A Chinese national has pleaded guilty to helping a scam operation collect and launder more than half a million dollars taken from victims in the United States, prosecutors said on Monday.
Liu Binghui, 33, confessed to one count of money laundering conspiracy, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of California.
Liu is a Chinese citizen who had applied for asylum, prosecutors said.
He was indicted in April 2025 for helping launder money for scammers pretending to be government officials.
The Justice Department’s top fraud prosecutor described the scheme as “evil.” …