys purchased this information for RMB 800 to RMB 2000 (about US $130 to $325) per record and used it in background investigation reports prepared for ChinaWhys' clients.