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 coconspirators overseas, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York announced on Feb. 18.