Chinese National Found Guilty in Gift Card Fraud of More Than $2 Million

The defendant was involved in an ‘international scheme that preyed on victims, including the elderly, throughout the United States,’ a U.S. attorney said.

The U.S. Department of Justice in Washington on Jan. 6, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

A Chinese national has been found guilty in federal court in Albany, New York, of conspiring to launder money through a scheme in which he redeemed more than $2 million in gift cards purchased by fraud victims.

Wang Jun, 63, a lawful U.S. permanent resident, redeemed about $2.29 million in Walmart and Sam’s Club stores in Florida between June 2019 and June 2021, after receiving card information from co-conspirators overseas, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York announced Feb. 18.