Huang Youli, 50, is said to have defrauded over two million yuan (USD 290,000)through WeChat, a popular Chinese chatting app and social network service, in July, 2015, the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) said.
He turned himself in to the police in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on January 12.
Tang Shixian, 31, Wu Shaoyan, 36, and Pan Fangfang, 29, all allegedly participated in a sperm donation swindle.
They lured their victims to transfer money to them which they claimed to be a deposit against donation, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Hu Xiaoping, 50, and his son Hu Dalong, 27, gave themselves up to the police in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Tuesday.
They defrauded several million yuan by claiming to help victims apply for credit cards since January, 2016, the report said.
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