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  "id": 7330597,
  "title": "Man arrested over alleged HK$2.8 million Hong Kong school admission scam",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/man-arrested-over-alleged-hk-2-8-million-hong-kong-school-admission-7330597",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-14T13:25:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3367495/man-arrested-over-alleged-hk28-million-hong-kong-school-admission-scam"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A man has been arrested for allegedly defrauding an education consultant of nearly HK$3 million (US$382,500) by claiming he could secure dozens of places at a Hong Kong school, the South China Morning Post has learned. A police source said on Monday that the suspect, a 51-year-old Hongkonger, who claimed to be a businessman, signed a contract with a woman education consultant, 45, on March 1,…",
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        "published": "2026-09-14T09:40:00.000Z"
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        "published": "2026-09-14T12:00:36.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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