(Pt 4) Strange "kidnapping" of a Chinese exchange student (opens in new tab)

It has been 24 hours since 17-year-old Chinese exchange student Kai Zhuang went missing from his host family’s home in Utah in December 2023\. What investigators have uncovered points to something that began weeks earlier\. Records show Kai had been transferring large sums of money to accounts in China\. When those payments stopped, police believe the scammers escalated — turning to a tactic seen in similar cases known as ‘cyberkidnapping’ incidents\. Victims are pressured into cutting off co...