323 suspects held for posing as medical experts in China
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Beijing: Police in southwest China's Chongqing municipality have arrested 323 suspects for posing as medical experts to sell "health products" to the elderly and patients, authorities said.
Raiding 30 sites in more than 10 provinces and cities across the country, police have rounded up 16 criminal gangs.
Over 10,000 cases involving more than 10 million yuan (USD 1.51 million) have been solved by the police, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
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