A Queens man has been charged in connection with an alleged $350,000 fraud scheme in which scammers impersonated Chinese police officers and threatened a woman with criminal prosecution and extradition unless she transferred money, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz.
Bingming Zhang, 29, of Flushing, was charged with criminal possession of stolen property after the victim allegedly transferred $350,000 into a Flagstar Bank account controlled by Zhang, prosecutors said.
The case was among those highlighted by the Queens District Attorney’s Office on Oct. 9 as part of a public warning about scammers posing as Chinese law enforcement officials and targeting members of the Chinese community…