尔湾36岁华人男子在犹他州涉非接触支付诈骗被控多项重罪 称报酬仅100美元
加利福尼亚州橙县尔湾市一名36岁华人男子因涉嫌在犹他州使用盗窃的信用卡号进行非接触式支付诈骗，11月4日在犹他州第四地区法院被控多项重罪，案件11月8日由当地媒体披露。
涉案男子桓柳（Liu Huan，音译）被控洗钱、参与非法活动模式、欺诈盗窃、非法使用技术进行欺诈及非法使用金融卡等罪名，均为二级重罪，同时被控五项非法获取金融卡罪，属三级重罪。
起诉书称，自10月1日起，桓柳在犹他州 St. George、Orem、Sandy、Midvale、Salt Lake City、Draper 等多个城市及其他州连续进行非接触式支付购物。警方逮捕他时，在其车内发现数十张礼品卡购买收据、数十张礼品卡及多件全新未拆封的高端电子产品。
桓柳承认从洛杉矶驱车前往犹他州，购买了两张共计980美元的礼品卡，并将礼品卡截图发送给中国境内一名人士，他应收到100美元回报。检方介绍，这类诈骗的手法是犯罪分子在手机电子钱包中预存盗窃的银行卡号，靠近商店自助支付设备完成扣款，购买礼品卡或高端电子产品，得手后把卡号发给上线，资金随即被转走。
调查显示，该团伙主要由中国公民组成，总部疑似设在中国，在加州和纽约设有运营基地，去年已有数十名中国公民因在犹他州实施此类诈骗被捕。
Irvine Man, 36, Charged With Multiple Felonies in Utah Tap-to-Pay Fraud Case; Payoff Allegedly $100
IRVINE, Calif. — A 36-year-old Chinese man from Irvine, Orange County, California, faces multiple felony charges in Utah's Fourth District Court, filed on November 4, for allegedly using stolen credit card numbers in a tap-to-pay fraud scheme, local media reported on November 8.
The defendant, Liu Huan, is charged with money laundering, engaging in a pattern of unlawful activity, theft by deception, unlawful use of technology to commit fraud and unlawful use of a financial card, all second-degree felonies, plus five counts of unlawful acquisition of a financial card, a third-degree felony.
Prosecutors say that starting October 1, Liu made tap-to-pay purchases in St. George, Orem, Sandy, Midvale, Salt Lake City, Draper and other Utah cities, as well as in other states. When he was arrested, police found dozens of gift card receipts, dozens of gift cards and several new, unopened high-end electronics in his car.
Liu admitted driving from Los Angeles to Utah, buying two gift cards worth $980 in total and sending screenshots of them to a person in China, for which he was to receive $100. Prosecutors say the scheme preloads stolen bank card numbers into a phone wallet, taps the phone at self-checkout terminals to buy gift cards or high-end electronics, then sends the card numbers to a handler who drains the funds.
Investigators say the ring is made up mainly of Chinese citizens, is believed to be based in China with operating bases in California and New York, and that dozens of Chinese citizens were arrested in Utah last year for similar fraud.
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