Federal prosecutors allege the scammers used pop-up ads, emails and phone calls to initially contact and defraud more than 2,000 victims in San Diego and elsewhere across the country
Five Chinese nationals living in California and Nevada allegedly conspired with India-based fraudsters to bilk more than 2,000 elderly Americans out of more than $27 million using an array of computer and phone scams, according to a federal indictment unsealed this week in San Diego.conspiracy charges involving wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering — allegedly made contact with the victims through pop-up ads, unsolicited emails and phone calls, according to the indictment.
The victims sent the funds through wire transfers or express mail packages stuffed with cash to locations around Southern California and Nevada, according to the indictment. To add further legitimacy to the scheme, the scammers often had the victims send the money to real businesses, such as a CVS Pharmacy, where the defendants picked up the packages using fake identifications.
The fifth defendant, 29-year-old San Gabriel resident Youfei Gong, was already in custody following his April arrest on related state charges.
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