佛罗里达州女子Hang Kim Thi Ngo承认美甲执照诈骗911万美元：伪造文凭代办多州执照，面临最高35年监禁
美国西弗吉尼亚州卡贝尔县 Huntington：联邦检察官办公室（USAO）西弗吉尼亚南区办公室10月26日宣布，42岁、住在佛罗里达州 Windermere 的 Hang Kim Thi Ngo 当天就身份盗窃与洗钱认罪，承认在2020年10月至2025年9月间经营跨州美甲技师执照诈骗，非法所得共9,110,920.84美元，量刑定于2027年2月22日，最高面临35年监禁。
据法庭文件与庭上陈述，Ngo 取得一批伪造文件，让不具备资格的申请人拿到西弗吉尼亚州及其他州的美甲技师执照，并按所需伪造文件的种类收费。她使用申请人的社会安全号与驾照信息办理文件，交易多经中间人（通常是美甲店雇主）进行、很少直接接触申请人；中间人向 Ngo 付款后，往往要求申请人在其美甲店打工抵债。
西弗吉尼亚州执照是这套骗局的核心：该州要求高中或同等学历、正规美容学校文凭与持牌医师出具的体检证明，监管在全美属最严之列，其执照也因此更值钱，可凭互认机制在其他州换发执照，Ngo 对西弗吉尼亚州执照申请人收取的全套文件费用高达3,500美元。她从佛罗里达州真实美容学校取得伪造的文凭与成绩单，先为申请人办下佛罗里达州执照，再凭互认申请西弗吉尼亚州执照；同伙提供虚假体检证明，身为公证人的会计则收费出具虚假公证。
Ngo 承认，这911万余美元是她唯一的收入来源，她并无正当工作。她用赃款在弗吉尼亚州 Winchester 以64万美元现金首付购入一栋320万美元的商业楼宇，又买下195万美元的 Windermere 住宅及两处 Orlando 房产。她另承认以2022年10月7日前后成立的空壳咨询公司 CEJ Trading LLC 给丈夫开出2万美元支票洗钱，该款存入两人共同账户，并无正当商业目的。量刑时她另面临最高3年监管释放与最高75万美元罚款，并须没收9,110,920.84美元资产。
联邦检察官 Moore Capito 公布此案，调查由国税局刑事调查局（IRS-CI）、国土安全部国土安全调查局（HSI）与西弗吉尼亚州特别调查委员会执行，联邦地区法官 Robert C. Chambers 主持认罪听证，助理联邦检察官 Jonathan T. Storage 负责起诉，案号3:26-cr-117。
Florida Woman Hang Kim Thi Ngo Pleads Guilty in $9.1 Million Nail Technician Licensing Scheme, Faces Up to 35 Years
Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia — Hang Kim Thi Ngo, 42, of Windermere, Florida, pleaded guilty on October 26 to identity theft and money laundering, admitting she ran a multi-state nail technician licensing fraud from October 2020 through September 2025 that amassed $9,110,920.84 in illegal proceeds, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of West Virginia announced. She is scheduled to be sentenced on February 22, 2027, and faces a maximum penalty of 35 years in prison.
According to court documents and statements made in court, Ngo obtained fraudulent documents that allowed unqualified applicants to become licensed nail technicians in West Virginia and other states, charging fees based on which falsified documents were needed and using applicants' Social Security numbers and driver's license information. She mostly dealt with middlemen, usually employers, who paid her and commonly required applicants to work off the debt in their nail salons.
A West Virginia license was central to the scheme: the state has among the most stringent requirements in the country — a high school diploma or GED, a diploma from an accredited beauty school and a medical evaluation certificate — making its license more valuable because it eases licensure in other states through reciprocity, and Ngo charged up to $3,500 for the full package of documents. She obtained falsified diplomas and transcripts from real Florida beauty schools, first secured a Florida license for an applicant, then used reciprocity to apply for a West Virginia license; co-conspirators supplied false medical certificates, and her accountant, a notary public, provided false notary acknowledgments for a fee.
Ngo admitted the $9.11 million was her sole source of revenue and that she had no legitimate employment. She used the proceeds toward a $3.2 million commercial building in Winchester, Virginia, with a $640,000 cash down payment, her $1.95 million Windermere home and two Orlando homes. She also admitted laundering $20,000 by writing her husband a check from CEJ Trading LLC, a front consulting business she created on or about October 7, 2022. At sentencing she also faces up to three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $750,000, and must forfeit $9,110,920.84.
United States Attorney Moore Capito announced the plea. The case was investigated by IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the West Virginia Commission on Special Investigations. United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers presided, Assistant United States Attorney Jonathan T. Storage is prosecuting, and the case number is 3:26-cr-117.
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