Three Chinese nationals who obtained U.S. student visas have been sentenced to between two and seven years in federal prison for their roles in a fraud scheme that stole more than $10 million from elderly Americans across 19 states.
Federal prosecutors announced the sentences on Oct. 30, identifying Yankun Jiang, 26, and Hanlin Yang, 26, both of State College, Pennsylvania, and Lei Bao, 24, of New York. More than 50 people were victimized.
The scheme began with fake computer security warnings and ended with couriers posing as federal agents arriving at victims’ homes to collect large sums of cash supposedly for safekeeping.
Federal court records obtained by The Epoch Times also confirm that a fourth defendant, Kuo Zhang, pleaded guilty in September to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He has not yet been sentenced….