How peer pressure, follow the leader, and groupthink, are all responsible for all these, enablers (they're NOT victims!) getting scammed by this, woman, and the fault still lies in the, "victims'" own, weakened states of, mind, and now, the woman is charged for scamming, exploitation, and some other, charges! Off of the Newspapers, translated…
A woman, Chang in Hsintien, Hsinbei set up a spiritual enlightenment seminar, recruited the ill members of communities, those who are having a hard time at work or school, lied that taking the courses her program offered can, help them not relapse from their illnesses or ailments, that the pupils will gain tens of millions of dollars a year, she'd taken advantage of the victims' fragile states of mind, scammed anywhere from hundred thousands of dollars to millions of dollars. But in the seminars, Chang physically and verbally abused the pupils, demanded that they pay her fines, the victimized pupils couldn't withstand the abuse anymore, and reported her to the criminal investigations unit.
groupthink mentality...comic from online
Recently, the investigators searched the residence of Chang, along with her she'd held the seminars, confiscated the cell phones, cash (including $ 7 million U.S.), the personal data of the registered pupils, the loan slips and other evidence, and they'd sent her on charges of fraud, threats to scam money, forced sexual molestations to the Taipei D.A.'s Office, after the interrogations, the district attorneys ordered Chang to pay $100,000N.T. for her bail.
The police investigated, that on the front, Chang set up the spiritual course, but instead used the threats to get the pupils to pay her, and extorted money from the pupils by restricting their personal freedom. Chang and her teaching assistant, Chen in the process of teaching the seminars, set up a ton of unreasonable regulations, and those who broke the rules were cussed out, and some were beaten physically, one of the pupils couldn't pay the fines, was forced to sign a million dollar cashier's check.
Another male pupil who was just out of college had troubles finding work, after he'd started attending the seminars, he was forced to sell his property, and paid Chang close to eight million dollars N.T., and afterwards, he'd found that he was, scammed, and there were the female pupils who couldn't pay the seven million dollars N.T. in tuition, who was forced to work as a delivery driver, worked the odds and ends to pay up the tuitions owed to Chang's programs.
following the leader...illustration from online
Chang even ordered the pupils to marry one another, or assigned the same-sex partners, using the title of spiritual partners to restrict them, and those who objected, Chang would order other pupils to physically assault and attack, and she'd even, ordered the members to molest each other, like fondling and kissing, to keep herself in that status of power.
The police told, that Chang had repeatedly exploited the pupils for their money from their manual laboring, used the pressures of the peers to keep the group tied up together, causing the victims to lose their sound judgments under pressure, and even if the pupils paid for the tuitions or the debts completely, she would demand that they sign up for other highly priced course sessions, her behaviors were, truly, evil.
I mean, is she now? I mean, if these younger generations of people don't have the weaknesses in their personalities, would they have been, gullible enough, to fall for this woman's lies? Naturally not. So, there are still, NO victims, only abuser and enablers, and those who'd lost money, they had it coming, because they are not strong enough, they fall prey to follow the leader, and groupthink, and peer pressure from the "rest of the class" also played a vital role in this, cult!
