China couple abandon baby with nanny after claiming they will receive US$55 million inheritance from woman’s ex
- Woman promised US$1,000 monthly salary, not paid in months, lends cash
- Shown screenshots of property certificate, gold, watches, deposit boxes
A couple in China left their baby with a nanny saying they were about to inherit 400 million yuan (US$55 million) then disappeared owing her 110,000 yuan (US$15,000).
The incident has ignited a heated discussion online, with many people suspecting the couple are not the biological parents, but used the child to commit fraud.
The pair from Harbin, Heilongjiang province, northeastern China, left the five-month-old infant in the care of a nanny they had employed but had not paid.
They claimed they were about to come into a lot of cash from the wife’s former partner who had died. Instead, they vanished and have been gone for more than a month.
The nanny, surnamed Yu, said she was promised a monthly salary of 7,000 yuan (US$1,000). Yet, despite several months of service, she was not paid and even loaned the couple 50,000 yuan.
“I gave them all my savings, but since November last year, I haven’t received my salary. They owe me and the money I borrowed from my brother. Without any income, I’m still caring for their child,” she told Heilongjiang Radio and Television.
