More than two dozen members of a Chinese scam ring have been charged by federal prosecutors with defrauding thousands of victims of more than $65 million, including a 97-year-old widow of a Holocaust survivor from San Diego who lost her life savings.

“Not all heroes wear capes: Some have YouTube channels,” said U.S. Attorney Adam Gordon. “Our office will continue to be on the cutting edge of law enforcement techniques to ensure justice for vulnerable victims who have been defrauded by Chinese organized crime.”

Gordon was referring how so-called YouTube scam-baiters, including Scammer Payback personality Pierogi and others from Trilogy Media ran a reverse op in 2020-21 to catch the fraudsters, most of whom were Chinese nationals, on video, according to a press release issued by the Un

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