假冒联邦人员上门收走老人70多万美元现金 华男刘炳辉在加州联邦法院认罪
美国司法部10月5日宣布，33岁的中国公民刘炳辉（Binghui Liu）在加州东区联邦法院承认一项共谋洗钱罪。加州东区联邦检察官Eric Grant公布了案情。刘炳辉此前居住在San Jose，其庇护申请正在审理中。
据司法部新闻稿，2024年2月至2025年4月，刘炳辉与同伙参与了一起冒充政府人员诈骗的洗钱活动。骗徒中有人在美国境外、包括印度遥控指挥，他们冒充联邦执法人员联系受害者，谎称对方已被提起刑事指控、银行账户将被冻结，要求受害者把积蓄取成现金交给上门的「联邦人员」代为「保管」。骗徒使用假名和暗号接头，教受害者如何应对银行的询问，还要求受害者把自己和打包好的现金拍成照片发过去。在其中一起案件中，一名老人接到自称「美国法警」的电话，被告知有针对他的逮捕令，随后把钱交给了所谓的「美联储雇员」，总共损失超过70万美元。
检方称，仅在2025年3月和4月，刘炳辉就跑遍加州和内华达州，从24名受害者手中收走约597,100美元现金。2025年4月9日，他在上门取钱时落入FBI的诱捕行动，收下的2万美元全是假钞。此案由FBISacramento办公室调查。刘炳辉定于2027年1月4日由联邦法官Kirk E. Sherriff宣判，最高面临20年监禁，以及50万美元或涉案金额两倍的罚款。
（据美国司法部加州东区联邦检察官办公室10月5日新闻稿）
Chinese National Binghui Liu Pleads Guilty in Scam That Posed as Federal Agents and Took an Elderly Victim's $700,000
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on October 5 that Binghui Liu, 33, a citizen of China formerly residing in San Jose while his asylum application was pending, pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of California to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced the plea.
According to the Justice Department, between February 2024 and April 2025, Liu and his co-conspirators took part in a government-impersonation fraud scheme. Scammers, some operating from outside the United States including in India, posed as federal law enforcement officers and told victims that criminal charges had been filed against them and their bank accounts would be frozen. Victims were instructed to withdraw their savings in cash and hand it to supposed federal officials "for safekeeping." The scammers used fake names and code words, coached victims on what to tell bank tellers, and directed them to photograph themselves with the packaged cash. In one case, an elderly victim who was told by a caller posing as a U.S. Marshal that an arrest warrant had been issued lost more than $700,000 to supposed Federal Reserve employees.
Prosecutors say that in March and April 2025 alone, Liu collected roughly $597,100 in cash from 24 victims across California and Nevada. On April 9, 2025, he was caught in an FBI sting when he arrived to pick up what he believed was $20,000 in cash; the bills were fake. The FBI's Sacramento office investigated the case. Liu is scheduled to be sentenced on January 4, 2027, by Judge Kirk E. Sherriff, and faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of $500,000 or twice the amount involved.
(Source: U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California, October 5)
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