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| World Cup 2014: China fraudsters' boom in bogus sick notes | |
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| Worried that your late night World Cup binges are going to negatively affect your work punctuality? Just don’t take a cue from football fans in China who have been fuelling a boom in fake doctor’s notes. | Worried that your late night World Cup binges are going to negatively affect your work punctuality? Just don’t take a cue from football fans in China who have been fuelling a boom in fake doctor’s notes. |
| Three days before the tournament begins, auction websites have been inundated with fraudulent sick notes with sellers hoping to capitalise on workers’ desperation to watch matches, according to state-run newspaper the Global Times. | Three days before the tournament begins, auction websites have been inundated with fraudulent sick notes with sellers hoping to capitalise on workers’ desperation to watch matches, according to state-run newspaper the Global Times. |
| The 11-hour time difference between host nation Brazil and China means that many of the matches kick off at 3am and a day’s work just a few hours later is an uphill struggle some professionals do not want to face. | The 11-hour time difference between host nation Brazil and China means that many of the matches kick off at 3am and a day’s work just a few hours later is an uphill struggle some professionals do not want to face. |
| The counterfeit documents cost up to 300 yuan (£28), with a reporter obtaining one for a third of that price purporting to be from Shanghai’s Ruijin Hospital. | The counterfeit documents cost up to 300 yuan (£28), with a reporter obtaining one for a third of that price purporting to be from Shanghai’s Ruijin Hospital. |
| The note claimed to be from its respiratory department, emblazoned with four stamps and a medical verdict reading: “Upper respiratory tract infection. Suggestion: one day of sick leave.” | The note claimed to be from its respiratory department, emblazoned with four stamps and a medical verdict reading: “Upper respiratory tract infection. Suggestion: one day of sick leave.” |
| It had a future date of 15 June, when England take on Italy with a kick-off time of 6am in China. The note was produced by a firm called Shanghai Sick Notes. | It had a future date of 15 June, when England take on Italy with a kick-off time of 6am in China. The note was produced by a firm called Shanghai Sick Notes. |
| A spokesperson for the hospital said it would happily check the authenticity of a note if a suspicious employer wanted to verify it. | A spokesperson for the hospital said it would happily check the authenticity of a note if a suspicious employer wanted to verify it. |
| It is thought that similar services are also being offered in Beijing and Nanjing, though it could lead to imprisonment for those behind the scams. | It is thought that similar services are also being offered in Beijing and Nanjing, though it could lead to imprisonment for those behind the scams. |