JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 2 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation Jacksonville Field Office issued the following press release:
Gainesville, Florida -Xin Liu, 40, a Chinese national living in Apopka, Florida, was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for her material participation in an elder fraud scheme. John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the sentencing.
United States Attorney Heekin said: "We are unfortunately seeing a rise in the prevalence of elder fraud schemes orchestrated and executed by foreign nationals who target and financially exploit our senior citizens, depleting their life savings and leaving the victims destitute. Raising awareness of thes...