A trio of tech entrepreneurs claiming to be Santa Barbara High School students were on the way to crowdfunding fame — but instead found themselves at the top of the biggest crowdfunding scam of the year.
In mid-August, Kevin Song, James Tang, and Danny Hu, each said to be 15 years of age, contacted news sources across the globe — in China, Australia, and the U.S. — touting the impressive Volt X Action Camera, a GoPro-quality camera available at the impossible price of $99.
“As an avid reader of the Santa Barbara Independent, I am reaching out to you because I believe our Kickstarter Project will resonate with the rest of your readers,” wrote Hu in his initial email to this newspaper, accompanied by a press release, media kit, and preview links to their crowdfunding pages.