Oregon Victims Among Hundreds Defrauded in Cross-State Scam Targeting Elderly With Tech Support Hoax

Jingbin Jiang, a/k/a “Fatty,” and Su Jian Liu, a/k/a “Ah Pang,” were charged with participating in a scheme that attempted to steal over $18 million from more than 350 elderly victims between about 2023 and July 2025.

Scammers Face Criminal Justice

Jiang and Liu participated with others in a fraudulent scheme primarily targeting elderly victims located all across the United States, including in Oregon. The scheme was devised to defraud elderly victims of over $18 million. The actual losses of over 70 victims were $5 million.

Some victims engaged in multiple transactions before realizing the fraudulent nature of the scheme, but in reality, these funds were stolen and never returned to the victims.  In total, members of the conspiracy attempted to steal at least approximately $18 million from over 350 victims. They successfully stole at least $5 million from over 70 victims.

The scam worked like this:

• A pop-up message, typically claiming to come from a technology company, a bank, or the government, would appear on their computers indicating that they needed to call a particular phone number (which was controlled by members of the scheme).
• When victims called the phone number, they were told a fictitious story such as their computers had a virus or had been hacked into to commit serious crimes (for example, downloading child sexual abuse material), or their bank accounts had been compromised and were vulnerable to unauthorized withdrawals.
• The scammers would eventually suggest that the victims withdraw large amounts of money from their bank accounts or purchase large quantities of gold to avoid arrest or protect their bank accounts from being compromised.
• Some victims were told that their money would be safely held in the custody of a consumer protection agency like the Federal Trade Commission, using fake federal government notices.
• Jiang and Liu managed and supervised the couriers who picked up the cash and gold, which was then taken back to New York City. They received information about potential victims from other members of the scheme on text-messaging platforms, including the zip codes and the amounts of cash or gold to be collected, and then decided whether to accept the pick-up. If they did, the other members of the scheme would give more specific details about the victim and when and where to pick up the cash or gold.
• Victims were often told that a courier would collect the gold and/or cash and given the courier’s (false) name, a description of the courier’s clothing, and sometimes a password, while others were told to purchase and transfer cryptocurrency or gift cards, which did not require a courier.
•  After arranging for couriers to make the pick-ups, the pair would give other members of the scheme updates about the couriers’ progress and arranged for the criminal proceeds to be distributed to other members of the scheme, including by converting cash and gold into cryptocurrency to be easily transmitted to members of the scheme located overseas, including in India and China.

Jiang was arrested in Staten Island yesterday and will appear before U.S. Magistrate Judge Stewart D. Aaron in the Manhattan Federal Court, but Liu is still at large.

If this scheme has victimized you or someone you know, please file a complaint with the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center, which is available at ic3.gov.