Four Chinese Migrants Cheated Retailers in Identity Theft Fraud

Four Chinese nationals have been sentenced for an identity theft scheme geared toward defrauding retailers out of more than $1.2 million.

The scheme included the theft of the personal information of hundreds of Americans, which was then used to forge driver’s licenses and other IDs to create credit accounts at a series of national retailers, a press release from Immigration and Customs Enforcement reported.

The retailers targeted for the fraud included Ulta Beauty, Sephora, Nordstrom, Macy’s, Kohl’s, Williams-Sonoma, Dillard’s and Saks Fifth Avenue.

Those convicted include Kar Kee “Steven” Cheung, 36, Qian Guo, 37, Chongming “Ming” Wang, 28, and Jiaozhu “Yanny” Yan, 30. They were convicted on charges including credit card fraud, manufacturing false identification, fraud, device fraud and other crimes and were

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