LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Chicago man has admitted to running a stolen-credit-card scheme in Central Kentucky, pleading guilty Friday to federal charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
Heng Yin, a Chinese national living in Illinois, acknowledged in court that he used stolen credit card information loaded onto his phone to buy nearly $5,000 in gift cards at a Lexington Meijer grocery store on March 21, 2025, according to federal court records.
Prosecutors said Yin had uploaded details from more than 100 different credit cards into his phone’s digital wallet. Using the “tap to pay” feature, he concealed stacks of gift cards beneath larger items at self-checkout, walked the first batch out to his car, and then returned to buy more. In all, he walked away with 70 gift cards worth $4,825.30, investigators said…