China investor reveals 9-year hunt to bring fugitive fraudster ex-wife to justice after she fled to US

A Shenzhen-based investment veteran has revealed on social media that he spent 13 million yuan (US$1.9 million) over nine years to send the woman who deceived him to prison.

The story of Li Ping has drawn significant attention online.

His 15-minute video, released on June 30, has garnered 69,000 likes and 9,000 comments, news portal guancha.cn reported.

Li, 52, said in his clip that during the period from 1996 to 2014, he earned over 70 million yuan (US$10 million) from the stock market.

In the middle of 2014, Li was invited to attend a forum where he met Zhang Shudan, an account manager at a major state-owned bank.

Both of them were from Hanzhong, in northwestern Shaanxi province.