假冒苹果设备退货诈骗案宣判：奇诺岗主犯 Wenhui Huang 获刑78个月，骗换真机致苹果损失逾1620万美元
美国联邦检察官办公室（加州中区）宣布，一个以南加州为据点的跨太平洋假冒苹果设备退货诈骗团伙已全案宣判：住在圣贝纳迪诺县奇诺岗（Chino Hills）的团伙头目 Wenhui Huang（41岁）被判联邦监禁78个月，并须赔偿16,239,254美元；住在河滨县 Corona 的二号人物 Yang Song（39岁）被判57个月，赔偿16,997,415美元。2026年8月，联邦地区法官 André Birotte Jr. 作出上述判决，两人是本案最后受审的被告。
法庭文件显示，2015年12月至2024年3月间，Huang、Song 等人与在中国的同伙合谋，将假冒的 iPhone、iPad 等苹果设备走私进入美国。这些假机外观与真机无异，并带有与北美真实用户在保修期内的设备相同的识别号码与序列号，等于冒用真实用户的身份。团伙成员把假机拿到苹果门店，谎称真机无法开机、损坏或存在其他故障，要求按苹果保修与 AppleCare+ 计划更换或维修，骗得真机后运往中国等地转卖牟利。苹果因此遭受至少1620万美元损失。
为实施骗局，该团伙跑遍南加州多家苹果门店，包括 Beverly Hills、Sherman Oaks、Pasadena、Irvine、Northridge、Manhattan Beach、Brea、Rancho Cucamonga、Cerritos 的门店以及洛杉矶 The Grove、南海岸广场（South Coast Plaza）等商场，一天之内最多跑10家门店；还在南加州多家 UPS Store 租用数十个邮箱，用来接收来自中国的假机与苹果寄回的真机。
同案其余四名被告此前已被判刑：Yushan Lin（32岁，Corona）被判18个月居家监禁，Shuyi Xing（36岁，Corona）被判38个月，Zhengxuan Hu（28岁，Alhambra）被判24个月，Junwei Jiang（39岁，东洛杉矶）被判36个月，四人另被判支付1600余万美元赔偿。其中 Lin 与 Xing 两人经手退换至少1,584台假冒设备，造成至少1,116,544美元损失。
Huang 于2025年5月承认串谋电信与邮件诈骗、串谋贩卖假冒商品等罪名，Song 于2025年6月承认21项罪名，另涉一宗把诈骗所得汇往海外的洗钱安排。本案由国土安全调查局（HSI）与国税局刑事调查处（IRS-CI）侦办，美国邮政检查局与洛杉矶市警察局提供协助。
Chino Hills Ringleader Wenhui Huang Sentenced to 78 Months in $16.2 Million Apple Counterfeit Return Fraud
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California announced the final sentencings in a trans-Pacific Apple counterfeit return fraud ring based in Southern California. Wenhui Huang, 41, of Chino Hills in San Bernardino County, the group's ringleader, was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $16,239,254 in restitution. Yang Song, 39, of Corona in Riverside County, the group's second-in-command, received 57 months and was ordered to pay $16,997,415. U.S. District Judge André Birotte Jr. imposed the sentences in August 2026.
From December 2015 to March 2024, the group worked with co-conspirators in China to smuggle counterfeit iPhones, iPads and other Apple devices into the United States. The counterfeits carried identification and serial numbers matching real devices owned by real people in North America and covered by Apple warranties and AppleCare+. The defendants returned the fakes to Apple stores claiming they would not power on or were damaged, received genuine replacements, and shipped the real devices abroad, primarily to China, for resale. Apple lost at least $16.2 million.
The defendants visited Apple stores across Southern California, including in Beverly Hills, Sherman Oaks, Pasadena, Irvine, Northridge, Manhattan Beach, Brea, Rancho Cucamonga and Cerritos, sometimes hitting 10 stores in a day, and rented dozens of UPS Store mailboxes to receive counterfeit devices from China and genuine replacements from Apple.
Four other defendants were sentenced earlier: Yushan Lin, 32, of Corona, to 18 months of home detention; Shuyi Xing, 36, of Corona, to 38 months; Zhengxuan Hu, 28, of Alhambra, to 24 months; and Junwei Jiang, 39, of East Los Angeles, to 36 months, each with restitution orders exceeding $16 million. Huang pleaded guilty in May 2025 and Song in June 2025. Homeland Security Investigations and IRS Criminal Investigation led the case, with assistance from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the Los Angeles Police Department.
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