s*********0
发帖数: 2045 | 1 【 以下文字转载自 PennySaver 讨论区 】
发信人: subzero8080 (Chilling), 信区: PennySaver
标 题: 弯区女倒rebate赚了57万美元终于被判刑，老公逃走了正被通缉
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed May 9 13:30:35 2012, 美东)
大家小心了。
http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=25286
Palo Alto engineer pleads guilty to fraud conspiracy
Becky Sheng Qiang and her husband defrauded 3Com in sophisticated rebate
scheme, feds say
by Sue Dremann
Palo Alto Weekly Staff
A Palo Alto systems engineer pleaded guilty in federal court Monday, May 7,
to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, United States Attorney
Melinda Haag announced.
Sheng Qiang, who is also known as Becky Sheng Qiang, admitted to committing
a sophisticated rebate fraud scheme with her husband, co-defendant Yezhou
Zhao. He also goes by the names Jake Zhao and Jake Chao, according to the U.
S. Attorney's office.
In pleading guilty, Qiang, 38, admitted that for approximately 5 1/2 half
years, from 2002 to 2008, she and Zhao perpetrated a scheme to defraud 3Com
Corporation, a computer-equipment manufacturer headquartered in Grand Rapids
, Minn.
3Com offered a "Trade-Up" program, which encouraged customers to replace old
computer equipment with new 3Com equipment through a rebate program.
Qiang admitted that she and Zhao submitted 98 fraudulent rebate claims to
3Com, totaling more than $634,000, and received more than $577,000 in rebate
money from 3Com. Hewlett-Packard (HP) Company, an information technology
corporation based in Palo Alto, acquired 3Com in April 2010.
According to Qiang's plea agreement, she admitted that the couple
established numerous shell companies and private mailboxes around the San
Francisco Bay area. They submitted rebate requests to 3Com using various
fake corporate and personal identities and forged and falsified documents.
After fraudulently receiving rebate money from 3Com, the couple deposited
the funds in shell-company bank accounts and then transferred the money to
their personal bank accounts or wired it to their account in the People's
Republic of China. The fraud was committed while the couple lived in
Milpitas.
Qiang was arrested at her Palo Alto home on July 24, 2009. She originally
faced 25 counts, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, mail fraud,
conspiracy to commit money laundering, international money laundering to
conceal illegal activity, and engaging in monetary transactions in property
derived from specified unlawful activity.
Qiang's sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 4 at 9 a.m. before United States
District Court Judge Ronald M. Whyte in San Jose. The maximum statutory
penalty for conspiracy to commit mail fraud is five years in prison, a $250,
000 fine, or twice the gain or loss resulting from the fraud, and
restitution.
The prosecution is the result of an investigation by the United States
Postal Inspection Service. Both 3Com and HP assisted the investigation, Haag
's office noted.
Zhao has not appeared in court to face the charges in the indictment and is
considered a fugitive. Authorities request anyone with information about his
whereabouts to call the United States Postal Inspection Service at 877-876-
2455. |
a******o
发帖数: 16625 | |
z***8
发帖数: 461 | 3 No wonder she could afford a house at Palo Alto. |
a****2
发帖数: 1458 | 4 真能折腾
【在 s*********0 的大作中提到】
: 【 以下文字转载自 PennySaver 讨论区 】
: 发信人: subzero8080 (Chilling), 信区: PennySaver
: 标 题: 弯区女倒rebate赚了57万美元终于被判刑，老公逃走了正被通缉
: 发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed May 9 13:30:35 2012, 美东)
: 大家小心了。
: http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=25286
: Palo Alto engineer pleads guilty to fraud conspiracy
: Becky Sheng Qiang and her husband defrauded 3Com in sophisticated rebate
: scheme, feds say
: by Sue Dremann
|
o*o
发帖数: 5155 | 5 不被抓的话，小一顿房子出来了。
【在 a****2 的大作中提到】
: 真能折腾
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Z*****l
发帖数: 14069 | 6 这是上古传说中自创小护士的医神。
【在 a******o 的大作中提到】
: 这就是传说中的神医吧。
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b****z
