A suspect accused of defrauding a Greenbrae resident is now dealing with a federal case along with a neighborhood one.
Qingyun Chen, 30, of San Leandro was arrested final month on allegations she stole greater than $50,000 from a 79-year-old lady by an web rip-off. The Marin County District Lawyer’s Workplace charged her with grand theft and theft from an aged grownup.
Since then, federal authorities have charged Chen with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. An FBI affidavit says the sufferer acquired an internet alert that claimed that her laptop computer was frozen and that she wanted to name an 800 quantity to unfreeze it. Chen conned the sufferer into paying couriers cash to repair the pc, the FBI alleges.
Within the Marin case, Choose Kelly Simmons set a listening to for March 6 to take Chen’s plea and get an replace on the federal case.
Initially Printed: December 24, 2024 at 6:46 AM PST
