{"id":28078,"date":"2024-02-21T10:49:44","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T05:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/dc-federal-jury-convicts-2-chinese-nationals-of-duping-apple-out-of-over-3-million-with-fake-iphones\/"},"modified":"2024-02-21T10:49:44","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T05:19:44","slug":"dc-federal-jury-convicts-2-chinese-nationals-of-duping-apple-out-of-over-3-million-with-fake-iphones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/dc-federal-jury-convicts-2-chinese-nationals-of-duping-apple-out-of-over-3-million-with-fake-iphones\/","title":{"rendered":"DC federal jury convicts 2 Chinese nationals of duping Apple out of over $3 million with fake iPhones"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Circled Squared Investments founder Jeff Sica discusses whether Microsoft can take over Apple as the company with the biggest market cap on ‘Varney & Co.’<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

A Washington, D.C., federal jury convicted two Chinese nationals on Tuesday, for being part of a scheme in which they submitted over 5,000 fake iPhones to Apple for repair, intending to dupe the tech giant out of over $3 million.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Department of Justice announced the conviction Tuesday afternoon, saying 33-year-old Hoatian Sun, also known as Hao Sun, Jack Sun, and Frank Sun, of Baltimore, as well as 33-year-old Pengfei Xue of Germantown, Maryland, were convicted of mail fraud and conspiracy to commit mail fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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The DOJ said court documents and evidence presented show that between May 2017 and September 2019, Sun and Xue, along with other co-conspirators, engaged in a fraudulent scheme in which they submitted counterfeit iPhones to Apple for repair.<\/p>\n

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Two people were convicted by a federal jury Tuesday of defrauding Apple out of millions by submitting counterfeit iPhones for repair and getting authentic iPhones in exchange.<\/span> (Drew Angerer\/Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In exchange for the broken inauthentic iPhones, Apple would provide them with genuine iPhones.<\/p>\n

The two Chinese nationals would receive shipments of the fake iPhones that were sent from Hong Kong to their UPS mailboxes throughout the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.<\/p>\n

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The suspects would then submit the counterfeit iPhones that had spoofed serial numbers and IMEI numbers to Apple Authorized Service Providers and Apple retail stores.<\/p>\n

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A federal judge will sentence the men on June 21.<\/span> (iStock \/ iStock)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Apple did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment on the matter.<\/p>\n

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According to the DOJ, Sun opened eight UPS Store mailboxes in 2017 by providing his Maryland driver\u2019s license and university identification card.<\/p>\n

Both Sun and Xue were arrested by U.S. postal inspectors in December 2019.<\/p>\n

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A federal judge will sentence the men on June 21, and both face up to 20 years in prison.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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