THEY were successful professionals in their own right. But the lure of making a quick buck saw two people fall for the ruse of a con man.

Over a 12-month period from 2007 to last year, the 51-year-old architect and the 49-year-old senior manager handed over $700,000 altogether to Lee Hock Chye.

They were not the only ones to fall for the scam. In all, Lee, 30, convinced 91 people in just two years to put $13.4 million into an investment scam he concocted in April 2006.

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