When you imagine the kinds of people who fought for scamps, who pops into your head,

probably someone elderly or

other elderly or unintelligent. But maybe he should or maybe anyone else too regardless of their age or intelligence.

Shoo who looked rather older than his age with parted black hair, pushy eyebrows and big glasses, had used the

1990s to develop a respectable career in the field of HIV AIDS research.

In his late 20s, having received a master's degree in Beijing,

he traveled to the states to earn a doctorate in biochemistry.

Then he joined an AIDS research lab, and two years later he was recruited to a project

at Boston's Dana Farber Cancer Institute, investigating antibodies which might lead to an HIV vaccine.

By age 38, Schu was a Harvard Medical School professor, So a smart guy. On Tuesday, March 30th, 2004, Boston Police were called

to Dana Farber to interview a number of its employees. The timing was for Twitus. During one of the

interviews, the interviewee pointed out Shoe in the building's cafeteria.

Shoe was that very moment arguing with a fellow employee who claimed he had given

shoe over $5,000.

For what would one colleague have given another colleague so much money?

Well, for months prior he'd been raising money for a Chinese research lab

investigating a cure for severe acute respiratory syndrome, SARS. It made enough

sense. He was Chinese, a medical researcher, and China has historically struggled with the SARS far more than any other major country.

And his fundraising efforts were remarkable.

In all, he'd solicited just over $600,000 from over 30 people.

Then, like he promised, he sent it all to the Chinese research lab, which didn't exist. He saw a fax in the Dana-Farber office from some people in Nigeria

and he fell for it. Shoe's lawyer explained after his arrest that day in the cafeteria. So Shu wasn't the scammer, at least intentionally, he was the victim.

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