It is largely the creation of a man known as Sam Pa.

ECONOMIST: China International Fund

The third man ran a similar scam out of Easton, Pa.

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He is South Waziristan's political agent (PA), the government's chief representative in the area and the man whose job it is to keep the tribes in check.

ECONOMIST: Waziristan