Minimal toilet breaks, alarm clock curbs: Chinese tricksters take cue from Squid Game to prey on the indebted

Fraudsters in China are capitalizing on the popularity of the South Korean TV series “Squid Game” to exploit the financially vulnerable in a struggling economy, offering prize money, debt restructuring, and other deceptive schemes. Many players cry foul when they do not survive their first day for infractions caught on surveillance cameras, which they dispute.