{
  "id": 6223477,
  "title": "S'pore celeb allegedly seen at suspected pyramid scheme meetings in China as part of organising team",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/spore-celeb-allegedly-seen-at-suspected-pyramid-scheme-meetings-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-07T12:07:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mothership",
    "slug": "mothership",
    "url": "https://mothership.sg/2026/09/singapore-actor-pyramid-scheme-meetings-nanning-china/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Singapore celebrities allegedly attended meetings of a suspected pyramid scheme in Nanning, China, according to reports by the Shin Min Daily News. Two women who were invited on an organized trip to Nanning, the capital of Guangxi province, claimed to have seen a male Singapore celebrity at one of the events. One woman, surnamed Zheng, saw the celebrity at one of the events and another woman, surnamed Chen, mentioned seeing him again at a welcome event for new recruits. Chen recalled that the celebrity was introduced to her as a Singapore celebrity and seemed to be part of the team organizing the event. However, Shin Min did not name the celebrity and reported that the individual's social media bio identifies him as a retired Singapore entrepreneur. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Singapore confirmed that 52 Singaporeans were arrested in Guangxi following a law enforcement operation against suspected pyramid scheme activities.",
  "summary": "Other successful Singapore businesspeople were also allegedly present.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}