Tang & Fang.

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Two female thieves, named Tang Shuiyan and Fang Yunyun, were caught trying to break into the home of an official in Hefei, Anhui Province.   The duo established their name by stealing from officials only.

Tang had been arrested on a burglary. She fled and later joined Fang [2009] in her stealing rampage. Three days before they were arrested, Fang broke into the home of the deputy director of the banking watchdog in Anhui and made off with pre-paid shopping cards, valued at 1.5 million yuan.

Tang had once worked for a telecoms company, where she stole the information of her desired victims, including home address and phone number. Before her “unannounced visits,” she would call to make sure no one was home or in the office.

For instance, Tang once blew the whistle on her two victims, ex-head of Rural Credit Cooperatives in Guizhou Province, and ex-director of the Transportation Department in Guizhou. Her expose led to the duo’s being investigated for disciplinary violations and later indicted for taking bribes.

The duo would take photos of the stolen items and send them to an accomplice, to be used as a warning to victims against calling the police. Since most of the stolen properties were predictably ill-gotten gains  their value way exceeded the owners’ official salaries most victims had chosen to remain silent.               Just a thought.