College student embezzled 1.85 million yuan of public funds and was defrauded in Pig Butchering Scam
[Reporters Fang Zhixian, Xu Lijuan / Kaohsiung Report] Kaohsiung Wenzao University of Foreign Languages Bilianhui officials suspected...
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