Overview

• Jiao, a 38-year-old Nanjing resident known online as Sister Hong, disguised himself as a woman to lure dozens of heterosexual men into secret sexual encounters.
• He secretly recorded those encounters and sold the videos through a paid online subscription group charging 150 yuan per member.
• Police arrested Jiao on July 5 on official charges of distributing obscene material and violating victims’ privacy.
• Chinese health authorities are investigating whether Jiao intentionally spread HIV, while prosecutors are probing the involvement of minors in his scheme.
• Under Chinese law, confirming deliberate disease transmission or exploitation of underage victims could expose Jiao to life imprisonment or the death penalty.