Luo Caixia, the victim of a well publicized identity theft, settled her lawsuit against the infringer on August 13 with an agreement for 45,000 yuan ($6,617) in compensation.
Following a three-hour court mediation in Changsha, Hunan Province, Luo finally dropped her original 141,900 yuan ($20,868) claim for violations of her right of name and right to education, as well as for mental injury, from high school classmate Wang Jiajun and her family.
The theft took place in 2004, when Luo scored higher than Wang in the national college entrance examination. Wang's father, Wang Zhengrong, a senior police officer, abused his position to steal Luo's identity for her. Wang was then recruited by Guizhou Normal University.
In March 2009, Luo, then a student at Tianjin Normal University, found out about the offense. Two months later, she filed a lawsuit against Wang, her family and other people she thought were responsible.
Wang disappeared when the theft was uncovered. Her father was sentenced to four years in jail last October on charges of counterfeiting official documents.
Luo said she had forgiven Wang and hoped the case's settlement would mean a new beginning for both of them.
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