Posted on 09/03/2025 5:17:02 PM PDT by artichokegrower
Two Chinese nationals living in Riverside County pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a scheme to defraud Apple by fraudulently returning thousands of counterfeit iPhones, iPads and other goods, resulting in more than $16.2 million in losses for the tech giant.
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The four other defendants who have also pleaded guilty, include
Wenhui Huang, 40, of Chino Hills, the group’s ringleader, who authorities say was in the country illegally
Yang Song, 38, of Corona, the group’s second-in-command
Junwei Jiang, 38, of East Los Angeles
Zhengxuan Hu, 27, of Alhambra, who authorities say was in the country illegally
Wonder what their penalty would have been in China
They’d get medals for what they did to Apple. A death sentence against one of their own tech companies.
After the first 3 thousand apple finally caught on..
“Wonder what their penalty would have been in China”
They’d be thrown in prison and their organs harvested.
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5484700-putin-xi-caught-on-hot-mic-discussing-organ-transplants-and-immortality/
How many returns does it take until the store catches on?
About 16 million dollars worth I guess. If they had stuck to 15 mil they would have gotten away with it.
These guys don't miss anything and were on it quickly!
Where there is two (even one sometimes) or more of ccp mainland chinese gathered together there is theft and graft..........
It’s ingrained in their minds, their bodies, culturally, intellectually and by government decree.
After the first 3 thousand shady returns, Apple “finally” caught on.
They’re tech giants.......what do they know about mundane retailing....../s.
The chinese......not much on original thought, but they can rip off other people’s ideas like nobody’s business.
That’s what they used to say about Japan!
People who are raised as cultural Americans sometimes still do immoral or criminal things but they were at least taught that those behaviors are wrong. In some cultures dishonesty is part of the culture. I wish people from those countries would stay away from the USA.
“… counterfeit iPhones, iPads and other goods…”
I wonder where those came from……
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