A woman surnamed Liu in eastern China, who turned herself in to the police after destroying a bank teller machine, has been sentenced to cover the cost of damages, the Shanghai-based Peng Pai reported on Feb. 25.
Last November, Liu, a factory worker of rural background, was duped into wiring 2,700 yuan (about $400) into an unknown account. She realized she had been tricked, and in an effort to disrupt the transaction data, poured the Coca Cola she was holding down an insertion slot in the automated telling machine (ATM).
During the transaction, the scammers hung up, and Liu knew she had been tricked.
