Two NY men charged with scamming Kingston man

KINGSTON — Two men from New York City were arraigned Tuesday on allegations they conspired to scam a Kingston man out of a large sum of cash.

Jinong Zihang, 23, of Staten Island, and Jianmin Bian, 37, of Brooklyn, were arrested in a joint investigation by Kingston police and the Pennsylvania State Police at Wilkes-Barre after they arrived at a location believing they were picking up $30,000 as part of a PayPal scam, according to court records.

After their arrest on Monday, Zihang and Bian claimed they did not know each other, court records say…

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