Teen girl in China splurges $85k on mobile games, depletes family’s savings

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Teen girl in China splurges $85k on mobile games, depletes family’s savings
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The girl's mother discovered that there was only 0.5 yuan (10 Singapore cents) left in her bank account. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A 13-year-old girl in China who is addicted to mobile games stole her mother’s debit card and spent 449,500 yuan on app games in four months.

In a viral video posted with the news report, Ms Wang, who is from Henan province in central China, is seen crying as she recounts the shock she felt when she saw the multiple pages of transactions made. The girl said in the video that she was reluctant to pay for her classmates but gave in when they kept pestering her.

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