华人男子冒充联邦官员收钱洗钱近60万美元 10月5日认罪、明年1月量刑
弗雷斯诺（加州）——美国司法部东加州区检察官办公室10月5日宣布，中国公民刘炳辉（Binghui Liu，33岁）已就一项共谋洗钱罪认罪。刘炳辉此前居住在圣荷西，其庇护申请仍在待审。检方表示，2024年2月至2025年4月，刘炳辉与同伙冒充联邦执法人员，以受害者「面临刑事指控、银行账户将被冻结」为由，诱使对方提取现金交给他们「托管」，刘炳辉负责上门取现。
仅2025年3月至4月，刘炳辉即从加州和内华达州的24名受害者处收取约597,100美元；其中一名老年受害者被自称「美国法警」的人骗走逾70万美元。刘炳辉于2025年4月在联邦调查局的一次钓鱼执法行动中、收取两万美元假钞时被捕。本案定于2027年1月4日由联邦法官柯克·谢里夫（Kirk E. Sherriff）量刑，刘炳辉最高面临20年监禁和50万美元罚款。
Chinese National Binghui Liu Pleads Guilty in $597,000 Money-Laundering Conspiracy Posing as Federal Officers
FRESNO, Calif. — The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California announced on October 5 that Binghui Liu, 33, a Chinese national formerly living in San Jose whose asylum application is pending, has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. Prosecutors say that from February 2024 to April 2025, Liu and his accomplices posed as federal law-enforcement officers, told victims they faced criminal charges and that their bank accounts would be frozen, and induced them to hand over cash for 'safekeeping,' with Liu collecting the money in person.
In March and April 2025 alone, Liu collected about $597,100 from 24 victims in California and Nevada; one elderly victim lost more than $700,000 to a caller claiming to be a U.S. Marshal. Liu was arrested in April 2025 in an FBI sting while taking $20,000 in fake bills. Sentencing is set for January 4, 2027, before U.S. District Judge Kirk E. Sherriff; Liu faces a maximum of 20 years in prison and a $500,000 fine.
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