WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
LOS ANGELES - Two Chinese nationals - one of them an illegal alien - living in the Inland Empire were sentenced to federal prison today for leading a large-scale, trans-Pacific scheme to defraud Apple Inc. through the fraudulent "returns" of thousands of counterfeit iPhones, iPads, and other Apple goods that caused the Cupertino-based technology company at least $16.2 million in losses.
Wenhui Huang, 41, of Chino Hills, the group's ringleader and an illegal immigrant, was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison by United States District Judge Andre Birotte, Jr., who also ordered him to pay $16,23...