发帖数: 4485 | 7 they have green card or citizenship? |
z******a
发帖数: 5381 | 8 烤， 富贵险中求啊。 赞玩的大
【在 s*********0 的大作中提到】
: 【 以下文字转载自 PennySaver 讨论区 】
: 发信人: subzero8080 (Chilling), 信区: PennySaver
: 标 题: 弯区女倒rebate赚了57万美元终于被判刑，老公逃走了正被通缉
: 发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed May 9 13:30:35 2012, 美东)
: 大家小心了。
: http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=25286
: Palo Alto engineer pleads guilty to fraud conspiracy
: Becky Sheng Qiang and her husband defrauded 3Com in sophisticated rebate
: scheme, feds say
: by Sue Dremann
|
s******v
发帖数: 4495 | 9 大家小心啥啊？
【在 s*********0 的大作中提到】
: 【 以下文字转载自 PennySaver 讨论区 】
: 发信人: subzero8080 (Chilling), 信区: PennySaver
: 标 题: 弯区女倒rebate赚了57万美元终于被判刑，老公逃走了正被通缉
: 发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed May 9 13:30:35 2012, 美东)
: 大家小心了。
: http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=25286
: Palo Alto engineer pleads guilty to fraud conspiracy
: Becky Sheng Qiang and her husband defrauded 3Com in sophisticated rebate
: scheme, feds say
: by Sue Dremann
|
w***z
发帖数: 1848 | 10 怎样搞rebate可以搞到57万阿？
【在 s*********0 的大作中提到】
: 【 以下文字转载自 PennySaver 讨论区 】
: 发信人: subzero8080 (Chilling), 信区: PennySaver
: 标 题: 弯区女倒rebate赚了57万美元终于被判刑，老公逃走了正被通缉
: 发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed May 9 13:30:35 2012, 美东)
: 大家小心了。
: http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=25286
: Palo Alto engineer pleads guilty to fraud conspiracy
: Becky Sheng Qiang and her husband defrauded 3Com in sophisticated rebate
: scheme, feds say
: by Sue Dremann
|
|
|
w***z
发帖数: 1848 | 11 搞了近100 个rebate， 一个rebate 6千刀？ 什么样的rebate啊？
【在 s*********0 的大作中提到】
: 【 以下文字转载自 PennySaver 讨论区 】
: 发信人: subzero8080 (Chilling), 信区: PennySaver
: 标 题: 弯区女倒rebate赚了57万美元终于被判刑，老公逃走了正被通缉
: 发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed May 9 13:30:35 2012, 美东)
: 大家小心了。
: http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=25286
: Palo Alto engineer pleads guilty to fraud conspiracy
: Becky Sheng Qiang and her husband defrauded 3Com in sophisticated rebate
: scheme, feds say
: by Sue Dremann
|
o*o
发帖数: 5155 | 12 针对企业公司的，不是我们想像的个人的。
【在 w***z 的大作中提到】
: 搞了近100 个rebate， 一个rebate 6千刀？ 什么样的rebate啊？
|
w***z
发帖数: 1848 | 13 真是人有多大胆，地有多大产。没有做不到，只有想不到！
【在 o*o 的大作中提到】
: 针对企业公司的，不是我们想像的个人的。
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s**********n
发帖数: 2343 | 14 强！
【在 s*********0 的大作中提到】
: 【 以下文字转载自 PennySaver 讨论区 】
: 发信人: subzero8080 (Chilling), 信区: PennySaver
: 标 题: 弯区女倒rebate赚了57万美元终于被判刑，老公逃走了正被通缉
: 发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed May 9 13:30:35 2012, 美东)
: 大家小心了。
: http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=25286
: Palo Alto engineer pleads guilty to fraud conspiracy
: Becky Sheng Qiang and her husband defrauded 3Com in sophisticated rebate
: scheme, feds say
: by Sue Dremann
|
g********e
发帖数: 223 | 15 赚了57万美元, not enough.
【在 z***8 的大作中提到】
: No wonder she could afford a house at Palo Alto.
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h*e
发帖数: 10233 | 16 人都进去了，这次要赔个底儿掉
【在 g********e 的大作中提到】
: 赚了57万美元, not enough.
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w*****e
发帖数: 721 | 17 possible scheme:
1. buy some old computer equipment from craigslist.
2. fake invoice for the old computer equipment (could be totally different
equipment).
3. upgrade to get the rebate (Pay HP/3COM)
4. cash the rebate
5. find a way to return the new equipment for money back. (Fake check, NSF
checks?)
I don't think HP/3COM will charge them if they did not do step 5. |
f****d
发帖数: 3888 | 18 昨天收音机里听说是63万。
【在 s*********0 的大作中提到】
: 【 以下文字转载自 PennySaver 讨论区 】
: 发信人: subzero8080 (Chilling), 信区: PennySaver
: 标 题: 弯区女倒rebate赚了57万美元终于被判刑，老公逃走了正被通缉
: 发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed May 9 13:30:35 2012, 美东)
: 大家小心了。
: http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=25286
: Palo Alto engineer pleads guilty to fraud conspiracy
: Becky Sheng Qiang and her husband defrauded 3Com in sophisticated rebate
: scheme, feds say
: by Sue Dremann
|
w*****e
发帖数: 721 | 19 fake receipts
fake serial numbers |
