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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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