TingTing Biao remembers the moment she realized she lost everything, including tens of thousands of dollars in savings, on an immigration scheme that left her broke and traumatized.

A donated loaf of bread was all she could offer her child.

“My daughter eats one meal in the whole day,” Biao said, her voice trembling during an interview in Saskatoon this August.

Instead of a new life in Canada, Biao is now back in China warning others about what happened — a dream that turned into a nightmare.

In January, Biao and her husband arrived in Canada on tourist visas with their six-year-old daughter, intending to explore their options for moving here permanently.

TingTing Biao's six-year-old daughter Jojo at an airport in Canada. The family arrived on tourist visas but wanted to find a way to

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