American Chinese businessman and merchants are being targeted by the extortionists in China. Many Chinese in US have been phoned threatening them to pay thousands of dollars to free their Chinese brothers from jail in China. Some horrified victims have even wired big lump sum amount of dollars for the safely of their lives and family. Threat calls also include threats to damage their businesses if they fail to give in to the extortionist’s demands.

Victims are from Atlanta, Georgia, Boston, Massachusetts, Chicago, Illinois, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York and even some from Toronto. The police have suspected that there are four to five people involved in this crime. Investigations are still on. However, the police in the US say that it’s a tough task to trace the extortionists as they would have used fake identification. Moreover, they have no clue as to which branch of Western Union in China is being used to make the transfer. These extortionists may have extorted as much as $100,000 from the Chinese in United States alone. No one has been physically harmed so far.

Via: CNN