四名中国公民零售身份诈骗被判刑：窃数百人身份骗取至少120万美元
2025年3月17日，美国司法部加州中区联邦检察官办公室宣布，四名中国公民因参与一桩针对数百名美国消费者的零售身份诈骗案，被位于加利福尼亚州洛杉矶县洛杉矶市的联邦法院判处联邦监禁。这桩骗局窃取了数百名受害者的身份，骗取全国多家大型零售商至少120万美元。
宣判由联邦地区法官 Stephen V. Wilson 作出。四名被告均已于1月6日认罪，且均为以虚假借口入境美国的中国公民。
四人刑期与罪名如下：Kar Kee “Steven” Cheung，现年36岁，住在加利福尼亚州圣贝纳迪诺县的奇诺岗市（Chino Hills），被判42个月联邦监禁，其罪名为一项签证欺诈、一项持有制造虚假身份证件的设备，以及一项共谋实施接入设备欺诈。
Qian Guo，现年37岁，同样住在加利福尼亚州圣贝纳迪诺县的奇诺岗市，被判33个月联邦监禁，其罪名为一项持有制造虚假身份证件的设备，以及一项共谋实施接入设备欺诈。
Chongming “Ming” Wang，现年28岁，住在加利福尼亚州洛杉矶县的天普市（Temple City），被判18个月联邦监禁，其罪名为一项共谋实施接入设备欺诈，以及一项教唆、协助实施金额超过1,000美元的接入设备欺诈。
Jiaozhu “Yanny” Yan，现年30岁，住在加利福尼亚州洛杉矶县的阿罕布拉市（Alhambra），被判12个月又1天联邦监禁，其罪名为一项签证欺诈。
根据司法部公布的案情，这六名被告窃取了受害者的身份信息，包括社会安全号码、出生日期与家庭住址，并利用这些信息制作假驾照，再以受害者名义在全国大型零售商处获取信用。涉案零售商包括 Ulta Beauty、Sephora、Nordstrom、Macy's、Kohl's、Williams-Sonoma、Dillard's 与 Saks Fifth Avenue 等。司法部称，作案者还可能以受害者名义开设零售商品牌信用卡账户。
本案另有两名同案被告。Sizhen “Rachel” Liu，现年35岁，中国公民，住在加利福尼亚州圣贝纳迪诺县的奇诺岗市，已于1月6日先行被判50个月联邦监禁，其罪名为一项共谋实施接入设备欺诈，以及一项金额超过1,000美元的接入设备欺诈。
第六名被告 Hyun Woo “Scott” Jung，现年30岁，住在加利福尼亚州圣贝纳迪诺县的安大略市（Ontario），已于2月10日认罪，罪名为一项共谋实施接入设备欺诈，以及一项持有意图非法使用五份以上虚假身份证件。Jung 定于5月5日由 Wilson 法官判刑。
本案的持续调查由美国国务院外交安全局（DSS）主导。国土安全调查局与联邦调查局（FBI）在调查中提供了大量协助，阿罕布拉警察局、阿卡迪亚警察局，以及马里兰州 Bel Air 警察局也提供了支援。
DSS 洛杉矶外勤办公室已设立举报专线，保密征集与这桩骗局有关的线索。司法部特别呼吁上述全国大型零售商的安保与防损人员，如掌握与洛杉矶地区同类交易模式有关的信息，可联系 DSS 洛杉矶零售诈骗举报专线。
本案由暴力与有组织犯罪科助理联邦检察官 Kim Meyer 负责起诉。
（来源：美国司法部）
Four Chinese Nationals Sentenced in Retail Identity Fraud Scheme: Hundreds of Identities Stolen, at Least $1.2 Million Taken
On March 17, 2025, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California announced that four Chinese nationals were sentenced to federal prison in federal court in Los Angeles, a city in Los Angeles County, California, for their participation in a complex scheme that targeted hundreds of U.S. consumers. The scheme involved the theft of hundreds of identities to defraud multiple domestic retailers out of at least $1.2 million.
United States District Judge Stephen V. Wilson imposed the sentences. All four defendants pleaded guilty on January 6, and all four are Chinese nationals who entered the country under false pretenses.
Kar Kee "Steven" Cheung, 36, of Chino Hills, a city in San Bernardino County, California, was sentenced to 42 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to one count of visa fraud, one count of possession of equipment used to manufacture false identification documents, and one count of conspiracy to commit access device fraud.
Qian Guo, 37, also of Chino Hills in San Bernardino County, California, was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for one count of possession of equipment used to manufacture false identification documents and one count of conspiracy to commit access device fraud.
Chongming "Ming" Wang, 28, of Temple City, a city in Los Angeles County, California, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for one count of conspiracy to commit access device fraud and one count of aiding and abetting access device fraud in excess of $1,000.
Jiaozhu "Yanny" Yan, 30, of Alhambra, a city in Los Angeles County, California, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal prison for one count of visa fraud.
As part of the scheme, the six defendants stole the victims' identities — including their Social Security numbers, dates of birth and home addresses — and used that information to make fake driver's licenses that were used to access credit in the victims' names at large national retailers, including Ulta Beauty, Sephora, Nordstrom, Macy's, Kohl's, Williams-Sonoma, Dillard's, and Saks Fifth Avenue. The Justice Department said suspects using fake driver's licenses as part of this scheme may also have been opening retail-branded credit accounts in the victims' names.
A fifth co-conspirator was sentenced earlier in the case. Sizhen "Rachel" Liu, 35, also a Chinese national and a resident of Chino Hills in San Bernardino County, California, was sentenced on January 6 to 50 months in federal prison for one count of conspiracy to commit access device fraud and one count of access device fraud in excess of $1,000.
The sixth defendant in the case, Hyun Woo "Scott" Jung, 30, of Ontario, a city in San Bernardino County, California, pleaded guilty on February 10 to one count of conspiracy to commit access device fraud and one count of possession with intent to use unlawfully five or more false identification documents. Jung is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Wilson on May 5.
The ongoing investigation in this matter is being conducted by the State Department's Diplomatic Security Service (DSS). During the investigation, DSS received substantial assistance from Homeland Security Investigations and the FBI, with additional support from the Alhambra Police Department, the Arcadia Police Department, and the Bel Air, Maryland Police Department.
The DSS Los Angeles Field Office has created a tipline to solicit information confidentially from sources with information about this scheme. Security and loss prevention personnel from the large national retailers identified above are encouraged to contact the DSS LA Retail Fraud Tipline if they have information about Los Angeles-area transactions closely matching this scheme.
Assistant United States Attorney Kim Meyer of the Violent and Organized Crime Section prosecuted this case.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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图片来源：图：位于加利福尼亚州洛杉矶县洛杉矶市市中心的第一街美国联邦法院大楼全景（西一街与百老汇交口），该楼为美国加州中区联邦地区法院所在地，本案在此判刑（照片：Daniel L. Lu，CC BY-SA 4.0，Wikimedia Commons）。 / Photo: The First Street U.S. Courthouse at West 1st Street and Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, home of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, where the defendants were sentenced (photo: Daniel L. Lu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons).
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