Aum's cult tactics echo in scams 30 years after Tokyo sarin attack

TOKYO -- Three decades on from the 1995 sarin gas attacks on Tokyo subways perpetrated by Aum Shinrikyo, techniques used by the cult to recruit and manipulate followers remain in use, updated for the social media age.

A mother in her 50s recalled when she spent more than a decade caught up in a multi-level marketing scheme. "Before I knew it, they had taken advantage of my weaknesses," she said.