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Kai Zhuang: Chinese teen found alive in U.S. after cyber-kidnapping
Jan. 7, 2024, 12:01 a.m. | BBC
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A Chinese foreign exchange student has been found freezing but alive in the
US after his parents were extorted out of tens of thousands of dollars in a
*cyber kidnapping* scam.
Kai Zhuang was discovered "very cold and scared" in a tent in rural Utah,
Riverdale Police said in a statement.
The 17-year-old is believed to have isolated himself after being manipulated
by the kidnappers.
His parents were then tricked into paying around $80,000 (£62,600).
Zhuang is one of a …
chinese cold cyber cyber kidnapping exchange found kidnapping parents police rural scam student teen utah
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