A Chinese national has admitted in federal court that she helped pull off a sweeping elder fraud scheme tied to San Diego, pleading guilty yesterday, after an FBI investigation into international scams targeting older Americans. Prosecutors say the defendant, Danxiu Wang, took part in a plot that tricked more than 40 elderly victims and moved over $1.2 million through a mix of tech support pop ups, fake refund offers and bank impersonation calls that pressured people to wire funds or hand over cash.
The FBI’s San Diego field office highlighted the guilty plea in a post on X, urging anyone with information on similar scams to contact investigators or file a report with the Internet Crime Complaint Center. According to FBI San Diego, Wang’s plea is the latest step in a long-running probe into transnational crews that zero in on older Americans as prime targets…