LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A Los Angeles artificial his first courtroom look in Las Vegas on Wednesday, going through fees in a transnational monetary scheme involving financial institution fraud and aggravated id theft.
Xui Jie Chen, also referred to as “Johnny Chen,” 32, and co-conspirators Jin Wei Chen, 41, of Flushing, New York, and Yue Yuan, 34, of the Folks’s Republic of China, are accused of acquiring greater than 5,000 drivers’ licenses belonging to individuals in Nevada and 13 different states.
The three labored with others to make use of these licenses to withdraw or try to withdraw funds from banks and procure financing for luxurious vehicles underneath false pretenses, in line with a information launch from the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace for the District of Nevada.
The Homeland Safety Investigations unit in Las Vegas dealt with the case with help from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division, the Nevada Gaming Fee, and the Nevada Gaming Management Board Enforcement Division.
Chen appeared earlier than U.S. Justice of the Peace Decide Maximiliano D. Couvillier, III, in Las Vegas. Along with financial institution fraud conspiracy fees, every defendant faces a number of counts of aggravated id theft. If convicted, the defendants every face a most penalty of 30 years in jail, plus further time for id theft.
The scheme touched not less than 14 states, together with Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Minnesota, New York and Texas, in line with the information launch.
A jury trial is scheduled for July 14 earlier than U.S. District Decide James C. Mahan.
Sigal Chattah, U.S. Legal professional for the District of Nevada, Matthew R. Galeotti, Head of the Justice Division’s Legal Division, and Particular Agent in Cost Lester R. Hayes for Homeland Safety Investigations (HSI) Las Vegas made the announcement.
Assistant U.S. Legal professional Kimberly Frayn for the District of Nevada and legal professional Ken Kaplan of the Justice Division’s Cash Laundering and Asset Restoration Part are prosecuting the case.
