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Scammers conned victims in China out of millions of dollars , a BBC investigation has found.
The deception used a method known as "pig butchering" - gaining the victim’s trust.
Nearly 100 people had been transferred to the Isle of Man to work for a company which Chinese court documents refer to as " MIC " Six people who worked for MIC in Douglas have been convicted - upon their return home to China - of carrying out investment scams.
Chinese court papers refer to a man called Liang Lingfei being the co-founder of MIC on the Isle of Man .
Mr Liang was not one of those prosecuted or represented at the hearings.
The group of companies signed a planning agreement late last year for a glitzy "parkland campus" headquarters.
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