A day after Christmas in 2020, a 28-year-old Chinese man lifted his sleeping ex-girlfriend’s eyelids, scanned her iris to unlock Alipay and transferred $24,000 to pay off his gambling debts
A Chinese man used his sleeping ex-girlfriend's fingerprint and iris to unlock her phone and Alipay, transferring about $24,000 to pay gambling debts.Summary
On December 26, 2020, in Nanning, China, a 28-year-old man surnamed Huang visited his ex-girlfriend, surnamed Dong, who was unwell. He gave her what was described as cold medicine, which made her dizzy and put her to sleep. He then allegedly used her fingerprint to unlock her phone and lifted her eyelids to scan her iris to access her Alipay account, transferring 154,147 yuan (about $24,000) from her balance, credit services, and bank accounts to pay off his gambling debts. He took her phone, and she reported the theft the next morning. Huang was arrested in April 2021 and sentenced by a Nanning court to three years and six months in prison, fined 20,000 yuan, and ordered to compensate Dong. However, a fact-check by Yangcheng Evening News in December 2021 noted that while the court confirmed he used facial recognition, it did not specify how he did it, and the original report did not mention the eyelid-lifting detail.
(Source：The Economic Times)