Wu Ying, 198 1, born in Geshan Town, Dongyang City, Zhejiang Province, was 26 years old at the time of the crime. 1999 after dropping out of technical school, Wu Ying worked as an apprentice in a local beauty shop. In 2005, she started to run a hairdressing salon and a beauty center with her husband in Dongyang.

In the second half of 2006, Wu Ying successively established eight "Bense Group" companies with a registered capital of 1 100 million yuan, covering hotels, businesses, building materials, weddings, advertisements, logistics and the Internet. It was once rumored that its assets were as high as 3.8 billion yuan, which made it ranked 68th in the Hurun Report in 2006 and 6th in the list of the richest women.

After 37 days of criminal detention in March 2007, she was arrested by Dongyang Public Security Bureau of Zhejiang Province on June 16 on suspicion of illegally absorbing public deposits, and six others were arrested at the same time.

In March 2007, Wu Ying was arrested by Dongyang Public Security Bureau on suspicion of illegally absorbing public deposits. On April 16, 2009, the Intermediate People's Court of Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province held a trial of Wu Ying's case in the first instance, and the procuratorate accused Wu Ying of raising funds to defraud RMB 389 million. Wu Ying, 28, performed a short-term wealth legend.