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Chinese teenager found alive in Utah was the victim of a “cyber kidnapping” scheme

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A 17-year-old Chinese exchange student who went missing last week was found alive in a tent in Utah’s freezing wilderness, where he was apparently told to go as part of what authorities said was a cyber kidnapping scam. Police from the city of Riverdale, where Kai Zhang was attending high school, said his parents had transferred $80,000 in ransom money to bank accounts in China because they believed he was in danger. The case is part of a growing trend where criminals extort money from families who have children or...

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