跟进：6500万美元养老诈骗团伙最后两名被告认罪：被捕25人已全部认罪、另3人在逃，量刑排到明年2月
位于美国加利福尼亚州圣迭戈县 San Diego 市的加州南区联邦检察官办公室（USAO）宣布，涉案金额达6500万美元、专骗老年人的跨国诈骗团伙中，最后两名被告 Haotian Zhang 与 Zetian Zhang 已于10月23日在联邦法院认罪。至此，2025年8月全国收网行动中被捕的25名被告已全部认罪，另有3名被起诉的被告仍在逃。Haotian Zhang 是中国公民，认罪后被联邦地区法官 Todd W. Robinson 下令还押候刑。
检察官办公室说，过去几个月里，同案的 Guangli Lin、Cheng Li、Weining Su（又名 Ning Ma）、Hongsen Cao、Xinyu Shao、Renchao Chen、Dexiao Lin、Zhiyi Zhang 等8人也已先后就诈骗与洗钱认罪；Huajian Chen 与 Jianhao Gao 则承认经营无牌汇款业务。
法庭记录显示，这个以南加州为根基、成员多为中国公民的团伙至少自2019年起作案，与设在印度的诈骗呼叫中心合作：骗子冒充技术支持人员、政府官员或银行职员联系受害者，取得信任后指示受害者提取大额现金、装入包裹，再用快递寄往团伙以假身份租下的短期出租屋收取。团伙以「中心加辐条」的方式轮换租屋：一处中心地点租约一周、周边短租点配合收货，一段时间后整体迁移。
本案的调查始于2020年12月：一名老年受害者被骗寄出现金包裹后联系快递公司，执法部门由此发现11个寄往 San Diego 一带短租房、共装有约13.5万美元现金的包裹。YouTube 频道 Scammer Payback 的 Pierogi 与 Trilogy Media 团队2020年至2021年发布的钓鱼与对质视频，也帮助执法部门锁定了 Zhiyi Zhang、Dudu Chen 与 Huajian Chen 等成员。
各被告的量刑听证将由法官 Robinson 在2026年11月6日至2027年2月19日之间陆续举行；同团伙的 Bing Shen 此前已被判处70个月监禁，关联案件的 Na Rong 被判78个月。串谋邮件与电信诈骗罪最高可判40年监禁与100万美元罚款，串谋洗钱罪最高可判20年；无牌汇款业务罪最高可判5年。本案由联邦助理检察官 Kevin Mokhtari 与特别助理检察官 Katherine Rookard 起诉，国土安全调查局（HSI）、联邦调查局（FBI）、国税局刑事调查处（IRS-CI）与圣迭戈县警长办公室等机构参与调查。
关联：6500万美元养老诈骗团伙被捣毁：28名华人成员被起诉，圣迭戈97岁老妇毕生积蓄被骗光
Follow-Up: Final Two Defendants Plead Guilty in $65 Million Fraud Ring Targeting Seniors: All 25 Arrested Defendants Have Now Pleaded Guilty, Three Fugitives Remain
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California, in San Diego, San Diego County, California, announced that Haotian Zhang and Zetian Zhang, the last two defendants in a $65 million multinational fraud scheme that preyed on thousands of elderly victims, pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday, October 23. All 25 defendants arrested in the August 2025 nationwide takedown have now pleaded guilty, while three charged defendants remain fugitives. Haotian Zhang, a Chinese national, was remanded into custody by U.S. District Judge Todd W. Robinson following his plea.
Over the past few months, eight other defendants — Guangli Lin, Cheng Li, Weining Su, also known as Ning Ma, Hongsen Cao, Xinyu Shao, Renchao Chen, Dexiao Lin and Zhiyi Zhang — have also pleaded guilty for their roles in the fraud and money laundering scheme, and Huajian Chen and Jianhao Gao recently pleaded guilty to operating an unlicensed money transmission business.
According to court records, the Southern California-based network, primarily composed of Chinese nationals, operated since at least 2019 and worked closely with India-based scam call centers. Callers posed as technical support agents, government officials or bank employees, and defrauded victims were instructed to withdraw bulk cash, conceal it in packages and send the packages via express mail to short-term rentals booked under fictitious names, in a hub-and-spoke pattern in which a hub was booked for about a week and spoke locations nearby for shorter stays before the group relocated.
The investigation began in December 2020, after an elderly victim contacted an express mail carrier about a cash-laden package, leading agents to 11 packages containing approximately $135,000 in cash addressed to fake names at short-term rentals in the San Diego area. Videos posted in 2020 and 2021 by Pierogi of the YouTube channel Scammer Payback and by Trilogy Media also helped investigators identify Zhiyi Zhang, Dudu Chen and Huajian Chen.
Sentencing hearings before Judge Robinson are scheduled between November 6, 2026, and February 19, 2027. Bing Shen has already been sentenced to 70 months in custody, and Na Rong, in a related case, to 78 months. Conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud carries a maximum of 40 years in prison and a $1 million fine, conspiracy to launder monetary instruments a maximum of 20 years, and operating an unlicensed money transmitting business a maximum of five years. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin Mokhtari and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Katherine Rookard, and was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations, the FBI, IRS Criminal Investigation and the San Diego County Sheriff's Department, among other agencies.
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：位于美国加利福尼亚州圣迭戈县 San Diego 市的 Edward J. Schwartz 联邦法院大楼资料照片，本案认罪与量刑程序在此所属的加州南区联邦地区法院进行。照片：Federal Judiciary，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / File photo: the Edward J. Schwartz United States Courthouse in San Diego, San Diego County, California, home of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, where this case is being heard. Photo by the Federal Judiciary, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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