US EditionMissing Chinese exchange student found safe in Utah following cyber kidnapping scheme, police say
- A Chinese exchange student was found alone and cold in a tent after being a victim of a "cyber-kidnapping" in Utah.
- The student's family received a ransom note and photograph, leading them to pay $80,000 in ransom before he was found.
- The FBI and Chinese officials have been working with local police to investigate similar "cyber-kidnapping" scams targeting foreign exchange students, particularly those from China.
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Missing Chinese foreign exchange student discovered in tent after 'cyber kidnapping'
A 17-year-old Chinese foreign exchange student who went missing last week was found alive in a tent on a mountainside near Brigham City in Utah, with authorities saying that the teenager was the victim of a “cyber kidnapping.” #cyberkidnapping #Utah #foreignexchangestudent #China #kidnapping
Police officers from Riverdale, Ohio, successfully completed a search campaign on the last day of last year for Chinese citizen Kai Zhuang, who was the victim of an online scam. It turned out to be a virtual kidnapping.
Teen Found Alive in Remote Utah Mountains After ‘Cyber-Kidnapping’
A 17-year-old international student from China who went missing after a “cyber-kidnapping” case where his family was extorted for $80,000 has been found alive in the Utah mountainside, police confirm. Kai Zhuang, who was reported missing by his parents on Dec. 28, was located after local police, along with the FBI and the U.S. Embassy in China traced his bank records and phone data, leading them to a remote mountainous area about 25 miles from …
Kai Zhuang, a Chinese exchange student, was found alive in the United States after his parents paid thousands of dollars in a “cyberkidnapping” scam. Victims of cyberkidnapping are convinced to isolate themselves in order to ask for thousands of dollars in ransom from their families.
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