WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division issued the following news release:
A federal grand jury in the District of New Hampshire returned an indictment yesterday charging a Chinese national and resident of Lynnfield, Massachusetts, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud for his role in an international gift card fraud conspiracy.
According to the indictment, Jinbin Ren, 38, and co-conspirators, acquired gift cards stolen from victims through romance fraud, elder fraud, hacking, theft, and other scams. The conspirators then used the gift cards to purchase and ship high-value electronics to Ren's warehouse in Salem, New Hampshire. These electronics were then consolidated and reshipped to China. The conspirato...