(Pt 3) Strange "kidnapping" of a Chinese exchange student (opens in new tab)

Before he was reported missing on Dec 28, 2023, 17-year-old Chinese exchange student Kai Zhuang had been in contact with someone claiming to be a police officer in China\. He was told he was linked to a crime and had to cooperate\. The instructions were clear — do not tell anyone\. Investigators later found that Kai had been communicating with the scammers for weeks, sending money to accounts in China before his disappearance\. Chinese international students are often targeted in these scams ...