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Ex-husband hid assets by ‘giving’ sports car to elderly mum

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To hide assets from his ex-wife, a man transferred his convertible Mini Cooper to his 70-year-old mother

To hide assets from his ex-wife, a man transferred his convertible Mini Cooper to his 70-year-old mother.

PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO

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Some men would jump through hoops just to hide assets from their spouse when a divorce is under way, such as the one who put his Mini Cooper sports car in his 70-year-old mother’s name.

As if that was not enough to raise eyebrows, he also moved about $570,000 of savings to his sister, claiming it was to pay off a loan that was in fact a lot less.

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