Teen scammed into filming herself with mouth taped, transferring S$170,000 to fraudsters


The man was arrested for his suspected involvement in a case of a China officials impersonation scam. - SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A couple in China received a video showing their teenage daughter with her hands and legs bound and mouth taped shut, with a ransom demand in Mandarin from an unknown person.

Singapore police found the girl, 19, safe in a Woodlands flat rented by a 22-year-old man.

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