2 days agoFive Chinese nationals arrested after exchanging 16 thousand fake Apple devices with truths
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(2 years ago)A criminal network involved in a $12.3 million robbery has been destroyed, leading to the arrest of five men who now face severe imprisonment. It becomes known that men have sent 16 thousand iPhones and iPads to various Apple stores and equipment have been as realistic as [...]
A criminal network involved in a $12.3 million robbery has been destroyed, leading to the arrest of five men who now face severe imprisonment.
It becomes known that men have sent 16 thousand iPhones and iPads to various Apple stores, and the equipment has been so realistic that the employees have literally exchanged them.
It becomes known that after the exchange, the real equipment was sent abroad, they wrote Foreign mediaHe's following in on Telegrafie.
The defendants are charged with taking advantage of Apple client's service policies by stealing more than $12m”, said US prosecutor Martin Estrada.
As reported, the five men, all Chinese citizens, are now in custody.
Yang Song, Junwei Jiang, Zhengzaan Hu, Yushan Lin and Shuyi Xing will face charges of serious identity theft and trafficking of counterfeit goods.
The accused face 20 years in prison on each count.
A similar fraud occurred in 2019 when three brothers were accused of importing 10,000 fake equipment from China and exchanging it into the United States and Canada for truth.
