Tens of thousands of scam workers released from Cambodian compounds face deportation obstacles, overstay fines, and humanitarian collapse as international aid systems fail. Investigative reporter Shibani Mahtani follows Ugandan scammer Schwebe's struggle to escape a $3,500 fine trap and return home after Cambodia's government crackdown abandons victims to streets and temples. Cambodian immigration officials impose $10-per-day overstay fines on migrant scam workers, totaling thousands of dollars that stranded people cannot pay, effectively imprisoning them in the country.