YouTubers set stairs for fraudsters who focus on seniors

One of the victims of the fraud, who has been going on since 2019, was a 97-year-old San Diego widow of a survivor of the Holocaust who lost her life savings.

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The YouTubers – Pierogi by Scammer payback time and two members of Trilogy Media – Districted fraudsters in coordinated angel operations where they occurred as victims and then confronted the criminals on the camera, publish the videos to them YouTube channels.

“Not all heroes wear capes. Some have YouTube channels,” said American lawyer Adam Gordon in one rack released by the American law firm for the southern district of California. “Our office remains at the intersection of law enforcement techniques to guarantee justice for vulnerable victims who have been cheated by Chinese organized crime.”

According to the statement: “Videos that were placed in 2020 and 2021 helped to identify Zhiyi Zhang, Dudu Chen and Huajian Chen. All three were mentioned in the charges. The videos also helped to shed light on how the conspiracy worked and led to the identification of high level members of the organization.”

The criminals used short -term rental to receive the packages of money, often move to prevent detection. The office of the American lawyers said that only Zhang is related to at least $ 1.8 million in losses.

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“This research has dismantled a predatory criminal organization that carried out a complex fraud schedule, victims throughout the country and victims cost their hard -earned life acceleration,” said Shawn Gibson, special agent responsible for Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in San Diego.

“HSI, the office of the United States lawyers, and our law enforcement partners have diligently chased this organization to bring them to court and to help the victims affected.”

“This alleged Chinese organized crime ring had been washed money for fraudulent Indian call centers that focused on the older citizens of our nation,” said Tyler Hatcher, special agent responsible for the IRS Criminal research Los Angeles Field Office. “This arrest and seizure show that IRS-CI is dedicated to protecting our most vulnerable citizens, while also getting the profit out of crime.”

This multi -year fraud and money laundering was led by the office of the American lawyers in the southern district of California and Homeland Security Investigations, with the help of the FBI and IRS criminal investigation.