He must be some kind of operator to get paid up front, unless he is the person employing you, because the schools he works with can not legaly hire foreign teachers. Even then, to get paid those things up front, he must have some mad Guanxi.

This guy is indeed a thief, liar, scumbag, there are not enough expletives in the English language to do this guy justice.

If you do a search on him you'll find all kinds of warning on the net, including posts about him at Daves esl. Yeah, this guy gets around. Look at his name and email address. He changes them regular, but for some reason this mo mo doesn't often change his name. Be real careful working with anyone out of Shanghai, which is I believe where this loser works his dark trade.