A Chinese national who scammed $27 million from 2,000 elderly Americans and was famously caught red-handed in a viral YouTube video has been sentenced to more than six years in prison.
Los Angeles-based Jiandong Chen, nicknamed “Little Tiger,” had pleaded guilty in April to taking part in the money-laundering scheme with several accomplices.
The scheme , run by five people from 2021 to 2023, impersonated banks, the government and tech support while using refund scams to defraud elderly victims, mostly in their 70s and 80s, according to the US Attorney’s Office.
The victims received emails, phone calls and pop-ups directing them to call a phone…
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