24岁中国籍男子孙祥波涉全美逾百万美元诈骗被捕 密歇根老妇两个月被骗近50万美元
密歇根州阿勒根县警长办公室表示，24岁的中国籍男子孙祥波（Xiangbo Sun）涉嫌参与一个遍及全美的诈骗网络，涉案金额超过100万美元；仅在密歇根州，一名老妇人就在约两个月内被骗走近50万美元。相关案情细节于10月12日对外公布。据当地WWMT电视台报道，孙祥波持旅游签证，今年5月起在美国活动。
警方称，今年5月，这名老妇人接到自称联邦贸易委员会（FTC）人员的电话，对方称她的身份信息被盗用，若不立即处理，连她子女的身份也会被盗。来电者掌握她和家人的具体信息，令她信以为真。她先后从退休账户和储蓄账户中取出大笔资金，其中两次有自称「安全取款员」的人上门，取走总计23.7万美元的金币，对方声称这样可以阻止身份被盗，钱还会连本带息归还。
老妇人于6月17日向警长办公室报案，并告诉警方，对方预定次日还要上门取走6万美元现金。阿勒根县和肯特县的侦探随即在她家中设伏，并用无人机从空中监视。上门的男子按约定递上一张美元钞票，钞票上的序列号正是骗徒事先告诉老人的暗号；老人交出6万美元后，侦探当场将孙祥波逮捕。警方称，孙祥波是乘网约车从Chicago奥黑尔机场被送到阿勒根县的，原计划随后前往大急流城机场；电话记录和手机数据显示，他自5月下旬起在全美多地参与类似的上门取现，涉案金额超过100万美元，目前另有两个州已对他签发逮捕令。他在阿勒根县被控以虚假借口取得财物。警方表示，目前这些仍是指控，孙祥波尚未被定罪。
（综合WWMT电视台等媒体10月12日报道）
Chinese National Xiangbo Sun Arrested in Michigan Sting; Elderly Woman Lost Nearly $500,000 in Nationwide Scheme
The Allegan County Sheriff's Office in Michigan says Xiangbo Sun, 24, a Chinese national who has been in the United States on a tourist visa since May, took part in a fraud network that took more than $1 million from victims across the country - including nearly $500,000 from one elderly Michigan woman over about two months. Details of the wider investigation became public on October 12, according to WWMT.
Deputies say the woman was contacted in May by someone claiming to be from the Federal Trade Commission who told her that her identity had been stolen and that her children's identities would be next if she did not act. The caller knew specific details about her and her family, which convinced her the call was genuine. She withdrew money from her retirement and savings accounts, and on two occasions couriers came to her home and collected a total of $237,000 in gold coins, which she was told would stop the identity theft and be returned with interest.
The woman contacted the sheriff's office on June 17 and told deputies the scammers were scheduled to return the next day for $60,000 in cash. Detectives from Allegan and Kent counties waited inside her home while a drone watched from above. The courier who arrived produced a dollar bill whose serial number matched a code the scammers had given her in advance; after she handed over the $60,000, detectives arrested Sun. Deputies say a rideshare driver had brought him from Chicago's O'Hare Airport and was to take him on to Grand Rapids' airport, and that phone records link him to similar cash and gold pickups across the country since late May totaling over $1 million. Two other states have issued warrants for him, and he is charged in Allegan County with larceny by false pretenses. The sheriff's office notes the case involves allegations; Sun has not been convicted.
(Compiled from WWMT and other outlets, October 12)
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：图：孙祥波登记照，由阿勒根县警长办公室（Allegan County Sheriff's Office）发布
