Two Chinese Men Sentenced for Defrauding Apple in $2.5 Million iPhone Scheme

The defendants were part of a syndicate that tricked Apple into replacing fake or refurbished iPhones with new ones.
Two Chinese Men Sentenced for Defrauding Apple in $2.5 Million iPhone Scheme
Apple products at an Apple Store in Columbia, Md., on June 20, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
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Two Chinese nationals living in Maryland have been sentenced for defrauding Apple out of millions of dollars worth of iPhones, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Thursday.

Sun Haotian, 34, of Baltimore, was sentenced to 57 months in prison and three years of supervised release. He was ordered to pay Apple over $1.07 million in restitution and a forfeiture money judgment of $53,610.