Five people have been arrested in China after a teenager who sold his kidney so he could buy an iPhone and iPad, suffered renal failure, it's been reported.
It's claimed the 17-year-old was last April recruited online for the illegal trade and received about $3,000 for his kidney -- while the gang made $35,000.
The dumb donor was only discovered when his mother noticed the new gadgets and asked he how he could afford them.
But now the gang involved have been identified and charged with causing intentional injury and illegal organ trading/
Prosecutors in Hunan say the lad, identified only as Wang, issuffering renal failure… it's not known if he's upgraded from an iPad 2 to a iPad 3.
It's claimed the 17-year-old was last April recruited online for the illegal trade and received about $3,000 for his kidney -- while the gang made $35,000.
The dumb donor was only discovered when his mother noticed the new gadgets and asked he how he could afford them.
But now the gang involved have been identified and charged with causing intentional injury and illegal organ trading/
Prosecutors in Hunan say the lad, identified only as Wang, issuffering renal failure… it's not known if he's upgraded from an iPad 2 to a iPad 3.