A Chinese national faces 27 months in federal prison for her role as a money courier in a fraud scheme that targeted elders in Florida.
John P. Heekin, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced on June 23 that Liu Xin, 40, of Apopka, Florida, was sentenced after pleading guilty in March to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
Court records show that she attempted to pick up more than $95,000 in money scammed out of elderly victims across the state in July 2024, highlighting her main role in the scheme.
Some of her co-conspirators were based in China, according to Heekin.
“We are unfortunately seeing a rise in the prevalence of elder fraud schemes orchestrated and executed by foreign nationals who target and financially exploit our senior citizens, depleting their life savings and leaving the victims destitute,” Heekin said in a statement….
Chinese National Sentenced to 27 Months for Defrauding Elderly Floridians
