Couple
Indicted For
Gift Card
Fraud Arrested
at JFK With
1-Way China
Tickets Plead
Guilty
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 29 – On September 19, 2023
the US Attorney for the
Southern District of New York
announced an indictment
charging XULIANG HOU and YUNA
LIN with conspiring to commit
wire fraud. HOU and LIN
were arrested yesterday and
will be presented today before
U.S. Magistrate Judge Jennifer
E. Willis.
Inner City
Press was present in the Mag
Court and live tweeted, thread:
Hou is in a long
sleave sweatshirt with
Abercrombie written on it.
Chinese interpreter hooking
them up.
Judge Willis: Has
China been notified of their
arrests?
AUSA: Not
yet....
AUSA says they
were arrested at JFK airport
boarding a 1-way flight to
China, and were discussing
other fraudsters' arrests on
WeChat Defense lawyer
says Lin bought this 1-way
ticket to China a month ago,
hardly indicative of sudden
flight to evade the law.
AUSA
(backsliding) $50,000 bond
would not be enough! Property
as security is
needed!
Judge Willis:
They can be released on
bond.
Jump cut to
January 29, 2025 when, with
Judge Willis again in the Mag
court, Hou and Lin both pled
guilty, with Judge Willis
recommending that Judge Berman
accept the pleas.
The case is USA
v. Hou, et al., 1:23-cr-482
(Berman / Willis)
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