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Feds: California man ran kidnapping scam from Mexican prison

| November 12, 2020 7:39 PM

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California man imprisoned in Mexico ran a “virtual kidnapping” scheme that duped dozens of Americans into paying ransoms to free family members who were never actually kidnapped, according to federal prosecutors.

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