A teenage girl found her mom's debit card and spent $64,000 on mobile games, wiping out her family's life savings

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The 13-year-old girl deleted chat and transaction records to hide them from her mother, who only discovered the spending spree after four months.

Gaming addiction among youth has become so prevalent in China that it's prompted government action.A teenage girl in China spent her family's life savings on mobile-game transactions.She told the outlet that she deleted the chat and transaction records to hide them from her mother.

Gong Yiwang learned about the spending spree in late May after receiving a call from a teacher at her daughter's boarding school, who worried the child was addicted to pay-to-play games, according toWhen Gong checked her bank account, she realized it was left with a bank balance of only seven cents. "I never thought a 13-year-old girl could do this," Gong told Elephant News. "I'm in a daze; my head feels like it's going to explode."

 

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