The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Wednesday (October 2) that two Chinese men were sentenced to prison from 54 to 57 months for participating in the scams of Apple.They submitted more than 6,000 fake mobile phones to Apple, causing more than 2.5 million US dollars ($ 3.24 million) losses.
According to the official website of the US Department of Justice, the 34 -year -old Haotian Sun (transliteration) lived in Baltimore.More than $ 107 million and confiscated $ 53,610.
The 34 -year -old Pengfei Xue (transliteration) lives in Germano in Maryland, Maryland. He was sentenced to 54 -month imprisonment, three -year supervision release, and ordered to compensate Apple to nearly $ 3.98 million.Concorded $ 19,890.
According to the evidence provided in the court documents and trials, from May 2017 to September 2019, Sun Haotian and Xue Pengfei submitted counterfeit iPhone repair to Apple to seduce Apple to replace counterfeit mobile phones for replacement mobile phones to replace mobile phonesIt is genuine iPhone.
As part of the scam, the two received fake iPhone sent from Hong Kong in the Metropolitan Metropolitan Metropolitan Metropolitan area.After that, they will submit a fake sequence number or international mobile device recognition code submitted to Apple retail stores, including an Apple store in Washington, and other authorized Apple service providers.
The US Department of Justice said that in 2017, Sun Haotian opened eight UPS mailboxes with his Maryland driving license and university ID card.The U.S. Postal Inspector arrested Sun Haotian and Xue Pengfei in December 2019.
On February 20, 2024, after a five -day jury trial, Sun Haotian and Xue Pengfei were convicted. Both were judged to have a crime of conspiracy to engage in email fraud.In the crime of email fraud, Xue Pengfei was judged to have six email fraud crimes.
