A Chinese couple murdered in Newcastle a week ago may have been involved in a range of internet scams, reports the BBC. The anger of people losing out from the scams could be a motive for the double murder. “Information passed to Northumbria Police includes details of adverts placed on UK-based Mandarin-language websites, recruiting people to watch football matches around the world.”
“Work: Watch football games and send live information to people … Requirement: Basic understanding of football rules…”
According to the news article, UK soccer matches (or matches from anywhere) are televised a minute behind in China. “It is claimed syndicates in China … could take advantage of this“.
Justrecently's Weblog 
At least there's Capital in the North - not quite the Dongbei network, but with occasional observations from China. As…