加州男子参与骗领约4640万美元公共福利并洗钱，判刑120个月
2026年5月14日，位于宾夕法尼亚州多芬县哈里斯堡市的联邦检察官中区办公室宣布，72岁的加州洛杉矶居民 Brian R. Cleland 因参与骗领约4640万美元公共福利并洗钱，被联邦地区法官 Jennifer P. Wilson 判处120个月监禁，并被责令没收约4640万美元。
检方说，Cleland 已于2025年11月17日认罪，承认与61岁的 Bruce Jin、60岁的 Carlos A. Grijalva 等同伙，以经营口罩等防疫物资生意的假象作掩护，骗取州失业补偿金与联邦经济影响补助。团伙中包括据信身在中国的人员，他们用身份盗窃受害者的个人信息在全美银行开设数千个账户并生成虚假失业金申请，宾夕法尼亚州、弗吉尼亚州、佛罗里达州等因此支付了数百万美元。
赃款随后经 ACH 电子转账汇入 Cleland、Jin 与 Grijalva 控制的公司，仅 Jin 控制的公司就收到逾1200万美元；Cleland 与 Grijalva 再把逾3000万美元转给 Jin 的公司，Jin 其后向一家中国公司的银行账户电汇逾3500万美元，并向控制该公司的在华个人直接转款逾200万美元。同案 Jin 已于4月30日被判144个月监禁并被责令没收逾5900万美元，Grijalva 已认罪，定于5月19日量刑。本案由联邦调查局与美国劳工部监察长办公室调查。
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California Man Sentenced to 120 Months in $46.4 Million Public Benefits Fraud and Laundering Case
On May 14, 2026, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, announced that Brian R. Cleland, 72, of Los Angeles, California, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jennifer P. Wilson to 120 months in prison for his role in fraudulently obtaining about $46.4 million in public benefits and laundering the proceeds. He was also ordered to forfeit about $46.4 million.
Prosecutors said Cleland pleaded guilty on November 17, 2025, and admitted that he conspired with Bruce Jin, 61, and Carlos A. Grijalva, 60, both of Los Angeles, and others, using purported mask and personal protective equipment businesses as a front to obtain state unemployment compensation and Economic Impact Payments by fraud. Members of the conspiracy, including some believed to be in China, used identity theft victims' personal information to open thousands of bank accounts across the United States and generate fraudulent unemployment claims, which drew millions of dollars from Pennsylvania, Virginia, Florida and other states.
The funds were then moved by ACH transfers into companies controlled by Cleland, Jin and Grijalva; companies controlled by Jin alone received more than $12 million. Cleland and Grijalva transferred more than $30 million to Jin's companies, and Jin then wired more than $35 million to a bank account of a company in China and more than $2 million directly to the individual in China who controlled that company. Jin was sentenced on April 30 to 144 months in prison and ordered to forfeit more than $59 million; Grijalva has pleaded guilty and was scheduled to be sentenced on May 19. The FBI and the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Inspector General investigated the case.
Related: Justice Department Creates National Fraud Enforcement Division to Fight Fraud Against Taxpayer Funds
来源：美国司法部
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图片来源：图：位于哈里斯堡的宾夕法尼亚州议会大厦（资料照片），判刑在哈里斯堡宣布。w_lemay 摄，CC BY-SA 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg (file photo); the sentence was announced in Harrisburg. Photo by w_lemay, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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