Police say gangsters filmed victims being stripped, beaten and forced to drink sewage and sent videos to their families. Forty-six suspects in custody.
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Operation involved data stolen from more than 840 cards; public urged to beware of fraudsters.
Victim left a suicide note in the car where he choked to death on charcoal fumes, investigators say.
Scam follows an all-too familiar pattern: initial friendship via a chatroom, the promise of “big bucks”, and then the investment disappears into thin air.