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Student stages fake kidnapping after racking up gambling, loan debts

Summary by Philstar Global
A second-year college student was arrested in Lipa City, Batangas after faking his own kidnapping in an attempt to obtain ransom money to pay off his online gambling debts. The 19-year-old student sent a video of himself blindfolded and crying for help to his mother, relatives and friends to make them believe he had been […]

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Student stages fake kidnapping after racking up gambling, loan debts

A second-year college student was arrested in Lipa City, Batangas after faking his own kidnapping in an attempt to obtain ransom money to pay off his online gambling debts. The 19-year-old student sent a video of himself blindfolded and crying for help to his mother, relatives and friends to make them believe he had been […]

·Taguig, Philippines (the)
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Philstar Global broke the news in Taguig, Philippines (the) on Friday, September 11, 2026.
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