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Alleged Chinese agent has ties to overseas scam group

Wanying Zhang was arrested after allegedly surveilling the Taiwanese president's son, and CBS News links her to an alleged Cambodian group accused of forced-labor scams; she is presumed innocent.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNow to a California realtor, Wanying Heather Zhang, charged last week with acting as an unregistered foreign agent after she allegedly surveilled the Taiwanese president's son.

  2. Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterAND TONIGHT A CBS NEWS INVESTIGATION SAYS SHE HAS CONNECTIONS TO AN ALLEGED CAMBODIAN CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION!

  3. Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterMulti-billion-dollar scams aimed at Americans, allegedly run with forced labor!

  4. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAllegedly. Connections, not convictions.

  5. Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterA REALTOR, HANK! Think of the open houses! Who was really holding those doors open? I can smell the stale cookies from here!

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorStale cookies.

  7. Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterA scam empire, a surveilled son, and a lockbox! Nobody is safe!

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe charge says unregistered. Of everything in this story, that is the one form she allegedly skipped.

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